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Recording Date:1951-07-06
Composer:Burch [sic] Monroe
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 2423 / 81274
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Carter Stanley-g; Rudy Lyle-bj; Gordon Terry-f; Howard Watts-bs
Vocals:C. Stanley-L; B. Monroe-T
Recording Date:1951-07-01
Composer:Lt. Stewart Powell
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 2420 / 81249
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Carter Stanley-g; Rudy Lyle-bj; Gordon Terry-f; Ernie Newton-bs
Vocals:B. Monroe-L
A-3.
Lonesome truck driver's blues 2:54
Recording Date:1951-07-01
Composer:Lee Roberts
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 2421 / 81250
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Carter Stanley-g; Rudy Lyle-bj; Gordon Terry-f; Ernie Newton-bs
Vocals:B. Monroe-L
A-4.
Pike County breakdown 2:38
Recording Date:1952-07-26
Composer:Rupert Jones
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 2802 / 83172
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jimmy Martin-g; Sonny Osborne-bj; Charlie Cline-f; Ernie Newton-bs
A-5.
Highway of sorrow 2:54
Recording Date:1951-04-23
Composer:Bill Monroe-Pete Pyle
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 2384 / 80926
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Grady Martin-electric g; Jack Shook-g; Hal Smith-f; Ernie Newton-sb; Farris Coursey-drums
Vocals:B. Monroe-L
A-6.
A mighty pretty waltz 2:42
Recording Date:1952-07-26
Composer:Al Hoffman-Norman Gimbel
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 2801 / 83171
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jimmy Martin-g; Sonny Osborne-bj; Charlie Cline-f; Ernie Newton-bs; Owen Bradley-piano
Vocals:B. Monroe-L
A-7.
I hope you have learned 2:28
Recording Date:1953-11-28
Composer:Carrigan-Butler
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 3179 / 85545
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jimmy Martin-g; Rudy Lyle-bj; Charlie Cline-f; Ernie Newton-bs
Vocals:J. Martin-L; B. Monroe-T
Recording Date:1952-07-18
Composer:Bill Monroe-Claude V. Breland
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 2786 / 83135
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jimmy Martin-g; Sonny Osborne-bj; Charlie Cline-f; Ernie Newton-bs
Vocals:B. Monroe-L
B-2.
Tomorrow I'll be gone 1:57
Recording Date:1959-01-30
Composer:Wilma Lee Cooper
Place:Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 10593-12/ 106540-
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jack Cooke-g; Robert Lee Pennington-bj; Bobby Hicks-f; Charles Smith-f; Bessie Lee Mauldin-bs
B-3.
Changing partners 2:15
Recording Date:1954-01-19
Composer:Joe Darion-Larry Coleman
Place:possibly Bradley Studio, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 3214 / 85697
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jimmy Martin-g; Grady Martin-g; Rudy Lyle-bj; Charlie Cline-f; Ernie Newton-bs
Vocals:B. Monroe-L
B-4.
I believed in you darling 2:38
Recording Date:1954-01-25
Composer:Bill Monroe
Place:possibly Bradley Studio, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 3206 / 85734
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jimmy Martin-g; Grady Martin-g; Rudy Lyle-bj; Charlie Cline-f; Ernie Newton-bs
Vocals:J. Martin-L; B. Monroe-T; C. Cline-B
B-5.
Dark as the night, blue as the day 2:29
Recording Date:1959-01-30
Composer:Bill Monroe
Place:Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 10594 / 106541
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jack Cooke-g; Robert Lee Pennington-bj; Bobby Hicks-f; Charles Smith-f; Bessie Lee Mauldin-bs
Vocals:B. Monroe-L
Recording Date:1953-11-28
Composer:Gene Evans
Place:Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 3178 / 85544
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jimmy Martin-g; Rudy Lyle-bj; Charlie Cline-f; Ernie Newton-bs
Vocals:B. Monroe-L
B-7.
Sitting alone in the moonlight 2:29
Recording Date:1954-01-19
Composer:Bill Monroe
Place:possibly Bradley Studio, Nashville, TN
Master:NA 3212 / 85695
Instruments:Bill Monroe-m; Jimmy Martin-g; Grady Martin-g; Rudy Lyle-bj; Charlie Cline-f; Ernie Newton-bs
Vocals:J. Martin-L; B. Monroe-T