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Gold Watch and Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1933–1934)

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Released
  
February 10, 1998

Length
  
48:12

Release date
  
10 February 1998

Label
  
Country Classics

Recorded
  
June 1933-May 1934

Artist
  
Carter Family

Producer
  
Ralph Peer

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Genres
  
Country music, Folk music, Old-time music

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Gold Watch and Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1933–1934) is a compilation of recordings made by American country music group the Carter Family, released in 1998. It is the seventh of nine compilations released by Rounder Records of the group's Victor recordings. The original Carter Family group consisting of Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Delaney Carter, his wife Sara Dougherty Carter, and his sister-in-law Maybelle Addington Carter recorded many of what would become their signature songs for Victor Records.

Contents

Emmylou Harris covered "Gold Watch and Chain" on her 1980 album Roses in the Snow.

The tracks have all been digitally remastered and include liner notes by country music historian Charles K. Wolfe.

Reception

Music critic William Ruhlman stated in his Allmusic review "... the Carters' usual combination of hymns, traditional folk songs, and other old material continues to fascinate in their renditions, with their rough, expressive singing and innovative playing."

Track listing

  1. "When the Roses Come Again" (A. W. Finch, G. W. Persley) – 2:29
  2. "I Loved You Better Than You Knew" (Johnny Carroll) – 3:08
  3. "This Is Like Heaven to Me" (J. E. French) – 2:43
  4. "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (Blind Lemon Jefferson, Gus Williams) – 3:13
  5. "Over the Garden Wall" (George D. Fox, Harry Hunter) – 2:51
  6. "Gold Watch and Chain" (Thomas P. Westendorf) – 3:33
  7. "School House on the Hill" (Aldine Kieffer) – 2:57
  8. "Will My Mother Know Me There?" (William M Golden, Johnson Oatman, Jr.) – 3:03
  9. "Faded Flowers" (J. H. Brown, James Power) – 3:08
  10. "Poor Little Orphaned Boy" (A. P. Carter) – 3:23
  11. "Cowboy Jack" (Carter) – 2:55
  12. "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" (Carter) – 3:15
  13. "Away Out on the Saint Sabbath" (Carter) – 3:00
  14. "Darling Little Joe" (Charles E. Addison) – 2:47
  15. "Happy or Lonesome" (Traditional) – 2:48
  16. "One Little Word" (Gussie Davis) – 2:59

Personnel

  • A. P. Carter – vocals
  • Maybelle Carter – vocals, guitar, autoharp
  • Sara Carter – vocals, autoharp

    • Production notes:

  • Ralph Peer – producer
  • David Glasser – mastering
  • Scott Billington – design
  • Charles K. Wolfe – liner notes

    • Songs

    1When the Roses Come Again2:30
    2I Loved You Better Than You Knew3:09
    3This Is Like Heaven to Me2:44

    References

    Gold Watch and Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1933–1934) Wikipedia
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