Flatt & Scruggs - Complete Mercury Recordings
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Music Reviews of Complete Mercury Recordings
Music Review: Flatt & Scruggs: 28 Gems
Rating: 5 Stars
This CD is absolute pure delight - the earliest and best recordings of Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. They recorded 28 sides for the Mercury label between 1948-49, and all of them thankfully are included here. For decades Bill Monroe never forgave Lester Flatt for leaving his group to team up with Earl Scruggs, and after listening to the beauty and intensity of these "mountain" classics, who could blame him. FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN, ROLLING IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS, and OLD SALTY DOG BLUES are all here, and so are DOWN THE ROAD, DOIN' MY TIME, and PAIN IN MY HEART - lesser known, perhaps, but gems just the same. Quite a number of religious songs - I'LL BE GOING TO HEAVEN SOMETIME, GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN, and PREACHIN', PRAYIN', SINGIN' - were recorded by the group, and they are classics of their kind. These are landmark recordings and helped to define (and set the bar at) what bluegrass music (though Flatt & Scruggs never used that term to identify the music they played: to them it was just "mountain music") is all about. This CD should be in everyone's collection.Music Review: What Begins Comes Back Around
Rating: 5 Stars
Absolutely agree - this was "bluegrass" before it was named that, and should challenge some of our current bluegrass artists...even without video, the incredible ability on each instrument comes through. There aren't many then or now who can piece it all together as they did.
No disrespect to Bill Monroe, but they made the right move disconnecting and creating their own style and brand. Not to mention that they will live forever in reruns introducing generations to unorchestrated, manipulated and otherwise electronically altered music.
Music Review: LAY AROUND THE SHACK 'TIL THE MAIL TRAIN COMES BACK!
Rating: 5 Stars
ASTOUNDING 28 TRACKS COVERING 1948-1950 WITH THE MERCURY STUDIO IN NASHVILLE - YOU WILL LOVE THIS ALBUM - IT JUST CAN'T GET ANY MORE GRAND OL OPRY THAN THIS. THIS IS WHAT THE OPRY USED TO BE. THE SOUND IS CLEAR & BRIGHT, A GREAT REMASTERING OF THE OLD MASTERS! YOU WILL NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING BUT LAY AROUND YOUR SHACK WHEN YOU HEAR THIS CD.Music Review: Love It
Rating: 5 Stars
This CD has 28 songs! The recording is excellent. The little booklet inside has a little history of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys as well as a few pictures. If you like Bluegrass, I think this CD is one you need.Music Review: Great present
Rating: 5 Stars
I bought this CD for my father-in-law. He loves it. Thank you for offering it at such a good price.