1. Glory to the Lamb
2. Behind Those Stone Walls
3. Sinking in the Lonesome Sea
4. He Took a White Rose from Her Hair
5. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)
6. Let's Be Lovers Again
7. Your Mother Still Prays (For You, Jack)
8. Kissing Is a Crime
9. Don't Forget Me Little Darling
10. Sad and Lonesome Day
11. By the Touch of Her Hand
12. East Virginia Blues No. 2
13. My Old Virginia Home
14. My Virginia Rose Is Blooming
15. My Texas Girl - The Carter Family, Carter, Sara
16. No Other's Bride I'll Be
17. Gathering Flowers from the Hillside
18. Gospel Ship - The Carter Family, Traditional
19. Little Black Train
20. Keep on the Sunny Side
21. River of Jordan
22. Lonesome Valley
23. God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
24. Single Girl, Married Girl
25. The Fate of Dewey Lee
26. Wildwood Flower
27. Sea of Galilee
28. Don't Forget This Song
29. My Clinch Mountain Home
30. The Storms Are on the Ocean
31. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
32. Broken Hearted Lover
33. Little Darlin' Pal of Mine
34. The Homestead on the Farm
35. Cannon Ball Blues
36. Meet Me by the Moonlight Alone
37. On the Rock Where Moses Stood
38. Lulu Walls
39. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
40. Worried Man Blues
41. My Dixie Darling
42. Give Me Your Love and I'll Give You Mine
43. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
44. The Last Move for Me
45. The Wayworn Traveller
46. Just Another Broken Heart
47. When Silver Threads Are Gold Again
48. There's No One Like Mother to Me
49. In a Little Village Churchyard
50. Jealous Hearted Me
51. My Native Home
52. Sweet Heaven in My View
53. No Depression in Heaven
54. Bonnie Blue Eyes
55. My Honey Lou
56. In the Shadow of the Eyes
57. Answer to Weeping Willow
58. You've Been a Friend to Me
59. Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way
60. Lay My Head Beneath the Rose
61. The Broken Down Tramp
62. Lover's Lane
63. Hold Fast to the Right
64. Lord, I'm in Your Care
65. Funny When You Feel That Way
66. In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain
67. Hello Stranger
68. Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You
69. When This Evening Sun Goes Down
70. Jim Blake's Message
71. Honey in the Rock
72. Look How This World Has Made a Change
73. The Little Girl That Played on My Knee
74. You Better Let That Liar Alone
75. Farewell Nellie
76. The Only Girl (I Ever Cared About)
77. Goodbye to the Plains
78. My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
79. Dark Haired True Lover
80. He Never Came Back
81. Happy in the Prison
82. Walking in the King's Highway
83. St. Regious Girl
84. Just a Few More Days
85. Bring Back My Boy
86. It Is Better Farther On
87. Charlie and Nellie
88. Cuban Soldier
89. The Heart That Was Broken for Me
90. You're Nothing More to Me
91. Stern Old Bachelor
92. Little Joe
93. Reckless Motorman
94. You Denied Your Love
95. Oh, Take Me Back
96. You Are My Flower
97. Who's That Knocking at My Window
98. They Call Her Mother
99. Coal Miner's Blues
100. Young Freda Bolt
101. Little Poplar Log House on the Hill
102. The Dying Mother
103. Buddies in the Saddle
104. Heaven's Radio
105. Beautiful Home
106. There'll Be No Distinction There
107. Give Him One More as He Goes
108. Lonesome for You Darling
109. Blackie's Gunman
110. You've Got to Righten That Wrong
111. Meeting in the Air
112. My Home Among the Hills
113. Black Jack David
114. Look Away from the Cross
115. We Shall Rise
116. I Found You Among the Roses
117. Bear Creek Blues
118. I'll Never Forsake You
119. Beautiful Isle O'er the Sea
120. It's a Long Long Road to Travel Alone
121. Why Do You Cry, Little Darling - The Carter Family, Carter, Maybelle
122. Lonesome Homesick Blues - The Carter Family, Carter, Maybelle
123. Dark and Stormy Weather
124. In the Valley of the Shenandoah
125. The Girl on the Greenbrier Shore
126. Something Got a Hold of Me
127. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - The Carter Family, Carter, Sara
128. Keep on the Firing Line - The Carter Family, Carter, Sara
129. The Wave on the Sea
130. The Rambling Boy
Volume 2: 1935-1941
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2003-04-08)
- Publisher: Jsp Records
- Label: Jsp Records
- Format: Box set
- Studio: Jsp Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 5 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #72502
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Summary: Later Recordings Of The Great Carter Family 2008-08-01
Comment: Ralph Peer arrived in Bristol, Tennessee in August of 1927. He recognized that the "hillbilly" music of the rural South had commercial potential and was looking to sign some acts. Of the regional musicians that played for Peer the most impressive were Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family. Rodgers went on to become country music's first big star while the Carter Family became country's first popular group as well as one of its most important and influential.
This CD collection includes over 125 songs recorded in the latter half of the Carter Family's career. Some are gospel songs while others tell wondrous stories of rambling boys, lovestruck girls, green mountain tops and wildwood flowers. So many of these beautiful and timeless songs move me profoundly, taking me back to the days of my Southern mountain ancestors and the life experiences they might have had.
I highly recommend the purchase of not only this product but JSP"s collection of Carter Family recordings from 1927-1934. These slices of musical history would be worth paying much more for. But, with the bargain prices offered by JSP, this is a deal too good to pass up.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Good value, but more than a casual fan needs... 2007-01-23
Comment: More than six hours of old-time mountain, country and Gospel songs, by the pioneer ensemble in all of country music history, and the sound quality is fine considering the age of the recording. I found my set in a bargain bin for two-thirds of the listed price, so I am even luckier, but it is a good buy at this price if you really, really like the Carters. The first two discs are generally wonderful, as is the fifth in the set. The middle two, covering the years 1936-40, however, will not be getting much repeat play in my home. The songs on those two CD's are largely undistinguished and the performances a bit lethargic. Although not as great a bargain, the single CD "Can the Circle Be Unbroken?" on Columbia, and the RCA Legends CD for the Country Music Hall of Fame feature about an hour each of truly great Carter performances, wonderfully remastered. If you are only casually interested in the early history of recorded Americana music, I'd buy those two releases (for about the same total price as these five discs.) There is little duplication between those two choices as well. Although I was not totally captivated by all 129 tracks on this set, there are some obscure Gospel numbers which are wonderful to hear. I prefer the secular or romantic Carter tunes in general to the hymns, but some of the religious songs you can find here deserve new arrangements and a revival. On Disc One, my favorites are "Sinking in the Lonesome Sea" (aka "Golden Vanity") and "Gospel Ship." On the second CD, covering 1935-36, I like "The Storms are on the Ocean" and "On the Rock Where Moses Stood" among a bunch of other greats. For Disc Three, my favorite was "Honey in the Rock" which stood out way ahead of the other 25 tracks. For the fourth disc, "Walking on the King's Highway" was my choice. The final disc, covering the original group's last sessions, has several fine songs: "Heaven's Radio" and "There'll Be No Distinction There" and "Black Jack David" are all neat, and so are "We Shall Rise" and "Keep on the Firing Line." Despite my feeling that six hours of the Carters is more than I need, especially since I have two more hours on the single releases I mentioned above, if I found the other JSP five-disc set covering 1927-34, for the same price, I'd grab it.
37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: A Veritable Gold Mine, Dirt Cheap! 2005-12-26
Comment: As a Christmas present to myself, I purchased the two JSP boxed sets, The Carter Family, 1927-1934 and The Carter Family, Volume 2, 1935-1941. I have been playing them non-stop for the past four days, and I am absolutely thrilled with both of them.
The RCA Victor sides were issued "complete" a few years ago by Rounder records. The Rounder releases are supposed to be re-mastered, yet they don't sound any better than the tracks presented in the JSP collections. And the JSP collections include complete information on the original recording dates, which the Rounder releases do not. Finally, one reviewer here observed that the sleeve notes for the JSP Box sets are minimal; that's true, but when compared to the Rounder releases, I find that the JSP releases actually proffer a bit more biographical information, and better details on the records.
The first set (1927-1934) pretty much covers almost all of the original Victor sides; I have carefully compared the first set with the Rounder series (I have all nine titles in the Rounder releases) and I have only found two or three tracks that are missing from the JSP sets. This is The Carter Family, country music's first family, as they should be heard. Sara's singing is strong and clear; Maybelle's guitar playing is amazing, and A. P.'s harmonious accompaniment is wonderful. The early years are raw and unpolished, but that adds to their aesthetic artistry, and actually enhances their simple charm.
But Volume 2, (1935-1941) is truly exciting for the bulk of material that has not been available of CD before. This box contains the balance of the RCA Victor sides not included in the first set, but also includes dozens of later recordings originally issued on the ARC and Decca labels (Decca owned both). These recordings are completely glorious, and floored me when I heard them (and I've been a fan of "roots" music for many years). The sound is amazing, and the performances, both in terms of instrumental skill and vocal harmony, are far more polished than the early Victor sides. Aside from an MCA (Decca) issue in the "Country Music Hall of Fame" Series and an issue from Sony Special Products on the Country Label, these songs have been totally neglected as CD issues. Between the two JSP sets, the material covered represents about 90% of the original Carter Family records that I am aware of, although there may be many more that are lost forever. This is not likely to be corrected anytime soon. Decca Records is notorious for neglecting to reissue historic recordings, which is a real shame. I wish I had a dollar for every artist I have on a Decca vinyl that has not seen a CD release. Decca has released many historic Jazz recordings on the "Decca Jazz" label, but aside from the Country Music Hall of Fame series (a limited anthology series) it has not seen fit to issue much of the classic country music rotting in its vaults. And there are probably thousands of wonderful popular music recordings in Decca's vaults that may never see the light of day on CD, either. Concurrent with these recordings, the Carter Family also spent years performing live concerts on "border radio". Many transcripts of these fine performances were made, and a few have been made available on obscure labels. But the JSP sets contain most of their studio sessions.
For anyone who doesn't know, the original Carter Family practically invented country music. Sara and Maybelle, who were cousins, married the Carter brothers, A.P. and Ezra, and a musical family was born. They found their way to the 1927 "talent auditions" conducted by Ralph Peer, which also "discovered" Jimmie Rodgers, the Father of Country Music. I often say that if Jimmie Rodgers was the father, than the Carter Family were the mothers. The original group (Sara, Maybelle and Alvin Pleasant) split up in 1941, never to record together again (aside from the wonderful "Historic Reunion" album that Maybelle and Sara recorded in 1965). For many years, Maybelle continued to tour and record with her daughters, June Helen and Anita, under the name of the Carter Family. Of course, June later married Johnny Cash, who toured with June for years; this association helped keep interest in the Carter Family legacy alive for many years.
I have to honestly say that I can't remember when I last enjoyed a boxed set so thoroughly. The simple, pure singing of the original Carter Family is truly wonderful. Their harmony is amazing, their playing incredible. One is always conscious while listening to them that these are self-taught musicians, yet their professionalism is obvious. As I write these words, my stereo is pouring forth their 1935 version of Are You Lonesome Tonight, a song that became a multi-million seller for Elvis Presley 25 years later. I prefer the Carter Family version. You may too.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Better Than Vol 1? 2004-05-29
Comment: This box set is a continuation of the Carter Family Saga, and shows this group at the peak of musical power for this trio. This is essential music for understanding what Country music was in the 1930s. The harmony vocals and driving rhythm of guitar and autoharp stand in sharp contrast with what is called Country music today. The sound quality is superb (at times, it sounds like a modern recording).
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: wonderful 2004-05-21
Comment: anyone who loves the carter family will be extremely happy owning this 5 cd set! this is vol. 2, but that doesn't mean it's any less wonderful than vol. 1! my only complaint is that A.P. doesn't sing enough songs!
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