Carter Family discography

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

This is a discography of the Carter Family^[1]—Sara Carter, her husband A.P. Carter, and their sister-in-law Maybelle Carter—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.)

Singles

List of singles showing A-side, B-side, year released and label
Year	A-side	B-side	Label
1927	"The Poor Orphan Child"	"The Wandering Boy"	Victor (20877)
	"Single Girl, Married Girl"	"The Storms Are on the Ocean"	Victor (20937)
	"Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow"	"Little Log Cabin by the Sea"	Victor (21074)
1928	"River of Jordan"	"Keep on the Sunny Side"	Victor (21434)
	"Chewing Gum"	"I Ain't Goin' to Work Tomorrow"	Victor (21517)
	"Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?"	"Little Darling, Pal of Mine"	Victor (21638)
1929	"Wildwood Flower"	"Forsaken Love"	Victor (V-40000)
	"I Have No One to Love (But the Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea)"	"Anchored in Love"	Victor (V-40036)
	"My Clinch Mountain Home"	"The Foggy Mountain Top"	Victor (V-40058)
	"Engine One-Forty-Three"	"I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes"	Victor (V-40089)
	"Little Moses"	"God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign"	Victor (V-40110)
	"Sweet Fern"	"Lulu Wall"	Victor (V-40126)
	"Diamonds in the Rough"	"The Grave on the Green Hillside"	Victor (V-40150)
	"John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man"	"Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy to Me"	Victor (V-40190)
1930	"The Homestead on the Farm"	"The Cyclone of the Ryecove"	Victor (V-40207)
	"When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland"	"No Telephone in Heaven"	Victor (V-40229)
	"Western Hobo"	"A Distant Land to Roam"	Victor (V-40255)
	"The Lover's Farewell"	"Kitty Waltz"	Victor (V-40277)
	"When the World's on Fire"	"When the Springtime Comes Again"	Victor (V-40293)
	"Worried Man Blues"	"The Cannon Ball"	Victor (V-40317)
	"Don't Forget This Song"	"The Little Log Hut in the Lane"	Victor (V-40328)
1931	"On the Rock Where Moses Stood"	"Darling Nellie Across the Sea"	Victor (23513)
	"Where Shall I Be?"	"No More the Moon Shines on Lorena"	Victor (23523)
	"Lonesome Valley"	"The Birds Were Singing of You"	Victor (23541)
	"There's Someone Awaiting for Me"	"Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy"	Victor (23554)
	"Can't Feel at Home"	"When I'm Gone"	Victor (23569)
	"Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family" (Jimmie Rodgers assisted by the Carter Family)	"Moonlight and Skies" (Jimmie Rodgers)	Victor (23574)
	"Fond Affection"	"Sow 'Em on the Mountain"	Victor (23585)
	"My Old Cottage"	"Lonesome for You"	Victor (23599)
	"Let the Church Roll On"	"Room in Heaven for Me"	Victor (23618)
1932	"Sunshine in the Shadows"	"Weary Prodigal Son"	Victor (23626)
	"The Dying Soldier"	"Motherless Children"	Victor (23641)
	"Tell Me That You Love Me"	"I Never Loved But One"	Victor (23656)
	"Where We'll Never Grow Old"	"We Will March Through the Streets of the City"	Victor (23672)
	"Picture on the Wall"	"'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia"	Victor (23686)
	"Happiest Days of All"	"Amber Tresses"	Victor (23701)
	"Carter's Blues"	"Lonesome Pine Special"	Victor (23716)
	"Meet Me by Moonlight, Alone"	"Wabash Cannonball"	Victor (23731)
1933	"Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven"	"The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me"	Victor (23748)
	"Sweet as the Flowers in May Time"	"If One Won't Another One Will"	Victor (23761)
	"The Sun of the Soul"	"The Church in the Wildwood"	Victor (23776)
	"Two Sweethearts"	"The Broken-Hearted Lover"	Victor (23791)
	"The Winding Stream"	"I Wouldn't Mind Dying"	Victor (23807)
	"Gold Watch and Chain"	"Give Me Roses While I Live"	Victor (23821)
	"I Loved You Better Than You Knew"	"See That My Grave Is Kept Green"	Victor (23835)
	"On the Sea of Galilee"	"This Is Like Heaven to Me"	Victor (23845)
1934	"Hello, Central! Give Me Heaven"	"I'll Be All Smiles Tonight"	Bluebird (B-5529)
	"Darling Daisies"	"Lover's Return"	Bluebird (B-5586)
	"Happy or Lonesome"	"The East Virginia Blues"	Bluebird (B-5650)
	"I'm Working on a Building"	"When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland"	Bluebird (B-5716)

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

"Anchored in Love"
"I'll Be All Smiles Tonight"
"Keep on the Sunny Side"
"Little Moses"
"Mid the Green Fields of Virginia"
"My Clinch Mountain Home"
"Picture on the Wall"
"Wabash Cannonball"
"Wildwood Flower"
"Worried Man Blues"

Montgomery Ward Records

"Lonesome Pine Special"
"Two Sweethearts"
"Where We'll Never Grow Old"

Decca Records

"Coal Miner Blues"
"Hello Stranger"
"My Dixie Darling"
"You Are My Flower"

Victor Records

"Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow"
"Foggy Mountain Top"
"Gold Watch and Chain"
"I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes"
"Keep on the Firing Line"
"My Old Cottage Home"
"On the Sea of Gallee"
"The Church in the Wildwood"
"The Storms Are on the Ocean"

Vocalion Records

"Broken Hearted Love"
"Can the Circle Be Unbroken"

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
1966	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
2017	American Epic: The Best of The Carter Family	Lo-Max, Sony Legacy, Third Man

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

River Of Jordan / Keep On the Sunny Side (Shellac, 10") Victor 21434 1927
I Have No One To Love Me (Shellac, 10") Victor V-40036 1928
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? / Little Darling, Pal Of Mine (Shellac, 10") Victor 21638 1928
Engine One-Forty-Three / I'm Thinking To-Night Of My Blue Eyes (Shellac, 10") Victor V-40089 1929
Wildwood Flower / Forsaken Love (Shellac, 10") Victor V-40000 1929
My Clinch Mountain Home / The Foggy Mountain Top (Shellac, 10") Victor V-40058 1929
Worried Man Blues / The Cannon Ball (Shellac, 10") Victor V-40317 1930
Sweet As The Flowers In May Time / If One Won't Another One Will (Shellac, 10", Single) Victor 23761 1932
Will The Roses Bloom In Heaven / We Will March Through The Streets Of The City (Shellac, 10") Bluebird (3) B-5161 1933
When The Springtime Comes Again / I'm Thinking To-Night Of My Blue Eyes (Shellac, 10") Bluebird (3) B-5122 1933
Happy Or Lonesome / The East Virginia Blues (Shellac, 10") Bluebird (3) B-5650 1934
Hello, Central! Give Me Heaven / I'll Be All Smiles Tonight (Shellac, 10") Bluebird (3) B-5529 1934
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) / Glory To The Lamb (Shellac, 10") Perfect (3) 13155 1935

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

My Texas Girl (Shellac, 10") Banner 17481 1935
He Took A White Rose From Her Hair (Shellac, 10") Melotone 13429 1935
Little Darling Pal Of Mine (Shellac, 10") Romeo 17504 1935
Diamonds In The Rough / John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man (Shellac, 10") Bluebird (3) B-6033 1935
Can The Circle Be Unbroken / Glory To The Lamb (Shellac, 10") Conqueror 8529 1935
The Homestead On The Farm (Shellac, 10") Perfect (3) 17520 1937
Just A Few More Days / Little Joe (Shellac, 10") Decca 5632 1939
Wabash Cannonball / I Never Will Marry (Shellac, 10") Bluebird (3) B-8350 1939
Heaven's Radio / Meeting In The Air (Shellac, 10") Okeh 05931 1940
The Wave On The Sea / The Rambling Boy (Shellac, 10") Bluebird (3) 33-0512 1944
When The World's On Fire / Keep On The Sunny Side (Shellac, 10") Bluebird (3) 33-0537 1945
Jealous Hearted Me / Lay My Head Beneath The Rose (Shellac, 10") Decca 46005 1946
Picture On The Wall / Keep On The Sunny Side (Shellac, 10") RCA Victor 20-3259 1948
Mountain Music Volume 2 (7", EP) Brunswick OE 9168 1956
The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 3 2 versions RCA Victor, RCA Victor 1962
The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 1 (7", EP, Mono) RCA Victor RCX-7100 1962
The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 2 (7", EP, Mono) RCA Victor, RCA Victor RCX-7101, 45-RCX-7101 1962
The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 6 (7", Mono) RCA Victor RCX-7111 1963
The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 5 (7", EP, Mono) RCA Victor RCX-7110 1963
The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 4 (7", EP, Mono) RCA Victor RCX-7109 1963
Jealous Hearted Me (7", EP) Decca ED 2788 1965
Anchored In Love (7", EP) Acme Records (6) DF-103 Unknown
The Titanic (7", EP) Acme Records (6) DF-102 Unknown
Sweet Fern (7", EP) RCA Victor 20369 Unknown
Get Up Early In The Morning / Fourteen Carat Nothing (7", Promo) Liberty F55501 Unknown
Picture On The Wall / Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? (Shellac, 10") Montgomery Ward M-4228 Unknown
No More The Moon Shines On Lorena / Jimmie Brow, The Newsboy (Shellac, 10") Montgomery Ward m-5027 Unknown
The Spirit Of Her Watches Over Me / When The Springtime Comes Again (10") Montgomery Ward M-4227 Unknown
Tell Me That You Love Me / I‘m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (Shellac, 10") Montgomery Ward M-4230 Unknown
Honey In The Rock (Shellac, 10") Montgomery Ward 8024 Unknown
Two Sweethearts / The Broken-hearted Lover (Shellac, 10") Montgomery Ward M-4433 Unknown

Albums

Keep On The Sunny Side: In Memory Of A P Carter (LP) Acme Records (6) LP No. 2 1961
The Carter Family Album 3 versions Liberty 1962
The Original And Great Carter Family 5 versions RCA Camden 1962
The Original And Great Carter Family (LP, Mono) RCA Camden CAL 586 1962
A Collection Of Favorites By The Carter Family 3 versions Decca 1963
Great Original Recordings By The Carter Family (LP, Album, Mono) Harmony (4) HL 7300 1963
More Favorites By The Carter Family (LP, Album, Mono) Decca DL 4557 1965
The Famous Carter Family 2 versions Harmony (4) 1970
More Golden Gems From The Original Carter Family (LP) RCA CAS-2554 (e) 1972
'Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia 3 versions RCA 1963
The Original Carter Family From 1936 Radio Transcripts 2 versions Old Homestead Records 1975
The Original Carter Family Legendary Performers, Volume 1 (LP) RCA CPM1-2763 1979
Clinch Mountain Treasures 2 versions County Records, Sony Music Special Products 1991
Carter Family Favorites (CD, Album, Alb) Jasmine Records JASMCD 3592 2009
A. P. Carter Memorial Album (7", Album) Acme Records (6) CF-105 Unknown
Country Favorites (LP, Album, Mono) Sunset Records SUM-1153 Unknown
The Carter Family In Texas Volume 7 (LP) Old Homestead Records OHCS 139 Unknown
Look! (LP) Old Time Classics 6001 Unknown
Country Sounds Of The Original Carter Family (LP, Mono) Harmony (4) HL 7422 Unknown
Home Among The Hills (LP, Album) Harmony (4) HL 7344 Unknown
Diamonds In The Rough (LP, Album) Copper Creek Records CCLP-0107 Unknown
Great Sacred Songs (LP) Harmony (4) HL 7396 Unknown
Gold Watch And Chain Vol. 3 (LP) Anthology Of Country Music ACM 22 Unknown
A Sacred Collection (LP) Anthology Of Country Music ACM - 8 Unknown
Early Classics (LP) Anthology Of Country Music ACM-15 Unknown

Compilations

Carter Family, The, Uncle Dave Macon, Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett - Authentic Country Music (LP, Comp, Mono) RCA Camden CDN-5111 1963
Blackwood Brothers Quartet*, Stuart Hamblen, Original Carter Family, The*, Statesmen Quartet, The, Porter Wagoner, Speer Family, The - All-Night Sing (LP, Comp) RCA Camden CAL 767 1963
The Best Of 3 versions Columbia 1965
Carter Family, The Featuring A. P. Carter - Lonesome Pine Special 2 versions RCA Camden 1971
My Old Cottage Home 2 versions RCA Camden 1973
The Legendary Collection (1927-'34, '41) (10xLP, Comp, Mono + Box) RCA RA5641-50 1974
Original Carter Family, The* Featuring A.P. Carter* - The Happiest Days Of All (LP, Comp, RM) RCA Camden ACL1-0501(e) 1974
The Original Carter Family In Texas Volume 2 2 versions Old Homestead Records 1978
Gospel Songs By The Carter Family In Texas / Volume 3 (LP, Comp, Mono) Old Homestead Records OHCS 116 1978
Country & Western Classics (3xLP, Comp + Box) Time Life Records TLCW-06 1982
The Original Carter Family In Texas Volume 5 (LP, Comp, Ltd) Old Homestead Records OHCS 130 1984
The Original Carter Family In Texas Volume I (LP, Comp) Old Homestead Records OHCS 111 1984
Volume 4 (LP, Comp) Old Homestead Records OHCS-117 1984
20 Of The Best (LP, Comp) RCA International NL 89369 1984
The Country Music Hall Of Fame (CD, Comp) MCA Records MCAD-10088 1991
The Country Music Hall Of Fame (CD, Comp, Club) MCA Records MCAD-10088 1991
My Clinch Mountain Home: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1928-1929) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1065 1993
Anchored in Love: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1927-1928) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1064 1993
Worried Man Blues: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1930) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1067 1995
When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1929-1930) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1066 1995
On Border Radio, Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Arhoolie Records, Arhoolie Records CD 411, 411 1995
Sunshine in the Shadows: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1931-1932) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1068 1996
Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) KRB Music Companies KRB5155-2 1997
Give Me the Roses While I Live: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1932-1933) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1069 1997
Best Of The Best Of The Original Carter Family (CD, Comp) King Records (3), King Records (3), BMG Special Products KCD-1478, KSCD-1478, DRC11839 1997
On Border Radio, Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) Arhoolie Records, Arhoolie Records CD 412, 412 1997
Last Sessions: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934-1941) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1072 1998
Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1071 1998
Gold Watch and Chain: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1933-1934) (CD, Comp) Rounder Records CD 1070 1998
On Border Radio, Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) Arhoolie Records, Arhoolie Records CD 413, 413 1999
The Best Of The Carter Family (CD, Comp) Prism Leisure PLATCD 548 1999
Can The Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music's First Family 2 versions Columbia, Legacy 2000
Famous Country Music Makers (CD, Comp) Castle Pulse PLS CD 358 2000
The Best Of The Carter Family Volume Two (Wildwood Flower) (CD, Comp) Country Stars CTS 55465 2000
In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain (12xCD, Comp + Box) Bear Family Records BCD 15865 LK 2000
Wildwood Flower (CD, Comp, Mono) ASV, Living Era CD AJA 5323 2000
1927-1934 3 versions JSP Records 2001
The Decca Sessions Volume One (1936) (CD, Comp) Catfish Records KATCD188X 2001
The Decca Sessions Vol. II (CD, Comp) Catfish Records KATCD218 2002
Country & Folk Roots (CD, Comp) Castle Pulse PLSCD 651 2003
Volume 2: 1935-1941 (5xCD, Comp, RM + Box) JSP Records JSP7708 2003
RCA Country Legends (CD, Album, Comp) BMG Heritage 82876 59266 2 2004
A Proper Introduction To The Carter Family - Keep On The Sunny Side (CD, Comp, RM) Proper Records Ltd. INTRO CD 2060 2004
The Best Of The Carter Family (2xCD, Comp) Performance (7) 38126 2005
The Best Of The Carter Family (CD, Comp, Club) MCA Nashville, Decca B0004544-02 2005
Can The Circle Be Unbroken (2xCD, Comp, RM) Primo (2), Primo (2) PRMCD 6014, PRMCD6014 2006
The Carter Family (CD, Comp) Direct Source Special Products Inc. AD 59012 2006
Wildwood Flower (CD, Comp) Weton-Wesgram LATA188 2007
Country Folk (4xCD, Comp, Album + Box) Proper Records Ltd. PROPERBOX 127 2007
Wildwood Flower (2xCD, Comp) Not Now Music NOT2CD280 2008
The Carter Family (Roots Of Country) (2xCD, Comp) Music Club Deluxe MCDLX102 2009
I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (LP, Comp) Monk (4) MK314 2010
Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me (LP, Comp) Monk (4) MK332 2010
Greatest Hits 1927-1934 (CDr, Comp) Fabulous (3) FABCD146 2011
American Epic: The Best of The Carter Family (Digital download) Lo-Max, Sony Legacy 2017
The Carter Family On Border Radio (LP, Comp, Mono) John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF 101 Unknown
The Original Carter Family In Texas Volume 6 (LP, Comp, Ltd) Old Homestead Records OHCS 136 Unknown
Volume 3 (LP, Comp) CMH Records CMH 116 Unknown
Volume 2 (LP, Comp) CMH Records CMH 112 Unknown
Famous Country-Music Makers (2xLP, Comp, Gat) RCA DPM 2046 Unknown
Volume 1 (LP, Comp) CMH Records CMH 107 Unknown
Volume 4 (LP, Comp) CMH Records CMH 118 Unknown
Famous Country Music Makers (LP, Comp, Mono) RCA Victor DPM 2046 Unknown

References

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

[1] scogs.com, Carter Family discography

[2] Artist Biography by David Vinopal, Allmusic.com

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