What Are You Listening To?

[Dennie]

Greatest Hits -- CD

Earth, Wind & Fire

1998 Columbia Records

Amazon.com essential recording

It's the most complete single-disc collection of EWF chart rockers, and Greatest Hits' splendid remastering makes one of the major exponents of '70s funk positivity sound sparkling. From the driving "Shining Star" to the syncopated mastery of "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" to the slow-jam heaven of "After the Love Is Gone," this is a reminder of what made the group so special. --Rickey Wright

1. "Shining Star" 2:50
2. "That's the Way of the World" 5:43
3. "September" 3:34
4. "Can't Hide Love" 4:07
5. "Got to Get You Into My Life" 4:10
6. "Sing a Song" 3:22
7. "Gratitude" 3:27
8. "Serpentine Fire" 3:50
9. "Fantasy" 4:36
10. "Kalimba Story" 4:00
11. "Mighty Mighty" 3:03
12. "Reasons" 4:58
13. "Saturday Nite" 4:01
14. "Let's Groove" 5:35
15. "Boogie Wonderland" (ft. The Emotions) 4:47
16. "After the Love Has Gone" 4:24
17. "Getaway" 3:55

 

[PaulyT]

(acoustic blues)

* The late Booker White, for whom this album is named, was a cousin of B B Kinkg's

This is a good one, thanks Topper!

 

[Dennie]

Songs In The Key Of Life -- 2 CD Set

Stevie Wonder

1976/2000 Motown Records

Amazon.com essential recording

Songs in the Key of Life (1976) was the highest high point of Stevie Wonder's career. More sprawling than Innervisions and Talking Book, this two-LP-plus-EP was also less of a consistent stunner than either of those masterworks. That Songs retains an enormous amount of visionary relevance, though, is demonstrated not only in Coolio's borrowing of "Pastime Paradise" as a template for "Gangsta's Paradise," but in the cold-as-ice synthesized string quartet of "Village Ghetto Land." This is Stevie, so naturally that cut's anger is balanced by the ultra-buoyant "I Wish," "Sir Duke," and "Another Star." The 2000 reissue boasts radically improved remastered sound. --Rickey Wright

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Love's in Need of Love Today" Stevie Wonder 7:06
2. "Have a Talk with God" Wonder, Calvin Hardaway 2:42
3. "Village Ghetto Land" Wonder, Gary Byrd 3:25
4. "Contusion" Wonder 3:46
5. "Sir Duke" Wonder 3:54
6. "I Wish" Wonder 4:12
7. "Knocks Me Off My Feet" Wonder 3:36
8. "Pastime Paradise" Wonder 3:28
9. "Summer Soft" Wonder 4:14
10. "Ordinary Pain" Wonder 6:23
11. "Isn't She Lovely?" Wonder 6:34
12. "Joy Inside My Tears" Wonder 6:30
13. "Black Man" Wonder, Byrd 8:30
14. "Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing" Wonder 3:49
15. "If It's Magic" Wonder 3:12
16. "As" Wonder 7:08
17. "Another Star" Wonder 8:28
A Something's Extra
No. Title Writer(s) Length
18. "Saturn" Wonder, Michael Sembello 4:54
19. "Ebony Eyes" Wonder 4:09
20. "All Day Sucker" Wonder 5:06
21. "Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)" Wonder 3:57
Total length:
1:44:54

 

[topper]

-
Glad to hear you like "Booker's Guitar" by Eric Bibb, PaulyT

His is more well known and popular in Great Britain, but is gaining a lot in the U.S. as more and more people become aware of the name and his music.

..``.. :handgestures-thumbup:

(he's no newcomer . . . he's been around for some time)

 

[Dennie]

I mean, where else can you get "Töne Löc, Queen Latifah and Nancy Wilson" singing together! :eusa-clap:

Q's Jook Joint-- CD :happy-partydance:

Quincy Jones

1995 Quest Records

A True Desert Island Disc, July 21, 2007
By J. Mandell (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Q's Jook Joint (Reis) (Audio CD)

Quincy Jones' best album.

This is one of the great "concept" discs, based on the juke joints that served as makeshift nightclubs dotted across the landscape in the south in decades long gone by.
With a stellar cast of musicians as his instruments, Quincy literally creates the atmosphere of his own juke joint in track 1 and then runs with a gorgeous, beat filled hour non-stop after that.
The sound quality is fabulous - let it roll over you with the lights low and it will transport you to another time and with its energy and rhythms I've purchased two copies of this CD for myself, given two as gifts and, of course, have it on my iPod. Everyone I've turned on to this album has thanked me.

Highest recommendation. Its just great.

# Title Guest(s) Time
1 "Jook Joint" (Intro) Kid Capri, Funkmaster Flex, LL Cool J, James Moody, Coko, Stevie Wonder, Lester Young, Brandy, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Marlon Brando, Charlie Wilson, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Töne Löc, Queen Latifah, Ray Charles, Greg Phillinganes, Siedah Garrett, Patti Austin, Will Wheaton, Mervyn Warren, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Gloria Estefan, Lelee, Charlie Parker, Shaquille O'Neal, Bono 1:32
2 "Let the Good Times Roll" Stevie Wonder, Bono and Ray Charles 2:55
3 "Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe)" Töne Löc, Queen Latifah, Nancy Wilson 7:32
4 "You Put a Move on My Heart" Tamia 6:13
5 "Rock With You" Brandy and Heavy D 4:08
6 "Moody's Mood for Love" Brian McKnight, Rachelle Ferrell, Take 6 and James Moody 4:18
7 "Stomp!" Original Cast Members of "Stomp": Luke Cresswell, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley; Mr. X, Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal, Luniz 6:16
8 "Jook Joint" (Reprise) Ray Charles and Funkmaster Flex 0:56
9 "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" Phil Collins 3:57
10 "Is It Love That We're Missing" Gloria Estefan, Warren Wiebe 4:45
11 "Heaven's Girl" R. Kelly, Ron Isley, Aaron Hall, Charlie Wilson and Naomi Campbell 5:26
12 "Stuff Like That" Charlie Wilson, Ray Charles, Brandy, Chaka Khan and Ashford & Simpson 5:45
13 "Slow Jams" Tamia, Babyface, Portrait and Barry White 7:30
14 "At the End of the Day (Grace)" Toots Thielemans, Barry White and Mervyn Warren (Voices) 7:42
15 "Jook Joint" (Outro) Barry White, Tamia and Toots Thielemans 0:49

 

[Dennie]

Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the NBA and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma,he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.

Power Forward CD

Wayman Tisdale

1995 Motown Records

5.0 out of 5 stars This is by far one of my favorite albums, May 19, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Power Forward (Audio CD)

In my mind, the greatest thing about this album is the expressions of shock it generates when people hear it for the first time. It cracks me up to play it for people, particularly those with negative stereotypical views of athletes. All of the tracks show a depth of perception for emotionally moving melody, that is only found in the greats, like Marcus Miller, Gerald Albright and others. What makes a song stand the test of time is a simple, sharp hook, and Wayman Tisdale delivers big time in that area. So he's not as technically proficient as Stanley Clark or John Patitucci(yet). So what? He clearly has what it takes to move people. And ultimately, that's what music is for. Wayman is sure to become one of the leaders in contemporary jazz.

Track Listing
1. Circumstance
2. Passion
3. Jazz in You
4. Gina Kay
5. Gabrielle
6. Danger Zone
7. After the Game (Intro)
8. After the Game
9. Power Forward
10. Back Home
11. Inside Stuff
12. You
13. Amazing Grace

Death

Tisdale died on the morning of May 15, 2009 at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, where his wife had taken him when he had trouble breathing. Tisdale's agent described his death as a "great shock" and noted that Tisdale had been planning to go into the recording studio the following week for a project with jazz guitarist Norman Brown. As yet, it is unconfirmed whether his death was related to his battle with cancer. Tisdale and his wife Regina had four children.



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[Botch]

Q's Jook Joint-- CD :happy-partydance:

Q's albums are exquisite, but after awhile you realize he keeps recycling the same songs over and over; I probably won't get any more of his stuff (but will continue to listen to what I've got!)

 

[Dennie]

Q's Jook Joint-- CD :happy-partydance:

Q's albums are exquisite, but after awhile you realize he keeps recycling the same songs over and over; I probably won't get any more of his stuff (but will continue to listen to what I've got!)

I'm always amazed by the number of "Artists" that are on each album. It is the same "blueprint" for each album, but it works. I agree, no need to collect it all.

It is fun music! :dance:



Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Face To Face -- CD

Wayman Tisdale

2001 Atlantic Records

Who would have thought, February 7, 2002
By Raphael P. Hunt (Hendersonville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Face to Face (Audio CD)

Who would have thought that the Bass could be sucha terrific lead instrument. Waymon has taken the art to a whole new level. Despite the obvious criticism of the use of such an instrument for the melodic lead, He has done a tremendous job of keeping the groove and not getting in the way of it.
This ablum has kept his trend of grooves that are in the pocket and creative melodic improvisation. He invited one of my all time favorite groups, Out of Eden, to sing on " When I Opened Up My Eyes". The addition of their voices to the already mesmorizing beat made this song, in my opinion, the best song on the album. However, the other contributions are remarkable as well. Songs like " If I Ever" and "Brazilia" will make this album a must have for R&B and Jazz fans alike.

Track listing

1. Loveplay
2. When I Opened Up My Eyes - (featuring Out of Eden)
3. Brand New
4. Brazilia
5. If I Ever
6. Face to Face
7. Say I Do
8. Can't Hide Love
9. Stay
10. Show Me the Way

 

[Dennie]

My last one for the evening...

View So Tender: Wonder Revisited Vol. -- CD

The Joe Gilman Trio with Joe Sanders (Bass) Justin Brown (Drums)

2006 Capri Records

The Joe Gilman Trio, which had recently interpreted a set of music by Dave Brubeck, recorded 28 Stevie Wonder tunes in a 13-hour period during June 10 and 11, 2004. Wonder's music is mostly pretty adaptable to jazz, particularly the nine selections included on this first volume. "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" has become a minor jazz standard, although most of the other songs have rarely been heard in this context. Alternating moods, tempos, and grooves, the trio makes it sound as if Stevie Wonder had written these songs for this setting, successfully transforming Wonder's music into creative jazz. Well worth checking out. ~ Scott Yanow

Track Listing

1. I Wish
2. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
3. Smile Please
4. That Girl
5. Sir Duke
6. Taboo
7. Send One Your Love
8. Love Light in Flight
9. Go Home

 

[Botch]

Holy hell, why didn't anyone tell me that Howard Levy was back in the band?!?!?!? :scared-eek: :scared-eek: :scared-eek:

Howard is one of those guys whose musicianship is, well, superhuman. Plays piano and harmonica, but his bending skills on the harp are s

um.

Quick Music Lesson on Harmonicas, for those of you who don't play one: Harps (short for harmonica) come tuned in each key of the scale (C, D, Ab, etc) and can play all the notes of the major scale for that key (ie, a "C" harp can play C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and C, generally over a 3-octave range). Kinda like a pennywhistle; if your band played a song in G, you needed a "G" harp, etc. So, if you wanted to to be able to play in any of the twelve keys, you needed twelve harps.
Now, I mentioned a harp will play all the notes of a "major scale"; other scales are used in music, one of the most common and familiar is the "blues" scale, which is a major scale with the 3rd and 7th tone "flatted", or lowered a half-tone (and sometimes a flatted fifth thrown in). How can a harmonica hit these notes? Well, they make "chromatic" harps that have a slide that you can push in and out, that will change the notes by a half step; Stevie Wonder uses these extensively, but most folks stick with "major" key harps, called "diatonic".
Turns out, some of the notes on a diatonic harp can be "bent", or made to player a half, whole, or step-n-a-half note lower, by the way you suck air thru the harp (some notes can be made to play higher by "overblowing", but I've never been able to do that). Describing HOW to "bend" is like describing to someone how to whistle; you just gotta experiment until you can do it.
Note I said some of the notes can be bent; not all of them can, and I can't figure out why not from a physics standpoint. Turns out that, to play say, a blues in C, it actually works better to grab an "F" harp, as more of the notes, especially the "bend" notes, line up better. You have to learn how to play the thing all over again, but it comes pretty quick (I actually learned how to play harmonica in the car). Playing an F harp in the key of C, is called "second position", or "cross-harp". 98% of harmonica players use either 1st or 2nd position (I can play both), but there are at least three more, all based on jumping a fourth in the music scale. The harp solos on the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You are played in 3rd position, something I've tried but couldn't figure out. :think:
Class dismissed.

Okay, back to Howard. He has a superhuman bend, both bend and overblowing. Using just a "C" diatonic harp, he can play any note in any key. I've about worn out his instructional VHS tape; at the end of it he plays a 12-bar blues, in all twelve keys, all on a single "C" harp! That shouldn't be possible!! He can also play any outrageous jazz lick with one hand on the piano, matching it with a harp in the other hand, dayam...

Sorry I blabbed again. This CD is sounding fantastic... :music-listening: :music-listening: :music-listening:

 

[Botch]

Incidently, here's a pic of the "harp holder" I built many years back (its the white rectangle sitting on my "cable box"):

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u139/Botch07/DSC_0001-1.jpg

I designed it to look like a piano keyboard; the "C" key had the "C" harp, etc (you can see I only had a "Bb" black key, the other black keys held Chapstick, 9v batts, etc :mrgreen: ).

 

[PaulyT]

Cool, interesting info - thanks! I just got this album in the mail yesterday, will definitely give it a listen today!

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music...

A Hundred Miles or More - A Collection -- CD

Alison Krauss

2007 Rounder Records

Amazon.com

A Hundred Miles or More carries the subtitle A Collection, and what a curious collection it is--cuts from soundtracks, side projects, and tribute albums, plus guest duets on other artists' albums and five previously unreleased tracks. In other words, this is a collection of Alison Krauss performances that have never appeared on an Alison Krauss album, though it holds together better than such a grab-bag approach might suggest. Highlights such as her duet with Brad Paisley on "Whiskey Lullaby" and her a cappella rendition of "Down to the River to Pray" from O Brother, Where Art Thou? will be familiar to most Krauss fans, though it's doubtful that many share her infatuation with retro rocker John Waite (with whom she revives his "Missing You" and duets on a cover of Don Williams's "Lay Down Beside Me."). Other projects represented range from Disney to the Chieftains to the Louvin Brothers (she duets with James Taylor on their "How's the World Treating You." There's minimal contribution from her Union Station band--making this a solo release by default--and little information to indicate whether the previously unreleased tracks were outtakes from earlier releases or recently recorded for this one. --Don McLeese

"You're Just a Country Boy" (Fred Hellerman, Marshall Barer)
"Simple Love" (Sarah Siskind)
"Jacob's Dream" (Julie Lee, John Pennell)
the story of the Lost Children of the Alleghenies
"Away Down the River" (Lee)
"Sawing on the Strings" (Lewis Compton)
"Down to the River to Pray" (Traditional)
"Baby Mine" (Ned Washington, Frank Churchill)
"Molly Bán (Bawn)" (Paddy Moloney)
"How's the World Treating You" (Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant)
featuring James Taylor
"The Scarlet Tide" (Elvis Costello, Henry Burnett)
"Whiskey Lullaby" (Bill Anderson, Jon Randall)
featuring Brad Paisley
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" (Sting)
featuring Sting
"I Give You to His Heart" (Ron Block)
"Get Me Through December" (Gordie Sampson, Fred Lavery)
"Missing You" (John Waite, Mark Leonard, Charles Sanford)
featuring John Waite
"Lay Down Beside Me" (Don Williams)
featuring John Waite

 

[Dennie]

A New Album from Bela Fleck and the ORIGINAL Flecktones... :text-welcomewave: and... :text-bravo:

Rocket Science -- CD

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

2011 e-one Records

Bela Fleck is the only musician to be nominated for Grammys® in jazz, bluegrass, pop, country, spoken word, christian, composition and world music categories. His total count is 11 Grammys® won, and 27 total nominations. Groundbreaking banjoist/composer/bandleader Béla Fleck has reconvened the original Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, the extraordinary initial line-up of his incredible combo. Rocket Science marks the first recording by the first fab four Flecktones in almost two decades, with pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/ drumitarist Roy Futureman Wooten.

Far from being a wistful trip back in time, the album sees the Grammy® Award-winning quartet creating some of the most forward thinking music of their long, storied career. While all manner of genres come into play from classical and jazz to bluegrass and African music to electric blues and Eastern European folk dances the result is an impossible to pigeonhole sound all their own, a meeting of musical minds that remains, as ever, utterly indescribable. Simply put, it is The Flecktones, the music made only when these four individuals come together.

I didn t want to just get together to play the old music, Fleck says. That's not what the Flecktones are about. Everybody s full of life and ideas and creativity. I was intrigued by what we could do that we had never done before. Visionary and vibrant as anything in their already rich canon, Rocket Science feels more like a new beginning than simply the culmination of an early chapter. The band now embarks on an extensive tour, and there s no telling how this new music will further develop in performance. We're going to have to have this experience together and see how everybody likes it, Fleck says. I know that we haven't even come close to exhausting the possibilities with this record, but we sure went deeper than we ever had before.

"Gravity Lane" (Béla Fleck) - 5:58
"Prickly Pear" (Fleck) - 3:49
"Joyful Spring" (Howard Levy) - 2:39
"Life In Eleven" (Levy, Fleck) - 5:25
"Falling Forward" (Fleck) - 5:08
"Storm Warning" (Fleck) - 7:57
"Like Water" (Victor Lemonte Wooten, Fleck) - 4:42
"Earthling Parade" (Fleck) - 7:58
"The Secret Drawer" (Future Man) - 2:12
"Sweet Pomegranates" (Levy) - 5:55
"Falani" (Fleck) - 6:50
"Bottle Rocket" (Fleck) - 5:53

Oh, I think I mentioned it here! :eusa-clap:

Good Stuff Botch!! bscene-drinkingcheers:


Dennie

 

[PaulyT]

Wife and kids are away during the mornings this week (VBS at our church), so I get to actually listen to my HT uninterrupted for a while! Just retuned the system yesterday, as I do every few months to make sure all's well - and it is, sounding great.

... in SACD surround! Very nice mix.

 

[Bob R]

Holy Cow! This girl can sing!

My kids turned me on to her. Let the Lady Gaga's, Beyonce, and Katy Perry have the Diva crowns.

"We could'a had it all"

She's 21 as the album is named, I'm reaching back for her debut "19" soon.

 

[Dennie]

Well, I got rained on at work today and it is only 65 degrees outside, so I am done early and home.

They are forcasting snow for the mountains. It seems more like November than the end of June! :confusion-scratchheadyellow:

The Crow -- CD

Steve Martin

2009 Rounder Records

Product Description

Comedian, actor, author, and banjo player Steve Martin releases his first musical recording since 1978's number 1 hit "King Tut." This is no novelty record though. It's some of the best banjo music to come down the pike in a long time. The Crow features able assistance from some of Steve's pals, including Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, Bela Fleck, Tim O'Brien and Mary Black. Martin wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on this album, creating a new body of work that will stand alongside the classics for years to come.

All songs written by Steve Martin except where indicated.

"Daddy Played the Banjo" (Steve Martin & Gary Scruggs)
featuring Tim O'Brien on vocals and Earl Scruggs on banjo
"Pitkin County Turnaround" [Instrumental]
"Hoedown at Alice's" [Instrumental]
"Late For School"
featuring Steve Martin on vocals
"Tin Roof" [Instrumental]
"Words Unspoken" [Instrumental] (Steve Martin & Pete Wernick)
featuring Pete Wernick on banjo
Pretty Flowers
featuring Vince Gill & Dolly Parton on vocals and Earl Scruggs and Pete Wernick on banjo
"Wally on the Run" [Instrumental]
featuring Tony Trischka on banjo
"Freddie's Lilt" [Instrumental]
"Saga Of The Old West" [Instrumental]
"Clawhammer Medley" [Instrumental] (Traditional, arranged and additional music by Steve Martin)
composed of "Sally Ann", "Johnson Boys", "Simple Gifts" and "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond"
"Calico Train"
featuring Mary Black on vocals
"Banana Banjo" [Instrumental]
"Blue River Waltz" [Instrumental]
"The Crow" [Instrumental]
featuring Tony Trischka on banjo
"Calico Train" (Remix) [Instrumental]
not included on all editions

 

[Dennie]

Hard Bargain -- Deluxe Edition CD/DVD

Emmylou Harris

2011 Nonesuch Records

Emmylou Harris's Hard Bargain will be released April 26 on Nonesuch Records. The album follows Harris's acclaimed 2008 release, All I Intended to Be, which received widespread acclaim - Newsweek called it an album that "shows that Harris is still the stalwart songbird at the top of the roost." Hard Bargain, which comprises 11 new songs by Harris as well as two covers, was produced by Jay Joyce (Cage the Elephant, Patty Griffin).

Also available as a deluxe edition of the album, which includes a DVD featuring six performances interspersed with interviews.

1. "The Road" Emmylou Harris 5:31
2. "Home Sweet Home" Emmylou Harris 3:45
3. "My Name Is Emmett Till" Emmylou Harris 4:53
4. "Goodnight Old World" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:55
5. "New Orleans" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:38
6. "Big Black Dog" Emmylou Harris 3:26
7. "Lonely Girl" Emmylou Harris 4:44
8. "Hard Bargain" Ron Sexsmith 3:23
9. "Six White Cadillacs" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:22
10. "The Ship on His Arm" Emmylou Harris 4:46
11. "Darlin' Kate" Emmylou Harris 3:08
12. "Nobody" Emmylou Harris 5:04
13. "Cross Yourself" Jay Joyce 3:33

DVD
1. "Six White Cadillacs" (video)
2. "Goodnight Old World" (video)
3. "Home Sweet Home" (video)
4. "Darlin' Kate" (video)
5. "Big Black Dog" (video)
6. "The Road" (Acoustic Version)(video)

 

[Dennie]

Will The Circle Be Unbroken -- 2 CD Box Set

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1970/2002 Capitol Records

Amazon.com

In an age when the old-timey soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? sells 5 million copies, it's hard to imagine how revolutionary Will the Circle Be Unbroken seemed upon its release 30 years ago. The triple album (now rereleased as a two-CD set) paired many of Nashville's venerable country and bluegrass performers (Roy Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Jimmy Martin, Vassar Clements) with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, or as Acuff called them, "a bunch of long-haired West Coast boys." The idea seemed nearly as foreign as Martians setting down in Tennessee, but the Dirt Band were Colorado hippies steeped in the genre, so there was no disputing the authenticity of the music, or its earthy appeal. Aside from the sheer joy of the performances (listen to Jimmy Martin's "whoop" on "Sunny Side of the Mountain"), there's great fun in hearing Roy Acuff give the boys a lesson in doing a song right the first time (and using the word hell before launching into a religious number). And Mother Maybelle wafts through like a benevolent ghost, or at least a patron saint. One caveat: The boast of four previously unreleased tracks is balderdash, since three are really between-track conversations and rehearsals, and only "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" qualifies as a real song. But that's nitpicking. Buy it. Love it. Wallow in it. O brother, that's country music! --Alanna Nash

Disc one

"Grand Ole Opry Song" (Hylo Brown) – 2:59 with Jimmy Martin
"Keep on the Sunny Side" (A.P. Carter, Gary Garett) – 3:35 with Maybelle Carter
"Nashville Blues" (Earl Scruggs) – 3:10
"You Are My Flower" (A.P. Carter) – 3:35
"The Precious Jewel" (Roy Acuff) – 3:30 with Roy Acuff
"Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis) – 2:45 with Merle Travis
"Tennessee Stud" (Jimmie Driftwood) – 4:22 with Doc Watson
"Black Mountain Rag" (traditional) – 2:10
"Wreck on the Highway" (Dorsey Dixon[3]) – 3:24 with Roy Acuff
"The End of the World" (Fred Rose) – 3:53
"I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams) – 3:45 with Roy Acuff
"Sunny Side of the Mountain" (Byron Gregory, Harry McAuliffe) – 2:14
"Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:14
"Losin' You (Might Be the Best Thing Yet)" (Edria A. Humphrey, Jimmy Martin) – 2:44 with Jimmy Martin
"Honky Tonkin'" (Hank Williams) – 2:19
"You Don't Know My Mind" (Jimmie Skinner) – 2:45 with Jimmy Martin
"My Walkin' Shoes" (Jimmy Martin, Paul Williams) – 2:02 with Jimmy Martin

Disc two

"Lonesome Fiddle Blues" (Vassar Clements) – 2:41
"Cannonball Rag" (Merle Travis) – 1:15 with Merle Travis
"Avalanche" (Millie Clements) – 2:50
"Flint Hill Special" (Earl Scruggs) – 2:12
"Togary Mountain" (Walter McEuen) – 2:25
"Earl's Breakdown" (Earl Scruggs) – 2:34
"Orange Blossom Special" (Ervin T. Rouse) – 2:14 with Vassar Clements
"Wabash Cannonball" (A.P. Carter) – 2:00
"Lost Highway" (Leon Payne) – 3:37
Doc Watson & Merle Travis First Meeting (Dialogue) – 1:52
"Way Downtown" (traditional, Doc Watson) – 3:30 with Doc Watson
"Down Yonder" (Doc Watson) – 1:48 with Doc Watson
"Pins and Needles (In My Heart)" (Floyd Jenkins) – 2:53 with Roy Acuff
"Honky Tonk Blues" (Hank Williams) – 2:22
"Sailin' on to Hawaii" (Beecher Kirby) – 2:00 with Bashful Brother Oswald
"I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" (A.P. Carter) – 4:25
"I am a Pilgrim" (traditional) – 2:55
"Wildwood Flower" (A.P. Carter) – 3:34 with Maybelle Carter
"Soldier's Joy" (John McEuen, Earl Scruggs) – 2:05
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (A.P. Carter) – 4:50
"Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) – 2:19 with Randy Scruggs
2002 Reissue bonus tracks
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (Earl Scruggs) – 2:39
Warming Up for "The Opry" – 2:43
Sunny Side – 4:06
"Remember Me" (Scotty Wiseman) – 1:32