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

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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
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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
8▼CD: Rich-R-Tone 1050-1062
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Somebody Else Still Loves You
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys2:46
2Better Late Than Never
mandolin:
Red Ratliff (US bluegrass musician)
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys2:08
3Indian Boogie
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys2:08
4I'm Waiting 'Neath the Pine
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys2:50
5Stars in My Crown
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys2:33
6In the Land of Peace and Love
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys3:06
7Just Say the Word
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys2:08
8Cherished Memories
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys3:11
9Weary Hobo
Pee Wee Lambert & Curley Parker with their Pine Ridge Boys2:57
10Just a Memory
Pee Wee Lambert & Curley Parker with their Pine Ridge Boys2:21
11The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake
The Stanley Brothers3:07
12Are You Waiting Just for Me
recording of:
Are You Waiting Just for Me?
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
The Stanley Brothers2:21
13Little Glass of Wine
recording of:
Little Glass of Wine
writer:
Carter Stanley and Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player)
The Stanley Brothers2:59
14Little Birdie
producer:
Ray Pennington
banjo and lead vocals:
Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player) (on 1963-01-29)
double bass:
Vernon Derrick (on 1963-01-29)
fiddle:
Ralph Mayo (on 1963-01-29)
guitar:
Carter Stanley (on 1963-01-29)
mandolin:
Curley Lambert (on 1963-01-29)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1963-01-29)
recording of:
Little Birdie (on 1963-01-29)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5742)
live recording of:
Little Birdie
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5742)
The Stanley Brothers2:01
15Because You're Stepping Out on Me
Smokey Drew3:05
16Somebody Else That Loves You
Smokey Drew3:07
17Blue Yodel No. 1
Jim Eanes2:22
18Florida Blues (instrumental Breakdown)
Jim Eanes2:44
19The Bright Crystal Sea
guitar and lead vocals:
Cecil Surratt (in 1951)
Cecil Surratt & His West Virginia Ramblers3:32
20Where Will You Spend Eternity?
guitar and lead vocals:
Cecil Surratt (in 1951)
Cecil Surratt & His West Virginia Ramblers2:33
21Can You Give Me Any Help
Jimmy Hayes & His Cherokee Playboys2:19
22My Boogie Woogie Baby
Jimmy Hayes & His Cherokee Playboys2:15
23Lift Me Up and Lead Me On
Scotty & Tarheel Rubye3:00
24Just a Touch of God's Hand
Scotty & Tarheel Rubye3:30
25I Wonder Why You Left Me
Sam Frazier2:43
26A Poor Boy's Prayer
Sam Frazier3:15
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]