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Length
  
44:10

Artist
  
The Doc Watson Family

Label
  
Vanguard Records

Treasures Untold(1964)
  
Release date
  
1991

Genres
  
Blues, Folk music

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Recorded
  
Producer
  
Mary Katherine Aldin (Compilation Producer)

Similar
  
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Treasures Untold is the title of a live recording by Doc Watson & Family, recorded at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. It includes four duets with Clarence White. Watson's son, Merle, was 15 years old at the time of the recording. He later performed numerous concerts and on recordings with his father.

Contents

It was released on CD in 1991 by Vanguard.

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Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Owen wrote the album "At the concert, Doc Watson and his family were in fine form, breathing life into a number of old-timey songs, ranging from ballads to folk songs to gospel. It's an exciting, affectionate performance, highlighted by four duets with Clarence White."

Track listing

All tracks Traditional unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Introduction" – 3:16
  2. "Lights in the Valley" – 3:49
  3. "Beaumont Rag" – 1:23
  4. "I Heard My Mother Weeping" – 3:31
  5. "Billy in the Low Ground" – 1:36
  6. "Omie Wise" – 4:20
  7. "Reuben's Train" – 2:49
  8. "Hicks' Farewell" – 4:00
  9. "Rambling Hobo" – 1:41
  10. "White House Blues" – 1:38
  11. "Jimmy Sutton/The Old Buck Ram" –  :58
  12. "I Want to Love Him More" – 2:35
  13. "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 1:39
  14. "Chinese Breakdown" – 1:08
  15. "Handsome Molly" – 2:21
  16. "Beaumont Rag" – 1:58
  17. "Farewell Blues" – 1:59
  18. "Lonesome Road Blues" – 1:16
  19. "Footprints in the Snow" – 2:13

Personnel

  • Doc Watson – guitar, banjo, harmonica, autoharp, vocals
  • Gaither Carlton – banjo, fiddle, flute, vocals
  • Arnold Watson – banjo, vocals
  • Clarence White - guitar
  • Merle Watson – guitar
  • Mrs. General Dixon Watson – vocals
  • Rosa Lee Watson – vocals
  • Production notes

  • Mary Katherine Aldin – liner notes, compilation producer
  • Georgette Cartwright – pre-production coordinator
  • Kent Crawford – compilation executive producer
  • Al Maxwell – photography
  • Susanne Smolka – design
  • Captain Jeff Zaraya – mixing, compilation engineer
  • Songs

    Introduction1:16
    Lights in the Valley3:38
    Beaumont Rag1:37

    References

    Treasures Untold Wikipedia


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