All of these are as nicely done as any Bear product and all of them contain music that’s essential. Seriously they’re all some of the first boxes that come to mind when I think about what makes them great.
go for the Carter Family First it is in my opinion the best Boxset Bear ever did ! , the sound is the best those very old worn out 78's can be made to sound considering . The Lefty is essential too . but look around for used Copies check out on line sales . Make it a priority to find them sooner than latter as they will only increase in value !
My list of Bear Family releases to get. Carter Family Lefty Verdon Oxford Webb Pierce Bill Monroe - the live from Germany box Farron Young Brenda Lee The Bakersfield Box Arthur Crudup these last 3 - 2 of them are rather expensive Grandpa Jones The 2 Freddie King boxes. perhaps in this order.
Bob Luman's 1967 performance of 'The Bottle Let Me Down,' taken from a Grand Ole Opry transcription disc. We need for Bear Family to issue a compilation of Luman's live recordings from the 1960s and 70s.
A big CD box with Tom T Hall would be amazing: Tom T. Hall - That's How I Got To Memphis Tom T. Hall - Country Cabin-Itis Tom T. Hall - Ain't Got the Time Tom T. Hall -- Fox On The Run Tom T Hall (I Like Beer)
I completely agree. I like the late 60's-mid 70's material that was originally on Mercury Records, but it's spread across various cd reissue labels. I know Bear Family has a couple of two-fers, and Hux Records does as well.
It's not always the big bad major companies only – a certain artist has just asked Bear Family NOT to include the 70s Monument recordings in a planned box.
Upcoming 10"/CD by mega-obscure rockabilly Dennis Herrold, fleshed out by a few Dub Dickerson recordings. Not sure of the connection between the two. Dennis Herrold LP (10 inch): The Mystery Of Dennis Herrold (LP, 10inch & CD, Ltd.) - Bear Family Records Contenders for noteworthy living artists who recorded for Monument in the 70's include: -Kris Kristofferson (All 70's work on Monument) -Connie Smith (Two Monument albums in the late 70's) -Larry Gatlin (All solo-credited 70's albums on Monument) -Ronnie Hawkins (Two Monument album in the early 70's) -Billy Joe Shaver (Debut album on Monument) Any others?
A complete zJohnny Guitar Watson thru early 60’s A third in the series of Connie Francis A third in the series of Duane Eddy
Dolly Parton. Not sure if she'd left Monument by 1970. Ray Stevens His catalog from Mercury, Monument, RCA, Curb/MCA would be pretty large.
Charlie mcoy boxset of monument would be terrific he was prolific, instrumental in many classic recording sessions and as a solo on monument released many albulms and singles. boots Randolph would be another , would dearly love to see a re-issue of the record al hirt and boots Randolph did on monument of duelling horns ...
Pretty sure neither of them did an album for Monument in the 70's, discounting compilations after they left the label.
Thanks for the help... just ordered the Carter Family box and along with that the Brown’s Three Bells box. The Lefty Fritzell will be next. The Brown’s box wasn’t on my list of a dozen boxes to get but I found it at a great price. I also found another 12 boxes I need...why is music collecting always this way?
I was recently speaking about Dorsey Burnette. Do you guys know of any footage of him? There is the one with Johnny doing 'Lonesome Train', but is there anything else?
Latest rumors from the coffee machine at the Bear mastering shack suggest 4 discs of Connie and 8 discs of Bobby. Way to go.
Bobby box must be all that he recorded for RCA after that has been released in the first box. plus Columbia. I bet that Donald Trump hates this one
Yes indeed. The previous Bear Family Bobby Bare box set cut off at 1965, so we would have the rest of his first RCA period up to 1970, before he left to Mercury for two years. We then have his return to RCA from 1973 to 1975 and then his period with Columbia. I am wondering if Bear Family is able to secure his two years worth of recordings with Mercury, since it would be a little trickier to negotiate with Universal Music on those masters, instead of Sony Music, which controls all of the RCA and Columbia period. Either way there is some fantastic music to be found on each of those labels, but I really love the RCA and Columbia periods.
My favorite period of his. I find some of the early Bobby material 'succumbs?' (not the right word) to the as expected, 'Nashville Sound'. Like many other artists. It's not until the late 60's where I find it starts to become more interesting. I say that for all of the artists that were trying to find 'their' own style and sound. This era of Bobby would be brilliant to have in one collection! Whether they would do so with the plentiful '2on1' re-releases on other labels is another thing. I'd be in for sure! I wonder how much unreleased Bobby material there is also from the 70's onwards?
Will this be included in the box? https://www.amazon.com/I-Love-Old-F...re+christmas+cd&qid=1582096044&s=music&sr=1-3 There are other records that Bobby recorded for other labels.
