Early Rebel Recordings (1998) ( )

Product Summary Label: Rebel Records UPC: 00032511400222 Release Date: 4/14/1998 Buy.com Sku: 60025899 Item#: MHMP9Q Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Christmas Time Back Home ~ The Country Gentlemen 2. Heavenward Bound ~ The Country Gentlemen 3. I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) ~ The Country Gentlemen 4. Sad And Lonesome Day ~ The Country Gentlemen 5. Bluebirds Are Singing, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 6. White Rose, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 7. Gentleman Is Blue, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 8. Philadelphia Lawyer ~ The Country Gentlemen 9. Spanish Two Step ~ The Country Gentlemen 10. Bringing Mary Home ~ The Country Gentlemen 11. Convict And The Rose, The - (previously unreleased) ~ The Country Gentlemen 12. Banks Of The Ohio ~ The Country Gentlemen 13. Down Where The River Bends ~ The Country Gentlemen 14. Battle Hymn Of The Republic ~ The Country Gentlemen 15. This World Is No Place To Live ~ The Country Gentlemen 16. Uncle Joe - (previously unreleased) ~ The Country Gentlemen 17. Northbound ~ The Country Gentlemen 18. Let The Light Shine Down ~ The Country Gentlemen 19. Girl From The North Country ~ The Country Gentlemen 20. Cold Wind A'Blowin, A ~ The Country Gentlemen 21. Jingle Bells ~ The Country Gentlemen 22. Silent Night ~ The Country Gentlemen 23. We Three Kings ~ The Country Gentlemen 24. Blue Bell ~ The Country Gentlemen 25. It's All Over Now Baby Blue ~ The Country Gentlemen 26. Matterhorn ~ The Country Gentlemen 27. Dark As A Dungeon ~ The Country Gentlemen 28. Big Bruce ~ The Country Gentlemen Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. When They Ring Those Golden Bells ~ The Country Gentlemen 2. Buffalo Girls ~ The Country Gentlemen 3. Beautiful Life, A ~ The Country Gentlemen 4. I'm Working On A Road ~ The Country Gentlemen 5. Border Affair, A ~ The Country Gentlemen 6. Johnny Reb ~ The Country Gentlemen 7. Many A Mile ~ The Country Gentlemen 8. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight ~ The Country Gentlemen 9. Lord, I'm Coming Home ~ The Country Gentlemen 10. Traveler, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 11. Silver Bell - (previously unreleased) ~ The Country Gentlemen 12. Theme From Exodus ~ The Country Gentlemen 13. Love And Wealth - (previously unreleased) ~ The Country Gentlemen 14. He Was A Friend Of Mine ~ The Country Gentlemen 15. Daybreak In Dixie ~ The Country Gentlemen 16. Same Old Day ~ The Country Gentlemen 17. Raggy Mountain Shakedown ~ The Country Gentlemen 18. Banana Boat Song ~ The Country Gentlemen 19. Going To The Races ~ The Country Gentlemen 20. Waiting For The Boys To Come Home ~ The Country Gentlemen 21. Darling Little Joe ~ The Country Gentlemen 22. El Dedo ~ The Country Gentlemen 23. I'll Be There Mary Dear ~ The Country Gentlemen 24. Blue Ridge Cabin Home ~ The Country Gentlemen 25. Take Me In A Lifeboat ~ The Country Gentlemen 26. Sentence, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 27. Where I'm Bound ~ The Country Gentlemen Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. To The Rescue ~ The Country Gentlemen 2. Rodger Young ~ The Country Gentlemen 3. Green Green Grass Of Home ~ The Country Gentlemen 4. Along The Way ~ The Country Gentlemen 5. Let's ~ The Country Gentlemen 6. Rambling Boy ~ The Country Gentlemen 7. Gentlemen's Concerto ~ The Country Gentlemen 8. Take Me Back To The Valley ~ The Country Gentlemen 9. Fare-Thee-Well Cisco ~ The Country Gentlemen 10. Preaching, Praying, Singing ~ The Country Gentlemen 11. Mrs. Robinson ~ The Country Gentlemen 12. Two Little Boys ~ The Country Gentlemen 13. Doin' My Time ~ The Country Gentlemen 14. Rank Strangers To Me ~ The Country Gentlemen 15. Heaven - (previously unreleased) ~ The Country Gentlemen 16. Gone Home ~ The Country Gentlemen 17. Rank Strangers To Me ~ The Country Gentlemen 18. I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap ~ The Country Gentlemen 19. Over The Hills To The Poorhouse ~ The Country Gentlemen 20. Little White Church ~ The Country Gentlemen 21. Heaven ~ The Country Gentlemen 22. Bill Bailey ~ The Country Gentlemen 23. He Will Set Your Fields On Fire ~ The Country Gentlemen 24. Are You Washed In The Blood? ~ The Country Gentlemen 25. One Wide River ~ The Country Gentlemen 26. On The Sunny Side Of Life ~ The Country Gentlemen 27. Born Again ~ The Country Gentlemen 28. I'll Break Out Again ~ The Country Gentlemen Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Less Of Me ~ The Country Gentlemen 2. I Am A Pilgrim ~ The Country Gentlemen 3. Weapon Of Prayer ~ The Country Gentlemen 4. If I Were Free ~ The Country Gentlemen 5. Teach Your Children ~ The Country Gentlemen 6. Fox On The Run ~ The Country Gentlemen 7. Johnny And Jack Medley ~ The Country Gentlemen 8. I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road ~ The Country Gentlemen 9. These Men Of God ~ The Country Gentlemen 10. Cowboys And Indians ~ The Country Gentlemen 11. Sea Of Heartbreak ~ The Country Gentlemen 12. Orange Blossom Mandolin ~ The Country Gentlemen 13. Yesterday ~ The Country Gentlemen 14. Girl Behind The Bar, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 15. Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 16. Country Roads ~ The Country Gentlemen 17. Redwood Hill ~ The Country Gentlemen 18. Secret Of The Waterfall ~ The Country Gentlemen 19. Walkin' Down The Line ~ The Country Gentlemen 20. Breakin' It Down ~ The Country Gentlemen 21. New Freedom Bell ~ The Country Gentlemen 22. Old Pine Tree, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 23. Legend Of The Rebel Soldier, The ~ The Country Gentlemen 24. C.G. Express ~ The Country Gentlemen 25. Little Bessie ~ The Country Gentlemen 26. Fields Have Turned Brown ~ The Country Gentlemen 27. Get In Line Buddy ~ The Country Gentlemen   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info This is an especially pleasing four-CD set, comprising most of the Country Gentlemen's recordings for the Rebel label over a period of nine years, when they used bluegrass music as a vehicle for innovation by way of country, folk, and rock. The influence of the Osborne Brothers can be heard throughout their early work (along with more mainstream country sources), but then they start cutting Dylan and Tom Paxton songs. The odd early individual tracks lead into the contents of the Bringing Mary Home album, which established their reputation nationally as a bluegrass act to be reckoned with. Disc One ends with the controversial "Big Bruce," a gay parody of Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" that skirts a fine line between satire, burlesque, and slur. Disc Two features several previously unissued songs, and also shows the group growing artistically amid a flurry of concert activity -- a surprising number of songs from this period were cut on the fly at semi-pro and improvised studios, as the band fit recording in anywhere they could. Disc Three picks up in 1969 -- the group by this time was freely adapting popular as well as folk tunes, thus the presence of "Mrs. Robinson" amid the bluegrass standards. By Disc Four, the group was nearing a summit of popularity and creativity. The irony was that, even as they were achieving success, the group was nearing a decision to leave Rebel. This collection isn't quite ideal, since it is missing a key mid-'60s live recording; the booklet and annotation are very thorough, as is the session information, all of it pitched at the Bear Family level. ~ Bruce Eder   Compilation Appearances Vol. 1-Standards Bluegrass-World's Greatest Sho The Best Of Sugar Hill Gospel, Vol. 1: Every Time I Feel The Spirit Way Down Deep In My Soul Vol. 2 Appalachian Stomp-Bluegrass Cl Best Of The Best Of Bluegrass 35th Anniversary Classic Country Gents Reunion Sacred Voices-Acappella Gospel Southern Country Gospel Rg To Bluegrass Treasury Of Bluegrass Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Heaven Bound-Best Of Bluegrass Gospel Garage Beat '66: like What Me Worry? V Bluegrass Holiday: Christmas Time's A Comin' Classic Southern Gospel From Smithson Gloryland: 30 Bluegrass Gospel Classics / Var Sugar Hill Records:retrospective(w/ Bonus DVD) Ricky Jay Plays Poker(w/ Bonus DVD) True Bluegrass Essentials Mindricker:anthology Of 60S Us Pun(Limited Edition) Drive Time Bluegrass Precious Memories   Associated Artists and Works Bowen, Jimmy Bowen, Jimmy (Bluegrass) Waller, Charlie Waller, Charlie   Technical Info Release Date : 05/02/2005 Original Release Date : 1998 Catalog ID : 4002 Label : Rebel Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00032511400222    Product Image