Early Rebel Recordings: 1962–1971

Early Rebel Recordings: 1962–1971 is a compilation album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen. A collection of 110 songs, 5 of them previously unreleased, divided on 4 CD's, the album includes various lineups of the early Country Gentlemen. It includes the first and second classic lineup, while adding Dobro of Mike Auldridge or second guitar by Pete Kuykendall.[1][2]

Early Rebel Recordings: 1962–1971
Compilation album by
Released1998
Recorded1962–1971
GenreBluegrass, progressive bluegrass
LabelRebel
ProducerCountry Gentlemen
Country Gentlemen chronology
Sugar Hill Collection
(1995)
Early Rebel Recordings: 1962–1971
(1998)
High Lonesome
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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Disc 1

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  1. Christmas Time Back Home (Duffey, Streeter) 3:09
  2. Heavenward Bound (Duffey) 2:17
  3. I Am Weary, Let Me Rest (Pete Kuykendall) 2:38
  4. Sad And Lonesome Day (Traditional) 2:33
  5. The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me (John Duffey, Pete Kuykendall) 2:24
  6. The White Rose (Traditional) 2:34
  7. The Gentleman Is Blue (Eddie Adcock, John Duffey) 3:36
  8. Philadelphia Lawyer (Woody Guthrie) 2:59
  9. Spanish Two Step (Bob Wills) 2:35
  10. Bringing Mary Home (Duffey) 3:00
  11. The Convict And The Rose (Chapin, King) 2:38
  12. Banks of the Ohio (Traditional) 3:00
  13. Down Where the River Bends (Jack Anglin, Peck, Johnnie Wright) 2:29
  14. Battle Hymn of the Republic (Ward, Steffe) 1:46
  15. This World's No Place to Live (Duffey, Streeter) 2:48
  16. Uncle Joe (Eddie Adcock) 2:58
  17. Northbound (Eddie Adcock) 2:16
  18. I Let the Light Shine Down (Swan) 1:54
  19. Girl From the North Country (Bob Dylan) 3:42
  20. Cold Wind A Blowing (John Duffey, Hill) 2:14
  21. Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont) 1:25
  22. Silent Night (Franz Gruber, Mohr) 1:51
  23. We Three Kings (Hopkins) 1:49
  24. Blue Bell (Adcock, Duffey) 2:28
  25. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Dylan) 3:26
  26. Matterhorn (Danny Dill, Mel Tills) 2:18
  27. Dark As a Dungeon (Merle Travis) 3:32
  28. Big Bruce (John Duffey) 2:48

Disc 2

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  1. When They Ring Those Golden Bells (Traditional) 2:58
  2. Buffalo Gals (Traditional) 2:06
  3. A Beautiful Life (Golden) 2:42
  4. I'm Working On A Road (Lester Flatt) 2:51
  5. A Border Affair (Clark, Williams) 3:20
  6. Johnny Reb (Merle Kilgore) 2:34
  7. Many A Mile (Bill Sky) 2:18
  8. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight (David McEnery) 2:31
  9. Lord, I'm Coming Home (Traditional) 3:47
  10. The Traveler (John Duffey) 3:12
  11. Silver Bell (Traditional) 1:57
  12. Theme From Exodus (Ernest Gold) 2:47
  13. Love and Wealth (Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin) 2:41
  14. He Was a Friend of Mine (Traditional) 3:00
  15. Daybreak In Dixie (Bill Napier) 2:01
  16. Some Old Day (Louise Certain, Gladys Stacey) 2:32
  17. Raggy Mountain Shakedown (John Duffey) 2:08
  18. Banana Boat Song (Attaway, Burgess) 2:41
  19. Going to the Races (John Duffey) 1:48
  20. Waiting for the Boys to Come Home (Presley) 2:25
  21. Darling Little Joe (A.P. Carter) 2:40
  22. El Dedo (Eddie Adcock) 2:57
  23. I'll Be There Mary Dear (Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew Sterling) 3:11
  24. Blue Ridge Cabin Home (Louise Certain, Gladys Stacey) 2:29
  25. Take Me In a Lifeboat (Frank Southern) 2:41
  26. The Sentence (Eddie Adcock) 2:40
  27. Where I'm Bound 2:20 (Tom Paxton)

Disc 3

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  1. To the Rescue (Eddie Adcock) 2:55
  2. Rodger Young (Frank Loesser) 2:30
  3. Green, Green Grass of Home (Claude Putman) 2:36
  4. Along the Way (John Duffey) 2:51
  5. Let's (Eddie Adcock) 2:22
  6. Rambling Boy (Tom Paxton) 3:22
  7. Gentlemen's Concerto (Jimmy Gaudreau) 2:31
  8. Take Me Back to the Valley (Traditional) 4:02
  9. Fare-Thee-Well Cisco (Tom Paxton) 2:11
  10. Preaching, Praying, Singing (McCarty) 1:45
  11. Mrs. Robinson (Paul Simon) 3:10
  12. Two Little Boys (Traditional) 2:51
  13. Doin' My Time (Jimmie Skinner) 3:10
  14. Rank Strangers (Albert Brumley) 3:03
  15. Heaven (McSpadden) 2:54
  16. Gone Home (Bill Carlisle) 2:06
  17. Rank Strangers (Albert Brumley) 2:57
  18. I'm Using My Bible for a Roadmap (Don Reno, Charles Schroeder) 2:54
  19. Over The Hills To The Poorhouse (Braham, Catlin) 2:55
  20. Little White Church (Wellman) 2:11
  21. Heaven (McSpadden) 2:56
  22. Bill Bailey (Hughie Cannon) 1:56
  23. He Will Set Your Fields On Fire 2:28
  24. Are You Washed In the Blood (Elisha Hoffman) 2:30
  25. One Wide River (Traditional) 1:40
  26. On The Sunny Side of Life (Traditional) 2:20
  27. Born Again (Louvin) 2:12
  28. I'll Break Out Again Tonight (A.L. Owens, Sanger Shafer) 3:08

Disc 4

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  1. Less of Me (Campbell) 2:00
  2. I Am a Pilgrim (Merle Travis) 2:15
  3. Weapon of Prayer (Louvin) 3:20
  4. If I Were Free (Edmonson) 3:37
  5. Teach Your Children (Graham Nash) 2:34
  6. Fox on the Run (Tony Hazzard) 2:32
  7. Johnny and Jack Medley 3:13
  8. I'd Rather Live By the Side of the Road (Albert Brumley) 3:10
  9. These Men of God (Ellis, Williams) 2:22
  10. Cowboys and Indians (Bill Emerson) 1:55
  11. Sea of Heartbreak (Hal David, Hampton) 2:51
  12. Orange Blossom Mandolin (Ervin Rouse) 3:09
  13. Yesterday (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 3:16
  14. The Girl Behind the Bar (Stanley) 2:59
  15. The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp (Dallas Frazier) 2:31
  16. Take Me Home, Country Roads (Bill Danoff, John Denver, Taffy Nivert) 2:31
  17. Redwood Hill (Gordon Lightfoot) 2:38
  18. Secret of the Waterfall (Jake Landers) 3:06
  19. Walkin' Down the Line (Bob Dylan) 2:04
  20. Breakin' It Down (Bill Emerson) 2:23
  21. New Freedom Bell (Osborne) 2:40
  22. The Old Pine Tree (Grant) 3:04
  23. The Legend of the Rebel Soldier (Charlie Moore) 2:55
  24. C.G. Express (Doyle Lawson) 2:23
  25. Little Bessie (Traditional) 3:34
  26. The Fields Have Turned Brown (Stanley) 3:00
  27. Get in Line Buddy (Bill Yates) 2:13

Previously unreleased tracks

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From the 110 tracks, released on this collection, were the following, which were not previously released:

  • The Convict and the Rose
  • Uncle Joe
  • Silver Bell
  • Love and Wealth
  • Heaven

Personnel

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  • Charlie Waller - guitar, vocals
  • Rick Allred - mandolin, vocals
  • Bill Emerson - banjo, vocals
  • Eddie Adcock - banjo, guitar, vocals
  • Bill Yates - bass, vocals
  • John Duffey - mandolin, guitar
  • Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin, guitar
  • Doyle Lawson - mandolin, violin, guitar, vocals
  • Mike Auldridge - Dobro
  • Tom Gray - bass, vocals
  • Len Holsclaw - bass
  • Ed Ferris - bass
  • Ed McGlothlin - bass
  • Bill Yates - bass
  • Bobbi Woods - tambourine
  • Pete Kuykendall - guitar
  • Ray Marshall - vibes

References

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  1. ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  2. ^ "Album info". Music.barnesandnoble.com. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
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