The Rich-R-Tone Folk Star Story: Appalachia on Record 1946-1954 (deluxe edition)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Released as a LP-sized box set, limited to 1000 copies

Includes 12 CDs in four six-panel digisleeves, and a 148-page book with liner notes on the history of the Rich-R-Tone label, biographical notes for the artists included on the box set, as well as a session discography and a label discography.

© 2025 Bear Family Records GmbH

Some copies come with a bonus disc of "Various – Tell It To Me / Revisiting The Johnson City Sessions 1928-1929" inside the box.

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC 05197
Rights Society: GEMA
Other (Cat.nr. CD1/CD2/CD3): BCD 17549-1/2/3
Other (Cat.nr. CD1): BCD 17549-1
Other (Cat.nr. CD2): BCD 17549-2
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Other (Cat.nr. CD4/CD5/CD6): BCD 17549-4/5/6
Other (Cat.nr. CD4): BCD 17549-4
Other (Cat.nr. CD5): BCD 17549-5
Other (Cat.nr. CD6): BCD 17549-6
Other (Cat.nr. CD7/CD8/CD9): BCD 17549-7/8/9
Other (Cat.nr. CD7): BCD 17549-7
Other (Cat.nr. CD8): BCD 17549-8
Other (Cat.nr. CD9): BCD 17549-9
Other (Cat.nr. CD10/11/12): BCD 17549-10/11/12
Other (Cat.nr. CD10): BCD 17549-10
Other (Cat.nr. CD11): BCD 17549-11
Other (Cat.nr. CD12): BCD 17549-12
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Mould SID Code (CD5): IFPI AEW11
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Mastering SID Code (CD6): IFPI LK97
Mould SID Code (CD6): IFPI AEW11
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Mastering SID Code (CD7): IFPI LK97
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Mastering SID Code (CD11): IFPI LK97
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Mastering SID Code (CD12): IFPI LK97
Mould SID Code (CD12): IFPI AEW11

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-13 09:21 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Rich-R-Tone 398-411
2▶CD: Rich-R-Tone 412 - 427
3▶CD: Rich-R-Tone 431-452
4▶CD: Rich-R-Tone 453-476
5▶CD: Rich-R-Tone 701-703 / Eureka 801 / Rich-R-Tone 1002-1013
6▶CD: Rich-R-Tone 1014-1031
7▼CD: Rich-R-Tone 1032-1049
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Bob's Piano Boogie
Bob (Boogie Beat) Harman2:52
2New Caldonia Boogie
Bob (Boogie Beat) Harman2:49
3He'll Lead You Through the Pilgrim Land
The Payne Family Quartet3:00
4I'm Just a Stranger Here
The Payne Family Quartet2:55
5California Blues
Charlie Duke & Band2:12
6Mississippi River Blues
Charlie Duke & Band2:43
7Estes Is Bestes (Kefauver for President Fight Song)
Jimmy Renfro & His Memory Valley Boys2:28
8Tennessee Fishing Song
Jimmy Renfro & His Memory Valley Boys2:24
9Oh! Please Come Back to Me
Rocky Mountain Boys2:31
10A Hundred Years From Now
Rocky Mountain Boys2:11
11Estes Is Bestes (Kefauver for President Fight Song)
Larry Dean & His Virginia Playboys2:41
12Dive Bomb Boogie
Larry Dean & His Virginia Playboys2:32
13I Can't Leave You Crying in the Rain
Freeman Barnett & His Saltwell Hollow Boys2:29
14Give My Best Regards to Kentucky
Freeman Barnett & His Saltwell Hollow Boys2:25
15Bad Man Stack o Lee
Moon Mullins with Mrs. Moon Mullins2:28
16I'm Begging Back
Moon Mullins with Mrs. Moon Mullins2:32
17I'd Like to Be a Single Man
Larry Dean & His Virginia Playboys2:46
18My Red Head
Larry Dean & His Virginia Playboys3:02
19Little Cabin Door
The Southern Ramblers2:49
20I'm Sorry Now
The Southern Ramblers2:26
21If You Think You're Smart
Hal Andrews & His Gulf Coast Playboys2:28
22Control Over My Heart
Hal Andrews & His Gulf Coast Playboys2:43
23I Took Her by Her Little Brown Hand
Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys2:29
24I'll Never Ever Love You Anymore
Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys2:40
25Hold Your Horses
Johnny Russell & His Kinfolks2:33
26The Highway Bar
Johnny Russell & His Kinfolks3:02
27Our Love Isn't Legal
Frank Hunter & His Black Mountain Boys2:47
28Long Time No See
double bass [bass]:
Junior Huskey (father of Roy Huskey, Jr.)
fiddle:
Gene Christian (US fiddler)
guitar:
Frank Hunter (US bluegrass musician)
vocals:
Gene Christian (US fiddler) and Frank Hunter (US bluegrass musician)
Frank Hunter & His Black Mountain Boys2:31
29Tennessee Boy
Frank Hunter & His Black Mountain Boys3:14
8▶CD: Rich-R-Tone 1050-1062
9▶CD: Rich-R-Tone 1063-1067 / Folk Star 500-601
10▶CD: Folk Star 602-619
11▶CD: Folk Star 621-655
12▶CD: Champion 901-902 / Folk Star 1000-1007

Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by:Bear Family Records
pressed by:TAKT (Polish manufacturer)
glass mastered at:TAKT in Olkusz, Małopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship), Poland
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/34882697 [info]