Carter Family discography

Carter Family discography
Studio albums 32
Compilation albums 62
EPs 17
Singles 33

This is a comprehensive discography of Carter Family,[1] often cited as "the most influential group in country music history":[2] (For recordings by the second generation of The Carter Family see The Carter Sisters.)

Selected 78 rpm records

The Carter Family's career predated any sort of best-selling chart of country music records. (Billboard did not have a country best sellers chart until 1944.) Below is a select list of their 78 rpm releases.

Bluebird Records

Montgomery Ward Records

Decca Records

Victor Records

Vocalion Records

Selected vinyl albums

The long-playing album did not debut until several years after the Carter Family disbanded. Most of the full-length LPs issued under "the Carter Family" were budget albums as was traditional on most vintage recordings.

Year Album Label
1960 All Time Favorites ACME Records
1962 The Original and Great Carter Family RCA Camden Records
1963 Mid the Green Fields of Virginia RCA Victor Records
1964 More Favorites by The Carter Family Decca Records
1965 Great Sacred Songs Harmony Records
1966 Home Among the Hills Harmony Records
The Happiest Days of All RCA Camden Records
1967 More Golden Gems
1972 Lonesome Pine Special
1973 My Old Cottage Home
1974 Legendary Performers RCA Records

Rounder CD compilations

Year Album Label
1993 Anchored in Love: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1927–1928) Rounder
1993 My Clinch Mountain Home: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1928–1929)
1995 When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1929–1930)
1995 Worried Man Blues: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1930)
1996 Sunshine in the Shadows: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1931–1932)
1997 Give Me the Roses While I Live: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1932–1933)
1998 Gold Watch and Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1933–1934)
1998 Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934)
1998 Last Sessions: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934–1941)

Boxed sets

Year Album Notes Label
2000 In The Shadow of Clinch Mountain Complete recorded works for Victor, ARC, Decca, APS, Columbia and Bluebird Records on 12 CDs, as well as interviews with group members all packaged with a hardcover booklet of 220 pages. Bear Family Records
2002 and 2003 The Carter Family Volume 1: 1927-1934 and The Carter Family Volume 2: 1935-1941 Two boxed sets, each with five CDs of original recordings remastered. Volume 1 of 127 songs originally recorded for RCA Victor from 1927-1934 and Volume 2 of 130 songs recorded for RCA Victor plus ARC and Decca labels (Decca owned both) from 1935-1941. JSP Records

Singles & EPs

A record of the Carter Family's biggest seller "Wildwood Flower"

Albums

Compilations

References

  1. discogs.com, Carter Family discography
  2. Artist Biography by David Vinopal, Allmusic.com
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