[78-L] Monroe Brothers reissues

[Gene Baron]

I don't think I have seen mentioned yet the recent Bear Family box set (BCD
16808 DK) of all of Charlie Monroe's recordings after he and Bill parted
ways in the late 1930's going through the mid-fifties -- it includes the RCA
and Decca studio recordings and some live performances.  It has excelllent
and very extensive notes by Dick Spottswood.  County Records also issued two
LPs of WW-II era radio shows.

Gene
gene.baron at verizon.net

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Peter Fraissinet <pf13 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> There's even more reissued Monroe Brothers out there than many of you may
> realize. Here are what I know of, where the Monroe Brothers are the primary
> subject (they appear on many, many anthologies as well):
>
> Country Guitar Vol. 14 / RCA Victor RCX-7103 [England] / 1963 / EP
> Country Guitar Vol. 15 / RCA Victor RCX-7104 [England] / 1963 / EP
> Country Guitar Vol. 16 / RCA Victor RCX-7105 [England] / 1963 / EP [B-side
> is Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys]
> Early Blue Grass Music / RCA Camden CAL-774 / 1963 / LP
> Early Blue Grass Music / Victor RA-5281 [Japan] / 1963 / LP
> Feast Here Tonight / RCA Bluebird AXM2-5510 / 1975 / LP
> The Monroe Brothers / Old Time Classics 6003 / 1980 / LP
> The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994 / MCA MCAD4-11048 / 1994 / CD
> The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers / RCA (BMG) 07863-67450-2 /
> 1997 / CD
> The Legendary The Monroe Brothers Collection (1936-38) / BMG BVCP-8615/17
> [Japan] / 1997 / CD
> Volume One: What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? / Rounder
> 82161-1073-2 / 2000 / CD
> Volume Two: Just A Song Of Old Kentucky / Rounder 82161-1074-2 / 2001 / CD
> Blue Moon of Kentucky: Bill Monroe, 1936-1949 / Bear Family BCD 16399 FL /
> 2002 / CD
> All the Classic Releases, 1937-1949 / JSP JSP7112 / 2003 / CD
> All American Country / BMG 75517476422 / 2003 / CD
> All American Country / Collectables COL-CD-8456 / 2005 / CD
>
> Note:
> Bill Monroe and Charlie Monroe / Decca DL-75066 / 196? / LP
> is not the Monroe Brothers as an act, but a compilation of songs of Bill
> Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys as well as of Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky
> Pardners.
>
> Peter Fraissinet
> West Danby NY
>
> At 04:55 PM 1/13/2010, you wrote:
> >While we're on the subject, does anyone know why Rounder never issued
> >the other 2 volumes of the projected 4 volume set? The sides are
> >available now on JSP and Bear Family sets, but the completist in me
> >always wanted the matching Rounder set (and didn't want to shell out
> >the big bucks for Bear Family discs).
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >On Jan 13, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Rounder Select issued 2 CDs in the early 2000s, but they've both
> > > been discontinued. You can still find the superb 2-LP set RCA put
> > > out in the mid-70s on its revived Bluebird label.
> > >
> > > Cary Ginell
> > >
> > >> The Monroe Brothers never appeared on the National Barn Dance; they
> > >> were, however, square dancers on the Barn Dance tours.
> > >>
> > >> There are CD reissues of the complete Monroe Brothers but I forget
> > >> the label.
> > >>
> > >> After Bill and Charlie Monroe parted ways, Charlie continued his
> > >> own career with a string band. Bill, of course, became the Father
> > >> Of Bluegrass Music.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> BILL KNOWLTON
>
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