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R E V.   A L F R E D   G.   K A R N E S; source:
Alfred G. Karnes
Alfred Grant Karnes
b. February 2, 1891 in Bedford, Virginia
d. May 18, 1958 in Garrard County, Kentucky
buried McHargue Cemetery, Lily, Laurel County, Kentucky
discography
R E V.   A L F R E D   G.   K A R N E S; source: Tony Russell: Country Music Originals, p. 99 ('Norm Cohen collection')
source: Tony Russell: Country Music Originals, p. 99
("Norm Cohen collection")

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
19/1927Alfred G. Karnes

- I Am Bound For The Promised Land (39739-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Where We'll Never Grow Old (39740-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. July 29, 1927 in Bristol, TN; Alfred G. Karnes, voc, harp-g


Victor 20840

   

- When I See The Blood (39741-1, -2)

rec. July 29, 1927 in Bristol, TN; Alfred G. Karnes, voc, harp-g

Victor unissued

212/1927Alfred G. Karnes

- When They Ring The Golden Bells (39742-2) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- To The Work (39743-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. July 29, 1927 in Bristol, TN; Alfred G. Karnes, voc, harp-g


Victor 20933

# Montgomery Ward 4348

   

- The Sinner Sinks In Sad Despair (47231-1, -2)

rec. October 28, 1928 in Bristol, TN; Alfred G. Karnes, voc, harp-g

Victor unissued

31929?Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers

- If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul (47237-3) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Bright Tomorrow (47243-3) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. October 29, 1928 in Bristol, TN; A.G. Baker, Minnie Phipps, Nora Byrley, unidentified others, voc group; Ernest Phipps, Roland N. Johnsoin, f; Ethel Baker, p; Ancil L. McVay, md; Eula Johnson, bj; Shirley Jones, g; Alfred G. Karnes, unidentified others, clapping

* rec. October 30, 1928 in Bristol, TN; A.G. Baker, Minnie Phipps, Nora Byrley, unidentified others, voc group; Ernest Phipps, Roland N. Johnson, f; Ethel Baker, p; Ancil L. McVay, md; Eula Johnson, bj; Shirley Jones, g; Alfred G. Karnes, unidentified others, clapping


Victor V-40010

* Bluebird B-5273
* Electradisk 2147
* Sunrise S-3354

41929Alfred G. Karnes

- The Days Of My Childhood Plays (47233-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- We Shall All Be Reunited (47234-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 28, 1928 in Bristol, TN; Alfred G. Karnes, voc, harp-g


Victor V-40076

   

- That's Why The Boys Leave The Farm (47235-1, -2)
- Clouds Of Glory (47236-1, -2)
- The City Of Gold (47237-1, -2)

rec. October 29, 1928 in Bristol, TN; Alfred G. Karnes, voc, harp-g

Victor unissued

519??Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers

- I Know That Jesus Set Me Free (47240-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Went Up In The Clouds Of Heaven (47238-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 29, 1928 in Bristol, TN; A.G. Baker, Minnie Phipps, Nora Byrley, unidentified others, voc group; Ernest Phipps, Roland N. Johnson, f; Ethel Baker, p; Ancil L. McVay, md; Eula Johnson, bj; Shirley Jones, g; Alfred G. Karnes, unidentified others, clapping


Victor V-40106

   

- The Firing Line (47239-1, -2)

rec. October 29, 1928 in Bristol, TN; A.G. Baker, Minnie Phipps, Nora Byrley, unidentified others, voc group; Ernest Phipps, Roland N. Johnson, f; Ethel Baker, p; Ancil L. McVay, md; Eula Johnson, bj; Shirley Jones, g; Alfred G. Karnes, unidentified others, clapping

Victor unissued

   

- Cloud And Fire (47244-1, -2, -3)

rec. October 30, 1928 in Bristol, TN; A.G. Baker, Minnie Phipps, Nora Byrley, unidentified others, voc group; Ernest Phipps, Roland N. Johnson, f; Ethel Baker, p; Ancil L. McVay, md; Eula Johnson, bj; Shirley Jones, g; Alfred G. Karnes, unidentified others, clapping

Victor unissued

612/1930Alfred G. Karnes

- Called To The Foreign Field (39738-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Do Not Wait 'Till I'm Laid 'Neath The Clay (47232-1) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. July 29, 1927 in Bristol, TN; Alfred G. Karnes, voc, harp-g

* rec. October 28, 1928 in Bristol, TN; Alfred G. Karnes, voc, harp-g


Victor V-40327

71933Gene Arnold / Alfred G. Karnes

Gene Arnold
- When Jesus Beckons Me Home (75111) # [Victor 23785]

Alfred G. Karnes
- When They Ring The Golden Bells [Victor 20933]

# rec. January 28, 1933; Gene Arnold, voc, p


Montgomery Ward 4348

8193?Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Quartet [sic]

- I Want To Go Where Jesus Is [Victor 20834]   @ youtube
- Bright Tomorrow [Victor V-40010]


Bluebird B-5273

= Electradisk 2147

= Sunrise S-3354

9193?Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Quartet [sic]

- Shine On Me (47241) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- A Little Talk With Jesus (47245) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. October 29, 1928 in Bristol, TN; A.G. Baker, Minnie Phipps, Nora Byrley, unidentified others, voc group; Ernest Phipps, Roland N. Johnson, f; Ethel Baker, p; Ancil L. McVay, md; Eula Johnson, bj; Shirley Jones, g; Alfred G. Karnes, unidentified others, clapping

* rec. October 30, 1928 in Bristol, TN; A.G. Baker, Minnie Phipps, Nora Byrley, unidentified others, voc group; Ernest Phipps, Roland N. Johnson, f; Ethel Baker, p; Ancil L. McVay, md; Eula Johnson, bj; Shirley Jones, g; Alfred G. Karnes, unidentified others, clapping


Bluebird B-5540


LP / CD compilations
9a1966In The Spirit  No. 1!

Bukka White - I Am In The Heavenly Way
Skip James - Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
Charlie Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
Blind Joe Taggart - The Storm Is Passing Over
Patton and Lee - Oh Death
Rev. D.C. Rice - No Night There
McIntorsh and Edwards - Take A Stand
Elder Richard Bryant - Watch Ye, Therefore, You Know Not The Day

Rev. F.W. McGee - He Is The Saviour For Me
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers - Sinner, I'd Make A Change
Rev. D.C. Rice - Sure Foundation
Blind Mamie Forehand - Honey In The Rock
Duckett and Norwood - I Want To Go Where Jesus Is
Mother McCollum - When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Alfred G. Karnes - I Am Bound For The Promised Land
Washington Phillips - I Had A Good Father And Mother

front cover photo by Ann Charters

broschure notes (for Nos. 1 & 2) by Bernard Klatzko & Gayle Dean Wardlowlater: new notes (leaflet) by Pete Welding
later    
Origin Jazz Library OJL 12 (US 1966 ff.)

notes by Pete Welding
 
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 12 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography

101971Country Gospel Song

- I Know That Jesus Set Me Free - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
- To The Work - Alfred G. Karnes
- God Moves On The Water - Blind Willie Johnson
- Honey in the Rock - Blind Mamie and A.C. Forehand
- My Mother Is Waiting for Me in Heaven Above - The Smith Brothers
- The Lion And The Tribes of Judah - Lonnie McIntorsh
- Just As Soon As My Feet Strike Zion, Lord I Won't Be Troubled No More - Rev. J.M. Gates

- Lonesome Valley - The Carter Family
- The Little Black Train - The Carter Family
- Jesus, Lover Of My Soul - Uncle Dave Macon
- Walking With My Saviour - The Freeman Quartet
- Wouldn't Mind Dying - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Take Your Burden To The Lord - Blind Willie Johnson
- Went Up In The Clouds of Heaven - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers


compiled by Sam Charters


RBF 19 (US 1971)

RBF discography

111987The Bristol Sessions

- Skip To Ma Lou, My Darling - Uncle Eck Dunford
- O Molly Dear - B.F. Shelton
- Walking In The Way With Jesus (39728-1) - Blind Alfred Reed
- The Newmarket Wreck - Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker
- The Soldier's Sweetheart - Jimmie Rodgers
- Greasy String - West Virginia Coon Hunters
- Are You Washed In The Blood? - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- Henry Whitter's Fox Chase - Henry Whitter
- Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow Tree - The Carter Family
- The Jealous Sweetheart - Johnson Brothers

- When They Ring The Golden Bells - Alfred G. Karnes
- Sandy River Belle - Dad Blackard's Moonshiners
- Sleep, Baby, Sleep - Jimmie Rodgers
- Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners
- I'm Redeemed - Alcoa Quartet
- Little Log Cabin By The Sea - Carter Family
- Old Time Corn Shuckin' (Parts 1 & 2) - Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers


- I Want To Go Where Jesus Is - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Midnight On The Stormy Deep - Ernest Stoneman, Irma Frost & Eck Dunford
- The Wandering Boy - The Carter Family

- To The Work - Alfred G. Karnes
- Black-Eyed Susie - J.P. Nestor
- A Passing Policeman - Johnson Brothers
- Tell Mother I Will Meet Her - Ernest Stoneman, K. Brewer & M. Mooney
- Single Girl, Married Girl - The Carter Family
- Pot Licker Blues - El Watson

- The Longest Train I Ever Saw - Tenneva Ramblers
- The Resurrection - Ernest Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- The Storms Are On The Ocean - Carter Family
- The Wreck Of The Virginian (39725-1) - Blind Alfred Reed
- Billy Grimes, The Rover - Shelor Family
- Standing On The Promises - Tennessee Mountaineers
- The Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest Stoneman, Irma Frost & Eck Dunford
- The Poor Orphan Child - Carter Family

- I Am Bound For The Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes

gatefold DLP

Country Music Foundation CMF-011-L (US 1987)

= CMF-011-D (Ca 1991)

121995Music of Kentucky   Vol. 1

Alfred Karnes - Called to the Foreign Field
B.F. Shelton - Pretty Polly
W.M. Stepp - The Ways of the World
Kentucky Ramblers - The Unfortunate Brakeman
Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Quartet - I Want To Go Where Jesus Is
Alex Hood's Railroad Boys - L and N Rag

Alfred Karnes - I Am Bound For The Promised Land
W.M. Stepp - Bonaparte's Retreat
Kentucky Ramblers - With My Mother Dead And Gone

Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers - A Little Talk With Jesus
Walker's Corbin Ramblers - Ned Went a Fishin'
B.F. Shelton - Darling Cora
W.M. Stepp - Callahan
Kentucky Ramblers - Ginseng Blues

Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers - If The Light Has Gone Out Of Your Soul
Alfred Karnes - We Shall All Be Reunited
W.M. Stepp and Mae Puckett - The Old Hen She Cackled
Kentucky Ramblers - Do Not Wait Till I'm Laid Beneath The Clay
B.F. Shelton - Oh Molly Dear
Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Singers - Don't Grieve On Me
W.M. Stepp and Walter Williams - Mud Fence

Alfred Karnes - Where We'll Never Grow Old
Walker's Corbin Ramblers - Ruffles And Bustles
Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers - Shine On Me
W.M. Stepp - Silver Strand
Kentucky Ramblers - Glory To The Lamb



Yazoo CD 2013 (US 1995)

Yazoo Records discography

131997Kentucky Gospel 1927-1928

Alfred G. Karnes
- Called To The Foreign Field
- I Am Bound For The Promised Land
- Where We'll Never Grow Old
- When They Ring The Golden Bells
- To The Work
- Do Not Wait 'Till I'm Laid 'Neath The Clay
- The Days Of My Childhood Plays
- We Shall All Be Reunited
Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- I Want To Go Where Jesus Is
- Do, Lord, Remember Me
- Old Ship Of Zion
- Jesus Getting Us Ready For That Great Day
- Happy In Prison
- Don't Grieve After Me
McVay And Johnson
- Ain't Going To Lay My Armor Down
- I'll Be Ready When The Bridegroom Comes

Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul
- Went Up In The Clouds Of Heaven
- I Know That Jesus Set Me Free
- Shine On Me
- Bright Tomorrow
- A Little Talk With Jesus


Document DOCD-8013

141999The Half Ain't Never Been Told
Early American Rural Religious Music Vol. 1

- Am Bound For The Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Happy On The Way - Fa Sol La Singers
- There's A Beautiful City Called Heaven - Virginia Dandies
- I'll Be Rested - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- I Want My Life To Testify - Hendersonville Double Quartet
- A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter - Washington Phillips
- Shall We Gather At The River - Uncle Dave Macon
- Religion Is A Fortune - The Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- He's The One - Rev. H.B. Jackson

- I Know That Jesus Set Me Free - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
- Don't Make It Too Late - Mrs. L. Reed & Mrs. T.A. Duncans
- Certainly Lord - Pace Jubilee Singers
- I'm Gonna Sail Away - Jones Brothers Trio
- The Good Lord Has Set Me Free - Elder Curry & Congregation
- Turn Away - Lubbock Texas Quartet
- We'll Understand It Better Bye And Bye - Kentucky Mountain Chorusters
- Blessed Be The Tie That Binds - Primitive Baptist Choir Of North Carolina
- Let Your Light Shine On Me - Blind Willie Johnson
- I'll Lead A Christian Life - Golden P. Harris
- I'll Be Satisfied - Bryant's Jubilee Quartette
- Lower My Dying Head - Rev. B. J. Hill
- The Christian's Fight - Lee Wells & His Jasper Alabama Scared Harp Singers
- Is Not This The Land Of Beulah - Rev. Wm McKinley Dawkins


remastered by Richard Nevins


Yazoo CD 2049 (US 1999)

Yazoo Records discography

152002RCA Country Legends
The Bristol Legends Vol. 1

- Big Bend Gal - Shelor Family
- Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton
- What Will I Do, For My Money's All Gone - Uncle Eck Dunford & Hattie Stoneman
- At The River - Tennessee Mountaineers
- Miss Liza, Poor Gal - Tenneva Ramblers
- The Soldier's Sweetheart - Jimmie Rodgers
- Single Girl, Married Girl - The Carter Family

- Called To The Foreign Field - Alfred G. Karnes
- Just A Message From Carolina - The Brothers Johnson
- Sweeping Through The Gates - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- The Storms Are On The Ocean - The Carter Family
- Narrow Gauge Blues - El Watson
- Dying Girl's Farewell - Ernest Stoneman, Kahle Brewer & Walter Mooney
- Train On The Island - J.P. Nestor
- You Must Unload - Alfred Reed
- Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy - West Virginia Coon Hunters
- Remember Me O Mighty One - Alcoa Quartet
- Sleep Baby, Sleep - Jimmie Rodgers



RCA/BMG Heritage 65131

162005Mountain Gospel
The Sacred Roots of Country Music

disc 1:
- Called To The Foreign Field - Alfred G. Karnes
- I Am Bound For The Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Where We'll Never Grow Old - Alfred G. Karnes
- When They Ring The Golden Bells - Alfred G. Karnes
- To The Work - Alfred G. Karnes
- Do Not Wait 'Till I'm Laid Beneath The Clay - Alfred G. Karnes
- The Days Of My Childhood Plays - Alfred G. Karnes
- We Shall All Be Reunited - Alfred G. Karnes
Crossed Old Jordan's Stream - Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers
- I Am On My Way To Heaven - Hill Brothers
- Music In My Soul - Bush Family
- When The Gates Of Glory Open - Bush Brothers
- On The Glory Road - Bush Brothers
- The Sailing Ship - Crowder Brothers
- Just Inside The Pearly Gates - Anglin Twins
- Beautiful - Garland Brothers & Grinstead
- Just Over The River - Garland Brothers & Grinstead
- God's Getting Worried - Virginia Dandies
- There's A Beautiful City Called Heaven - Virginia Dandies
- Turn Away - Lubbock Texas Quartet
- What A Change - The Laurel (Mississippi) Quartet
- Rejoicing All The Way - Avondale Mills Quartet
- I Want To Go There Don't You - Blue Ridge Sisters
- Glory Is Rising In My Soul - Blue Ridge Sisters
- Odem - Roswell Sacred Harp

disc 2:
- Going Down The Valley - Ernest Stoneman
- The Sinless Summerland - Ernest Stoneman
- Hallelujah Side - Ernest Stoneman
- Tell Mother I Will Meet Her - Ernest Stoneman
- Sweeping Through The Gates - Ernest Stoneman
- I Know My Name Is There - Ernest Stoneman
- No More Goodbyes - Ernest Stoneman
- I Am Resolved - Ernest Stoneman
- Down To Jordan And Be Saved - Ernest Stoneman
- There's A Light Lit Up In Galilee - Ernest Stoneman
- I Remember Calvary - Ernest Stoneman
- He Is Coming After Me - Ernest Stoneman
- Everybody Will Be Happy Over There - Deal Family
- 'Twill Be All Glory Over There - Deal Family
- Joy Among The Angels - Deal Family
- Jacob's Ladder - Chumbler Family
- Hallelujah To The Lamb - Ridgel's Fountain Citians
- Ain't Gonna Lay My Armor Down - McVay & Johnson
- I'll Be Ready When The Bridgeroom Comes - McVay & Johnson
- Cuba - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- I Belong To This Band - Allison's Sacred Harp
- Old Ship Of Zion - Allison's Sacred Harp
- My Prayer - The Carolina Gospel Singers
- Bringing In The Sheaves - Eva Quartette
- Coronation - Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp

disc 3:
- I Want To Go Where Jesus Is - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Do, Lord Remember Me - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Old Ship Of Zion - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Jesus Getting Us Ready For That Great Day - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Happy In Prison - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Don't Grieve After Me - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet

- If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
- Went Up In The Clouds Of Heaven - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
- I Know That Jesus Set Me Free - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
- Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
- Bright Tomorrow - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
- A Little Talk With Jesus - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
- Ring The Bells Of Freedom - Rev. Calbert Holstein & Sister Billie Holstein
- I'll Lead A Christian Life - Golden P. Harris
- My God The Spring Of All My Joys - Elder G. P. Harris
- When He Died He Got A Home In Hell - Kid Williams
- I'm Glad I Counted The Cost - Kid Williams
- Abraham - Phil & Frank Crow
- I'm A Gittin' Ready To Go - Phil Crow Trio
- You'll Never Go To Heaven With Your Powder And Paint - Ira & Eugene Yates
- Though Your Sins Be Scarlet - Williams & Williams
- Dip Me In The Golden Sea - McCravy Brothers
- No Hidin' Place Down There - McCravy Brothers
- Sometimes - McCravy Brothers
- Sunrise - McCravy Brothers

disc 4:
- Lights In The Valley - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
- This World Is Not My Home - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
- In A Little Village Churchyard - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
- Just Over In The Gloryland - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
- Life's Ev'nin' Sun - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
- Home In The Sky - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
- Mansions In The Sky - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
- The Precious Jewel - Wade Mainer & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
- I Got A Home In The Beulah Land - Carolinia Ramblers
- That Lonesome Valley - Carolinia Ramblers
- Lonesome Valley - Part 2 - Dixie Reelers
- I Shall Not Be Moved - Dixie Reelers
- Gabriel's Trumpet - Morris Brothers & Eunice
- Sowing On The Mountain - Coon Creek Girls
- I Love My Saviour - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
- He Is My Friend And Guide - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
- The Heavenly Train - Bill Carlisle
- He Will Be Your Savior Too - Bill Carlisle
- Tribulation Days - Southern Melody Boys
- I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - Edith & Sherman Collins
- I'm Redeemed - Alcoa Quartet
- In Steps Of Light - Vaughan Quartet
- We'll Be At Home Again - Mr. & Mrs. R.N. Grisham
- I'm Going To Die No More - Giddens Sisters
- What Kind Of Shoes You Gwine To Wear - William Rexroat's Cedar Crest Singers


4 CD set

JSP JSPCD 7755 (UK 2005)

172008Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long

Bukka White - Promised True And Grand
Kid Prince Moore - Sign Of The Judgement
Bessie Johnson - Great Reaping Day
Blind Joe Taggart - The Storm Is Passing Over
Blind Mamie Forehand - Wouldn't Mind Dying
Willie Williams - Where The Sun Never Goes Down

Bo Weavil Jackson - Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long
Mother McCollum - Take My Vacation In Heaven
Edward Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
McIntorsh And Edwards - Take A Stand

Alfred G. Karnes - Bound For The Promised Land
Louise And Joseph - Won't That Be A Happy Time

Willie McTell is subject of the cover photo, but does not appear as musical content of this album

12 inch LP

Mississippi MR-025

182011The Bristol Sessions 1927/28
The Big Bang of Country Music

disc 1:
- The Dying Girl's Farewell - Ernest V. Stoneman/Kahle Brewer
- Tell Mother I Will Meet Her - Ernest V. Stoneman/Kahle Brewer
- The Mountaineer's Courtship - Irma Frost/Ernest V. Stoneman
- Midnight on the Stormy Deep - Irma Frost/Ernest V. Stoneman
- Sweeping Through the Gates - Ernest V. Stoneman
- I Know My Name Is There - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- Are You Washed in the Blood? - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- No More Good-Byes - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- The Resurrection [Take 1] - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers (take)
- The Resurrection [Take 2] - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers (take)
- I Am Resolved [Take 1] - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers (take)
- I Am Resolved [Take 2] - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers (take)
- I Want to Go Where Jesus Is - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Do, Lord, Remember Me - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Old Ship of Zion - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Jesus Getting Us Ready for That Great Day - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Happy in Prison - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Don't Grieve After Me - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- What Will I Do, For My Money's All Gone - Hattie Stoneman/Uncle Eck Dunford
- The Whip-Poor-Will's Song - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Skip To Ma Lou, My Darling - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Barney McCoy - Ernest V. Stoneman/Uncle Eck Dunford
- Old Time Corn Shuckin', Pt. 1 - The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
- Old Time Corn Shuckin', Pt. 2 - The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers

disc 2:
- The Jealous Sweetheart [Take 1] - The Johnson Brothers (take)
- The Jealous Sweetheart [Take 2] - The Johnson Brothers (take)
- Passing Policeman, A - The Johnson Brothers
- Just a Message from Carolina - The Johnson Brothers
- The Wreck of the Virginian [Take 1] - Blind Alfred Reed (take)
- The Wreck of the Virginian [Take 2] - Blind Alfred Reed (take)
- I Mean to Live for Jesus - Blind Alfred Reed
- You Must Unload - Blind Alfred Reed
- Walking in the Way With Jesus [Take 1] - Blind Alfred Reed (take)
- Walking in the Way With Jesus [Take 2] - Blind Alfred Reed (take)
- Two Brothers Are We - The Johnson Brothers
- The Soldier's Poor Little Boy - The Johnson Brothers
- I Want to See My Mother (Ten Thousand Miles A - The Johnson Brothers
- Pot Liquor Blues - El Watson
- Narrow Gauge Blues - El Watson
- Cold Penitentiary Blues - B.F. Shelton
- Oh Molly Dear - B.F. Shelton
- Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton
- Darling Cora - B.F. Shelton

- Called To the Foreign Field - Alfred G. Karnes
- I Am Bound For the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Where We'll Never Grow Old - Alfred G. Karnes
- When They Ring the Golden Bells - Alfred G. Karnes
- To the Work - Alfred G. Karnes
- Train On the Island - J. P. Nester
- Black-Eyed Susie - J. P. Nester
- Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners

disc 3:
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Little Log Cabin By the Sea - The Carter Family
- The Poor Orphan Child - The Carter Family
- The Storms Are On the Ocean - The Carter Family
- Single Girl, Married Girl - The Carter Family
- The Wandering Boy - The Carter Family
- Remember Me, O Mighty One - Alcoa Quartet
- I'm Redeemed - Alcoa Quartet
- Henry Whitter's Fox Chase - Henry Whitter
- Rain Crow Bill - Henry Whitter
- Big Bend Gal - The Shelor Family
- Suzanna Gal - The Shelor Family
- Sandy River Belle [Take 1] - The Shelor Family (take)
- Sandy River Belle [Take 2] - The Shelor Family (take)
- Billy Grimes, the Rover - The Shelor Family
- The Newmarket Wreck - Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker
- On The Banks Of The Sunny Tennessee - Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker
- The Soldier's Sweetheart - Jimmie Rodgers
- Sleep Baby Sleep - Jimmie Rodgers
- The Longest Train I Ever Saw - The Tenneva Ramblers
- Sweet Heaven When I Die - The Tenneva Ramblers
- Miss 'Liza, Poor Gal - The Tenneva Ramblers
- Greasy String - West Virginia Coonhunters
- Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy - West Virginia Coonhunters
- Standing On the Promises - Tennessee Mountaineers
- Shall We Gather at the River - Tennessee Mountaineers

disc 4:
- My Name Is Ticklish Reuben - Smyth County Ramblers
- Way Down In Alabama - Smyth County Ramblers

- Do Not Wait 'Till I'm Laid 'Neath the Clay - Alfred G. Karnes
- The Days of My Childhood Plays - Alfred G. Karnes
- We Shall All Be Reunited - Alfred G. Karnes
- If the Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- Went Up In the Clouds Of Heaven - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- I Know That Jesus Set Me Free - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- Bright Tomorrow - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- A Little Talk With Jesus - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart - Howard & Peak
- Three Black Sheep - Howard & Peak
- Good-night Darling - Clarence Greene
- The Broken-Hearted Lover - The Stoneman Family
- Angeline, The Baker - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Old Shoes and Leggin's - Uncle Eck Dunford
- We Parted By the Riverside - The Stoneman Family
- Down To Jordan and Be Saved
- There's a Light Lit Up In Galilee
- Going Up the Mountain After Liquor, Part 1 - The Stoneman Family
- Going Up the Mountain After Liquor, Part 2 - The Stoneman Family
- The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - The Stoneman Family
- Too Late - The Stoneman Family

disc 5:
- I'll Be Happy - Stamps Quartet
- Like the Rainbow - Stamps Quartet
- Because I Love Him - Stamps Quartet
- Come To the Savior - Stamps Quartet
- Do Your Best, Then Wear a Smile - Stamps Quartet
- We Shall Reach Home - Stamps Quartet
- My Mother Is Waiting For Me In Heaven Above - The Smith Brothers
- She Has Climbed the Golden Stair - The Smith Brothers
- We'll Sing On That Shore - Palmer Sisters
- Singing the Story of Grace - Palmer Sisters
- Help Me To Find The Way - Palmer Sisters
- He'll Be With Me - Palmer Sisters
- Brownie Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Where Is My Mamma? - Carolina Twins
- When You Go A'Courtin' - Carolina Twins
- I Sat Upon the River Bank - Carolina Twins
- New Orleans Is the Town I Like Best - Carolina Twins
- She Tells Me That I Am Sweet - Carolina Twins
- Mr. Brown, Here I Come - Carolina Twins
- I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roark & Family
- My Mother's Hands - Shortbuckle Roark & Family


5 CD box set
120 pp. hardcover book by Tony Russell & Ted Olson

Bear Family BCD-16094-5-CD (Germany 2011)

192012The Bristol Sessions 1927/1928
Country Music's Big Bang

disc 1:
- Don't Grieve After Me - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- I Want To Go Where Jesus Is - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Old Time Corn Shuckin' Pt 1 - Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
- Old Time Corn Shuckin' Pt 2 - Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
- Walking In The Way With Jesus - Blind Alfred Reed
- The Wreck Of The Virginian - Blind Alfred Reed

- I Am Bound For The Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Where We'll Never Grow Old - Alfred G. Karnes
- Are You Washed In The Blood? - Ernest Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- Sweeping Through The Gates - Ernest Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- Pretty Polly - B.F Shelton
- Darling Cora - B.F. Shelton
- Standing On The Promises - Tennessee Mountaineers
- At The River - Tennessee Mountaineers
- The Longest Train I Ever Saw - Tenneva Ramblers
- Sweet Heaven When I Die - Tenneva Ramblers
- Greasy String - West Virginia Coon Hunters
- Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy - West Virginia Coon Hunters
- The Newmarket Wreck - Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker
- On The Banks Of The Sunny Tennessee - Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker
- Billy Grimes The Rover - Shelor Family
- Big Bend Gal - Shelor Family
- Henry Whitter's Fox Chase - Henry Whitter
- Rain Crow Bill - Henry Whitter

disc 2:
- Remember Me, O Mighty One - Alcoa Quartet
- I'm Redeeemed - Alcoa Quartet
- Mountaineer's Courtship - Stoneman / Frost
- The Whip-poor-will's Song - E. Dunford
- The Soldier's Poor Little Boy - Johnson Bros
- Just A Message From Carolina - Johnson Bros
- Do, Lord, Remember Me - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Quartet
- Old Ship Of Zion - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Quartet
- Pot Licker Blues - El Watson

- When They Ring The Golden Bells - Alfred G. Karnes
- To The Work - Alfred G. Karnes
- Skip To Ma Lou, My Darling - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Barney Mccoy - Uncle Eck Dunford
- I Mean To Live For Jesus - Blind Alfred Reed
- You Must Unload - Blind Alfred Reed
- Train On The Island - J. P. Nester
- Black-eyed Susie - J. P. Nester
- The Resurrection - Ernest Stoneman & Dixie Mountaineers
- I Am Resolved - Ernest Stoneman & Dixie Mountaineers
- Dying Girl's Farewell - E. Stoneman, E. K. Brewer, M. Mooney
- Tell Mother I Will Meet Her - E. Stoneman, E. K. Brewer, M. Mooney
- Suzanna Gal - Dad Blackard's Moonshiners
- Sandy River Belle - Dad Blackard's Moonshiners
- Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners
- Miss Liza, Poor Gal - Tenneva Ramblers

disc 3:
- Jesus Is Getting Us Ready For That Great Day - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- Happy In Prison - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
- I Know My Name Is There - Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers
- No More Good-byes - Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers
- The Jealous Sweetheart - Johnson Brothers
- Two Brothers Are We (From East Tennessee) - Johnson Brothers
- What Will I Do, For My Money's All Gone - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Cold Penitentiary Blues - B.F. Shelton
- O Molly Dear - B.F. Shelton

- Called To The Foreign Field - Alfred G. Karnes
- Do Not Wait `til I'm Laid Beneath The Clay - Alfred G. Karnes
- If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- Bright Tomorrow - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- Days Of My Childhood Plays - Alfred G. Karnes
- We Shall All Be Reunited - Alfred G. Karnes
- I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roark & Family
- My Mother's Hands - Shortbuckle Roark & Family
- The Broken Hearted Lover - Stoneman Family
- We Parted By The Riverside - Stoneman Family
- Angeline The Baker - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Old Shoes And Leggin's - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Down To Jordan And Be Saved - Stoneman Family
- There's A Light Lit Up In Galilee - Stoneman Family
- My Name Is Ticklish Reuben - Smyth County Ramblers
- 'Way Down In Alabama - Smyth County Ramblers


disc 4:
- A Little Talk With Jesus - Ernest Phipps & His Congregation
- Went Up In The Clouds Of Heaven - Ernest Phipps & His Congregation
- I Know That Jesus Set Me Free - Ernest Phipps & His Congregation
- Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps & His Congregation
- Where Is My Mama - Carolina Twins
- When You Go A Courtin' - Carolina Twins
- I Sat Upon The River Bank - Carolina Twins
- Mr. Brown Here I Come - Carolina Twins
- Going Up The Mountain After Liquor Pt 1 - Stoneman Family
- Going Up The Mountain After Liquor Pt 2 - Stoneman Family
- The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family
- Too Late - Stoneman Family
- New Orleans Is The Town I Like Best - Carolina Twins
- She Tells Me That I Am Sweet - Carolina Twins
- Goodnight, Darling - Clarence Greene
- Little Bunch Of Roses - Clarence Greene
- My Mother Is Waiting For Me In Heaven Above - Smith Brothers
- She Has Climbed The Golden Stairs - Smith Brothers
- I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart - Howard - Peak (The Blind Musicians)
- Three Black Sheep - Howard - Peak (The Blind Musicians)


4 CD set
notes by Pat Harrison

JSP JSPCD 77156 (UK 2012)

202017American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter

- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor

disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell

disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson

disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James

disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips


"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set
 
American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Tony Russell: Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost.- (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 98-100
- Tony Russell: Country Music Records - A Discography, 1921-1942.- (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), pp. 471-472, 691
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Snežana Lazarević, Roi Geyari, John Burton, Bob Eagle and Cary Ginell for additional info / scans

 

Ernest Phipps; source:
Ernest Phipps, 1927
(May 4, 1900 - April 17, 1963)
this is *not* Alfred G. Karnes, as claimed by some sources !!!

 

Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers, 1920s; source:
Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers, 1920s
(Phipps is pictured in the back row (fourth from left), with the striped necktie)

 

 

 

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