Will the Circle Be Unbroken (30th Anniversary Edition)

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	Artist(s):	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
	Music by:	Capitol
	Sales Rank:	2243

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Recording label: Capitol
EAN: 0724353514822
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered,
Release Date: 2002-03-26
Universal product code (UPC): 724353514822
Number of discs: 2

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In an age when the old-timey soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? sells 5 million copies, it's hard to imagine how revolutionary Will the Circle Be Unbroken seemed upon its release 30 years ago. The triple album (now rereleased as a two-CD set) paired many of Nashville's venerable country and bluegrass performers (Roy Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Jimmy Martin, Vassar Clements) with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, or as Acuff called them, "a bunch of long-haired West Coast boys." The idea seemed nearly as foreign as Martians setting down in Tennessee, but the Dirt Band were Colorado hippies steeped in the genre, so there was no disputing the authenticity of the music, or its earthy appeal. Aside from the sheer joy of the performances (listen to Jimmy Martin's "whoop" on "Sunny Side of the Mountain"), there's great fun in hearing Roy Acuff give the boys a lesson in doing a song right the first time (and using the word hell before launching into a religious number). And Mother Maybelle wafts through like a benevolent ghost, or at least a patron saint. One caveat: The boast of four previously unreleased tracks is balderdash, since three are really between-track conversations and rehearsals, and only "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" qualifies as a real song. But that's nitpicking. Buy it. Love it. Wallow in it. O brother, that's country music! --Alanna Nash

Brand: Capitol

Disc 1 Tracks:
1. Grand Ole Opry Song
2. Keep On The Sunny Side
3. Nashville Blues
4. You Are My Flower
5. The Precious Jewel
6. Dark As A Dungeon
7. Tennessee Stud
8. Black Mountain Rag
9. Wreck On The Highway
10. The End Of The World
11. I Saw The Light
12. Sunny Side Of The Mountain
13. Nine Pound Hammer
14. Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet)
15. Honky Tonkin'
16. You Don't Know My Mind
17. My Walkin' Shoes

Disc 2 Tracks:
1. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
2. Cannonball Rag
3. Avalanche
4. Flint Hill Special
5. Togary Mountain
6. Earl's Breakdown
7. Orange Blossom Special
8. Wabash Cannonball
9. Lost Highway
10. Doc Watson & Merle Travis: First Meeting (Dialogue)
11. Way Downtown
12. Down Yonder
13. Pins And Needles (In My Heart)
14. Honky Tonk Blues
15. Sailin' On To Hawaii
16. I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
17. I Am A Pilgrim
18. Wildwood Flower
19. Soldier's Joy
20. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
21. Both Sides Now
22. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
23. Warming Up for "The Opry" (talk)
24. Sunny Side (talk)
25. Remember Me

Publishers: Capitol