> Since we're in recommending mode, anyone out there know if there's a clear
> cut choice on a good Delmore Brothers collection? There don't appear to be
> any domestic releases readily available.
County Records' two collections, Brown's Ferry Blues and Sand Mountain
Blues, are pretty widely available (MoM lists them both in their catalog,
and I just found them in stock at both CD Now and CD World). The former
covers recordings from the 30s and early 40s, the latter is a selection of
King recordings made between 1944 and 1949. There's also a British import
called Freight Train Boogie that's in the same vein as Sand Mountain Blues,
but with a few more cuts. The earlier stuff is prettier, the King stuff
more rockin'. Some of my very favorite Delmore Brothers performances are
only available on LP - the 2 collections by Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and the
Dixieliners; the Dixieliners were, during the period of those recordings
(30s), the Delmore Brothers (the same name was also used by Sam & Kirk McGee
when they accompanied Smith, but they never recorded with him).
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