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Bill Monroe: Icon

1 CD / MCA (USA) / 2012-08-14

Tracks: I Saw the Light; New Mule Skinner Blues; Uncle Pen; Kentucky Waltz; Footprints in the Snow; Walk Softly On My Heart; In the Pines; Blue Moon of Kentucky; I'm Working On a Building; Gotta Travel On; R...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Photographer: Les Leverett.

Part of MCA/Universal's Icon series, this Bill Monroe overview offers up a scant yet serviceable set list of bluegrass and country standards from an artist truly des...continue...

Bill Monroe: The Father of Bluegrass

1 CD / E1 Music Entertainment / 2012-01-31

Tracks: What Would You Give In Exchange?; Mule Skinner Blues; Blue Yodel No 7; Rocky Road Blues; Blue Yodel No. 4; My Rose of Old Kentucky; Little Cabin Home on the Hill; Wicked Path of Sin; Blue Grass Break...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Liner Note Author: Dave Henderson....continue...

Bill Monroe: Father of the Blues

1 CD / United States of Distribution / 2010-10-05

Tracks: Molly And Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song); Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong; Blue Grass Breakdown; My Rose Of Old Kentucky; Little Cabin Home On The Hill; Blue Yodel No. 4; Mother's Only Sleeping; Blue ...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Recording information: Atlanta (02/13/1945); Chicago (02/13/1945); Atlanta (09/16/1946); Chicago (09/16/1946); Atlanta (10/02/1941); Chicago (10/02/1941); Atlanta (10/07/1940); Chicago (10/07/1940); A...continue...

Bill Monroe: Bill Monroe & Friends/Stars of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame

1 CD / Raven / 2010-09-14

Tracks: Blue Moon of Kentucky; Sunset Trail, The; My Sweet Darlin'; I Still Miss Someone; Kentucky Waltz; My Rose of Old Kentucky; Is the Blue Moon Still Shining - (featuring Rudy Gatlin/Steve Gatlin); With ...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (tenor, mandolin).

Liner Note Author: Keith Glass.

Released in 1984, Bill Monroe & Friends found "the Father of Bluegrass" sharing the stage with some of modern co...continue...

Bill Monroe: And His Bluegrass Boys 1950-1958 [Box]

4 CD / JSP Records / 2009-09-15

Tracks: Blue Grass Ramble; New Mule Skinner Blues; My Little Georgia Rose; Memories of You; I'm on My Way to the Old Home; Alabama Waltz; I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome; I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning; Boat ...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Charlie Cline (vocals, baritone, guitar, fiddle); Edd Mayfield, Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, Carter Stanley (vocals, guitar); Boudleaux Bryant (vocals); Kenny Baker (baritone, fi...continue...

Bill Monroe: Blue Grass Memories

CD / / 2009-04-07

Tracks: Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms; What Would Give in Exchange; My Long Journey Home; Nine Pound Hammer; Drifting to Far from the Shore; New River Train; This World Is Not My Home; On the Banks of the Ohi...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (tenor, mandolin); Charlie Monroe (vocals, guitar)....continue...

Bill Monroe: My Last Days on Earth 1981-1994

4 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2007-02-06

Tracks: Old Ebenezer Scrooge; Go Hither to Go Yonder; Right, Right On; Lochwood; Old Danger Field; Fair Play; Melissa's Waltz for J.B.; Lady of the Blue Ridge; My Last Days on Ears; Evening Prayer Blues; Pre...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Includes four CD and a book....continue...
Personnel: John Duffey (vocals, tenor, mandolin); Emmylou Harris (vocals, tenor); Ricky Skaggs (vocals, baritone, guitar); Del McCoury, Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen, Wayne Lewis , Jim McReyn...continue...

Bill Monroe: My Last Days on Earth 1981-1994

4 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2006-11-30

Artists: Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe: Blue Moon of Kentucky [Country Stars]

1 CD / Count / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Dog House Blues; Katy Hill; Orange Blossom Special; In the Pines; Honky Tonk Swing; Kentucky Waltz; Rocky Road Blues; Blue Grass Special; Footprints Int He Snow; Mother's Only Sleeping; Blue Moon of ...
Artists: Bill Monroe

.GRASS BOYS...continue...

Bill Monroe: I Saw the Light

1 CD / Universal Distribution / 2005-05-24

Tracks: Precious Memories; House Of Gold; Life's Railway To Heaven; Lord Lead Me On; I've Found A Hiding Place; Jesus Hold My Hand; I Saw The Light; I'll Meet You In The Morning; Just A Little Talk With Jesu...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe: The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys

1 CD / MCA Nashville / 2005-04-19

Tracks: Blue Moon of Kentucky; Jimmy Brown the Newsboy; I Saw the Light; Goodbye Old Pal; Footprints in the Snow; Roll on Buddy Roll On; I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky; Molly and Tenbrooks; When the Cactus I...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe is undisputedly the father of bluegrass music. With his Blue Grass Boys, he defined the instrumental style, giving the world the harmonies and...continue...
Producers include: Harold Bradley, Owen Bradley, Walter Haynes, Harry Silverstein.

Compilation producer: Mary Katherine Aldin.

Recorded between 1954 & 1981. Includes liner notes by Mary ...continue...

Bill Monroe: The King and the Father

1 CD / Music Mill / 2005-01-11

Tracks: Uncle Pen; On and On; Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake, The; Sitting Alone in the Moonlight; I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home; Walking in Jerusalem (Just Like John); In the Pines; I Hope You Have...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (mandolin); Jimmy Martin (vocals).

The King and the Father features a dozen of Bill Monroe's early-'50s Decca recordings on which Jimmy Martin provided lead or duet vocal...continue...

Bill Monroe: The Gospel Spirit

1 CD / MCA Nashville / 2004-08-24

Tracks: I'm Working on a Building; I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning; Lord Protect My Soul; Angels Rock Me to Sleep; Get Down on Your Knees and Pray; He Will Set Your Fields on Fire; Voice From on High,...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Monroe's 16 greatest '50s gospel recordings. Includes "I'm Working On A Building," "A Voice From On High" & the highlights from The Father of Bluegrass's...continue...
Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Milton Estes (vocals, bass voice); Edd Mayfield, Carter Stanley (vocals, guitar); Birch Monroe, Joel Price, Rudy Lyle (vocals); Rudy Lyle (baritone, banjo); ...continue...

Bill Monroe: Far Across the Blue Water: Bill Monroe in Germany [Box]

5 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2004-08-03

Tracks: Introduction; Roustabout; Bluegrass Breakdown, The; Muleskinner Blues; Footprints in the Snow; Kentucky Mandolin; I'm Working on a Building; Road of Life, The; Grey Eagle; Festival Waltz; Uncle Pen; ...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, tenor, mandolin); Tom Ewing (vocals, acoustic guitar); Emsland Hillbillies (vocals); Blake Williams (baritone, banjo); Clarence "Tater" Tate (bass voice, fiddle); Kenne...continue...

Bill Monroe: Far Across the Blue Water: Bill Monroe in Germany

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2004-06-29

Tracks: Introduction - (studio); Roustabout (Ralph Lewis) - (studio); Bluegrass Breakdown, The - (studio); Muleskinner Blues - (studio); Footprints in the Snow - (studio); Kentucky Mandolin - (studio); I'm W...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Includes 4 CDs and 1 DVD plus a 52 page book....continue...
FAR ACROSS THE BLUE WATER: BILL MONROE IN GERMANY 1975 & 1989, released in 2004 by Germany label Bear Family, is a four disc box set of songs performed by bluegrass legend Bill Monroe which also conta...continue...

Bill Monroe: July 1963: Two Days at Newport

1 CD / And More Bears / 2003-07-04

Tracks: July 26, 1963-Intro; Mule Skinner Blues; Uncle Pen; Devil's Dream; Molly and Tenbrooks; I Am a Pilgrim; Rawhide; July 27, 1963-Intro; Paddy on the Turnpike; Pike County Breakdown; Rawhide; Get Up Joh...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel includes: Bill Monroe (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Del McCoury (vocals, guitar); Bill Keith (banjo); Bessie Lee Mauldin (bass); Ralph Rinzler (background vocals).

Recorded live at the ...continue...

Bill Monroe: All the Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Box]

4 CD / JSP Records / 2003-06-10

Tracks: My Long Journey Home; What Is Home Without Love; What Would You Give in Exchange; Little Red Shoes; Nine Pound Hammer; On Some Foggy Mountain Top; Drifting Too Far from the Shore; In My Dear Old Sout...
Artists: Bill Monroe

& His Bluegrass Boys.

Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Clyde Moody (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Tex Willis, Lester Flatt, Mac Wiseman, Charlie Monroe (vocals, guitar); Earl Scr...continue...

Bill Monroe: Anthology

2 CD / MCA Nashville/Decca / 2003-04-22

Tracks: New Mule Skinner Blues; My Little Georgia Rose; Uncle Pen; Rawhide; Kentucky Waltz; When the Cactus Is in Bloom; Get Down on Your Knees and Pray; In the Pines; Footprints in the Snow; Walking in Jeru...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Jimmy Martin, Carter Stanley, Eddie Mayfield, Jimmy Maynard (vocals, guitar); Rudy Lyle (vocals, banjo); Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Ernie Newton (vocals...continue...

Bill Monroe: Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949 [Box]

6 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2003-04-08

Tracks: What Will You Give in Exchange For Your Soul; Orange Blossom Special; True Life Blues; Blue Moon of Kentucky; I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
Artists: Bill Monroe

Includes 60 Monroe Brothers duets from 1936-38, all 16 of the 1940-41 performances released under Monroe's own name, all Columbia Records sessions from 1945-49, every alternate take from the Columbia ...continue...

Bill Monroe: Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949 [Box]

6 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2003-04-08

Tracks: What Will You Give in Exchange For Your Soul; Orange Blossom Special; True Life Blues; Blue Moon of Kentucky; I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
Artists: Bill Monroe

Includes 60 Monroe Brothers duets from 1936-38, all 16 of the 1940-41 performances released under Monroe's own name, all Columbia Records sessions from 1945-49, every alternate take from the Columbia ...continue...

Bill Monroe: Essential Collection

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2003-04-07

Tracks: Uncle Pen; I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome; New Mule Skinner Blues; Nine Pound Hammer; Blue Moon of Kentucky; I Saw the Light; Footprints in the Snow; You're Drifting Away; Rocky Road Blues; Cry, Cry Darling;...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Liner Note Author: Dave McAleer....continue...

Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys: Mansions for Me

1 CD / Music Mill / 2002-01-15

Tracks: Mansions for Me; Shining Path; Mother's Only Sleeping; Wicked Path of Sin; Old Cross Road, The; I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling; Remember the Cross; Little Community Church; Shine Hallelujah, Shine; Tha...
Artists: Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys

Recorded in 1946 and 1947.

Contains 10 tracks....continue...

Bill Monroe: The Father of Bluegrass [Aim]

1 CD / Aim Records (Australia) / 2001-10-01

Tracks: Orange Blossom Special; Uncle Pen; Footprints in the Snow; Bluegrass Breakdown; I Saw the Light; Shady Grove; Shenandoah Breakdown; Mule Skinner Blues; Prison Song; Blue Moon of Kentucky; Can't You H...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Liner Note Author: Peter Noble.

The title of Bill Monroe At His Best is a bit of a misnomer. Although this is fine Monroe -- and he never was particularly bad -- it isn't the best way to hear h...continue...

Bill Monroe: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Monroe

1 CD / MCA Nashville / 1999-11-02

Tracks: Blue Moon of Kentucky; Footprints in the Snow; New Mule Skinner Blues; Uncle Pen; In the Pines; I'm Working on a Building; Gotta Travel On; Scotland; Molly & Tenbrooks; I'm Sitting on Top of the Worl...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, banjo); Ricky Scaggs (vocals).

Recorded between 1954 and 1982. Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo.

Digitally remastered by Jim Phillips (1999, MCA M...continue...

Bill Monroe: Live from Mountain Stage

1 CD / Blue Plate / 1999-05-11

Tracks: My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'; Mule Skinner Blues; Southern Flavor; Beautiful Life; My Blue Eyes from Heaven; Northern White Clouds; Uncle Pen; Blue Moon of Kentucky; Sugar Loaf Mountain; Old Home Town,...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Tom Ewing (vocals, guitar); Diana Christian (vocals); Blake Williams (banjo); Clarence "Tater" Tate (fiddle); Billy Rose (bass).

Recorded live at the ...continue...

Bill Monroe: The Early Years

1 CD / Vanguard / 1998-06-01

Tracks: Blue Moon of Kentucky; Footprints in the Snow; Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong; Blue Grass Stomp; Toy Heart; Blue Grass Special; Kentucky Waltz; Rocky Road Blues; Travelin' This Lonesome Road; When You...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Featuring an excellent cross section of tracks from the definitive 1945-1949 period, The Early Years charts Bill Monroe's evolving sound through Western swing-influenced pieces, waltzes, blues, spirit...continue...

Bill Monroe: 16 Gems

1 CD / Legacy / 1996-03-12

Tracks: Kentucky Waltz; True Life Blues; Nobody Loves Me; Good-Bye Old Pal; Blue Grass Special; Heavy Traffic Ahead; Summertime Is Past and Gone; I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky; It's Mighty Dark to Travel; B...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Tex Willis, Lester Flatt, Malcolm "Mac" Wiseman (vocals, guitar); David "Stringbean" Akeman, Earl Scruggs, Rudy Lyle (5-string banjo); Robert R. "Chubby" Wis...continue...

Bill Monroe: Blue Moon of Kentucky [Sony]

1 CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 1996-02-19

Tracks: Girl in the Blue Velvet Band; Toy Heart; Blue Moon of Kentucky; Rocky Road Blues; Blue Yodel No. 4; Kentucky Waltz; Summertime Is Past and Gone; Will You Be Loving Another Man; I Hear a Sweet Voice C...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Though terribly brief, at less than 30 minutes in length, this compilation is a consistently enjoyable listen from start to finish. None of the ten tracks are particularly rare, but all are classic Mo...continue...

Bill Monroe: Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Box]

4 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1994-09-05

Tracks: When the Phone Rang; Tomorrow I'll Be Gone; Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day; Stoney Lonesome; Lonesome Wind Blues; Thinking About You; Come Go with Me; Sold Down the River; Linda Lou; You Live in ...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, tenor, mandolin); Horace "Benny" Williams (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Franklin G. Buchanan (vocals, guitar); Bobby Lester (vocals, fiddle); B. White (vocals); Peter Rowan...continue...

Bill Monroe: Bluegrass 1950-1958 [Box]

4 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1994-09-05

Tracks: Blue Grass Ramble; New Muleskinner Blues; My Little Georgia Rose; Memories of You; I'm on My Way to the Old Home; Alabama Waltz; I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome; I'll Meet You in Church on Sunday Morning; Boa...
Artists: Bill Monroe

BLUEGRASS (1950-1958) is a 4-disc set containing 109 recordings. It includes a 65-page book with detailed discography and personnel listing.

Personnel: Bill Monroe (mandolin); Charlie Cline (gu...continue...

Bill Monroe: Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Box]

4 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1994-09-05

Tracks: When the Phone Rang; Tommorrow I'll Be Gone; Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day; Stoney Lonesome; Lonesome Wind Blues; Thinking About You; Come Go With Me; Sold Down the River; Linda Lou; You Live in...
Artists: Bill Monroe

For starters, the only reason this four-CD box didn't garner a perfect score was that the band Monroe led in the early '50s is a tough one to beat -- especially since it contained Jimmy Martin. Musica...continue...

Bill Monroe: Bluegrass 1950-1958 [Box]

4 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1994-09-05

Tracks: Bluegrass Ramble; New Mule Skinner Blues; My Little Georgia Rose; Memories of You; I'm on My Way to the Old Home; Alabama Waltz; I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome; I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning; Boat o...
Artists: Bill Monroe

BLUEGRASS (1950-1958) is a 4-disc set containing 109 recordings. It includes a 65-page book with detailed discography and personnel listing.

Personnel: Bill Monroe (mandolin); Charlie Cline (gu...continue...

Bill Monroe: Bluegrass 1970-1979

4 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1994-07-08

Tracks: McKinley's March; Texas Gallop; Road of Life; It's Me Again Lord; Beyond the Gate; I Will Sing for the Glory of God; Kentucky Waltz; Girl in the Blue Velvet Band, The; Lonesome Moonlight Waltz; Talla...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Adapter: Jay Farrar.

Personnel: Bill Monroe (tenor, mandolin); Jim McReynolds (vocals, tenor, guitar); James Monroe , Lester Flatt (vocals, guitar); Jesse McReynolds (vocals, mandolin); Fowler,...continue...

Bill Monroe: Bluegrass 1970-1979 [Box]

4 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1994-07-08

Tracks: McKinley's March / Texas Gallop - (instrumental); Road of Life; It's Me Again Lord; Beyond the Gate; I Will Sing For the Glory of God; Kentucky Waltz; Girl in the Blue Velvet Band, The; Lonesome Moon...
Artists: Bill Monroe

Bluegrass (1970-1979) is a four-disc box set containing all of Monroe's '70s recordings for Decca, including several unreleased cuts and a live album featuring Jim & Jesse, James Monroe, Jimmy Martin,...continue...

Bill Monroe: Live Recordings 1956-1969

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1993-09-24

Tracks: Watermelon Hanging on the Vine; Roanoke; Brakeman's Blues; Close By; Kentucky Waltz; Blue Grass Stomp; Blue Moon of Kentucky; I'm Working on a Building; Angels Rock Me to Sleep; Wheel Hoss; Watermelo...
Artists: Bill Monroe

LIVE RECORDINGS (1956-1969)...VOL. 1 is a collection of 27 previously unreleased live tracks by Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys.

Personnel includes: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Mac Wisema...continue...

Bill Monroe: Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980

1 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1993-09-24

Tracks: Foggy Mountain Top; What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?; Watson Blues; Soldier's Joy; Where Is My Sailor Boy?; You Won't Be Satisfied That Way; Kentucky Mandolin; East Tennessee Blues; Mid...
Artists: Bill Monroe

LIVE RECORDINGS (1963-1980)...VOL. 2 is a collection of previously-unreleased live tracks by Bill Monroe and Doc Watson. It includes extensive liner notes and rare photos.

Personnel includes: B...continue...