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Artist:	CARTER FAMILY, THE
Title:	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	MK 314LP

"This album compiles the very beginnings of one of the longest lasting groups in the history of American Music. Active from 1927 to 1956, the legendary Carter Family were originally a trio and dug deeply into the musical tradition of southwestern Virginia, bringing to light a number of gospel and folk songs that made them superstars in their day and later went on to inspire many revival groups of the sixties and seventies."

Artist:	CARTER FAMILY, THE
Title:	Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	MK 332LP

"Drawing on the rich musical tradition of rural Appalachia, by 1930 the Carter family had become an American institution. Often called the 'first family' of country music, the original Carter family consisted of A.P. Carter, his wife Sara and Sara's cousin Maybelle. Maybelle's daughter June Carter, would go on to become a star in her own right and famously marry Johnny Cash. Maybelle Carter's pioneering guitar style not only revolutionized American music, but she was also one of the first white musicians to use the guitar as a lead instrument. In February 1929 the Carter family returned to Camden, NJ for their third-ever recording session (for Victor) laying down 12 plus tracks of which 5 can be heard here. Their next recording session, also for Victor, was in Atlanta Georgia in November of that same year (just a month after the stock market crash), where they recorded their classic 'Wabash Cannonball', among others."

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