Maybelle Addington,*10-05-1909 Nickelsville, VA, +23-10-1978
3rd version
by Kurt Rokitta,
Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS see also Carter Family (original and new)
1960 unknown – Mother Maybelle Carter
001 PC 10958/K-8404 WILDWOOD FLOWER Briar 102/PC-101 Kapp
KS-3413
002 K-8406 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN Top Rank 2080 Briar PC-101
Kapp KS-3413
003 K-8403 THE BELLS OF ST.MARY'S Briar 139/PC-101 Kapp
KS-3413
004 K-8405 LOVER'S FAREWELL Briar PC-101 Kapp KS-3413
005 K-8407 KITTY WALTZ Briar PC-101 Kapp KS-3413
006 K-8408 HE'S SOLID GONE Briar PC-101 Kapp KS-3413
007 K-8410 LOVER'S RETURN Briar PC-101 Kapp KS-3413
008 K-8411 MY NATIVE HOME Briar PC-101 Kapp KS-3413
009 K-8412 THE SUN'S GONNA SHINE IN MY BACK DOOR SOMEDAY
Briar 139/PC-101 Kapp KS-3413
010 PC-10967 K-8409 LIBERTY DANCE Top Rank 2080 Briar
102/PC-101 Kapp KS-3413
011 K-8413 SWEETER THAN THE FLOWERS Briar PC-101 Kapp
KS-3413
012 K-8414 ALL I HAVE LEFT OF YOU Briar PC-101 Kapp KS-3413
Kapp master numbers assigned on August 25, 1964
September 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (+ Stephen Scott Singers)
013 YW-22263/PB-5146 BONAPARTE'S RETREAT Smash SRS-67025
014 YW-22264/PB-5147 SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES Smash
SRS-67025
015 YW-22265/PB-5148 SPANISH
FANDANGO Smash SRS-67025
016 YW-22266/PB-5149 MOCKING BIRD HILL Smash SRS-67025
017 YW-22267/PB-5150 WINDING STREAM Smash SRS-67025
018 YW-22268/PB-5151 RUBBER DOLLY Smash SRS-67025
16 October 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (+ Stephen Scott Singers)
019 YW-26371/PB-8922/PS-4171 WORKIN' ON THE RAILROAD Smash
SRS-67025
020 YW-26372/PB-8923/PS-4172 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET Smash
SRS-67025
021 YW-26373/PB-8924/PS-4173 BULLY OF THE TOWN Smash SRS-67025
022 YW-23374/PB-8925/PS-4174 BARBARA ALLEN Smash SRS-67025
023 YW-26375/PB-8926/PS-4175 GREEN VALLEY WALTZ Smash
SRS-67025
024 YW-26376/PB-8927/PS-4176 GOODBYE MY LITTLE HONEY Smash SRS-67025
26/28 July 1963 [live, Newport Folk Festival] Freebody Park,
Newport, RI – Mother Maybelle Carter (w.
Mike Seeger [-1], w. New Lost City
Ramblers [-2])
02401 INTRODUCTION Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02402 BURY ME UNDER THE WEEPING WILLOW Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02403 CANNONBALL BLUES (HE'S SOLID GONE) Vanguard
VCD-77021-2
02404 TWO SWEETHEARTS OF MINE Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02405 WABASH CANNONBALL Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02406 COAL MINER'S BLUES Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02407 LOVER'S FAREWELL Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02408 LITTLE BROWN JUG -1
Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02409 unknown fiddle tune
-1 Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02410 SAN ANTONIO ROSE -1
Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02411 LIGERTY DANCE -1
Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02412 1BULLY OF THE TOWN
-1 Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02413 MY NATIVE HOME -1
Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02414 COME ALL YE FAIR AND TENDER LADIES -1 Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02415 TENNESSEE WALTZ -1
Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02416 NEVER ON SUNDAY -1
Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02417 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE -1 Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02418 LITTLE DARLIN' PAL OF MINE -1 Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02419 IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN (WORRIED MAN BLUES) -2 Vanguard
VCD-77021-2
02420 STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN -2 Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02421 WILDWOOD FLOWER -2 Vanguard VCD-77021-2
02422 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN -2 Vanguard VCD-77021-2
7 October 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Producer: Shelby Singleton,
Jerry Kennedy)
025 2-30124 DIXIE DARLING Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
026 2-30125 VICTORY RAG Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
027 2-30126 CUMBERLAND GAP Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
028 2-30127 JOHN HARDY Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
029 2-30128 AIN’T GONNA WORK TOMORROW Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
030 2-30129 WHILE MY DARLING COME BACK Smash SRS-67041
7 October 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Producer: Shelby Singleton,
Jerry Kennedy)
031 2-30130 STORMS ARE IN THE OCEAN Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
032 2-30131 FADED COAT OF BLUE Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
033 2-30132 THE DYING SOLDIER Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
034 2-30133 ARE YOU TIRED OF ME? Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
035 2-30134 FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE WILDWOOD Smash SRS-67041 S 7014
036 2-30135 I’M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES Smash SRS-67041
2 or 3 October 1964 Nashville, TN – Mother Maybelle
Carter (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
037 2-33313 STRUMMIN’ MY GUITARO S-1948
038 2-33314 SAIL AWAY LADY
S-1948
January 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Producer: Jerry Kennedy, Shelby
Singleton)
039 2-33391 LOVER’S FAREWELL Cumberland SRC-69524
040 2-33392 WILDWOOD FLOWER
Cumberland SRC-69524
041 2-33393 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN Cumberland SRC-69524
042 2-33394 NOBODY’S DARLIN’ Cumberland SRC-69524
043 2-33395 LITTLE DARLIN’ PAL OF MINE Cumberland SRC-69524
044 2-33396 SAILOR ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA Cumberland SRC-69524
045 2-33397 BRING BACK MY BLUE EYED BOY Cumberland SRC-69524
046 2-33398 PRISONER’S SWEETHEART Cumberland SRC-69524
047 2-33399 LOVER’S RETURN Cumberland SRC-69524
048 2-33400 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP Cumberland SRC-69524
10 December 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Maybelle Carter
049 NCO 83042 CHARLIE BROOKS
CS 9275
050 NCO 83043 I TOLD TRHEM WHAT YOURE FIGHTING FOR 4-43521/CS 9275
051 NCO 83044 WE ALL MISS YOU JOE CS 9275
052 NCO 83045 SAN ANTONIO ROSE 4-43521/CS 9275
13 December 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Maybelle Carter
053 NCO 83047 MAMAS IRISH JIG unissued
054 NCO 83048 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG CS 9251
055 NCO 83049 LETS BE LOVERS AGAIN CS 9251
056 NCO 83050 GIVE ME YOUR LOVE AND ILL GIVE YOU MINE CS
9251
6 January 1966 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Maybelle Carter
057 NCO 83074 A LETTER FROM HOME CS 9275
058 NCO 83075 THERES A MOTHER ALWAYS WAITING CS 9275
059 NCO 83076 TOM CATS KITTEN CS 9275
060 NCO 83077 KITTY PUSS
CS 9275
15 June 1966 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter (Mother
Maybelle Carter [vcl/gt], Sara Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl])
061 NCO 80275 HIGHER GROUND
CS 9361
062 NCO 80276 LONESOME PINE SPECIAL CS 9361
063 NCO 80277 THE HAND THAT ROCKED THE CRADDLE CS 9361
064 NCO 80278 GOIN’ HOME CS 9361
065 NCO 80279 THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED CS 9361
066 NCO 80280 THREE LITTLE STRANGERS CS 9361
16 June 1966 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter (Mother Maybelle Carter [vcl/gt], Sara Carter
[vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl])
067 NCO 80281 SUN OF THE SOUL CS 9361
068 NCO 80282 WEARY PRODIGAL SON CS 9361
069 NCO 80283 WHLIE THE BAND IS PALYING DIXIE CS 9361
070 NCO 80284 FARTHER ON CS 9361
071 NCO 80285 NO MORE GOODBYES CS 9361
072 NCO 80286 HAPPIEST DAYS OF ALL CS 9361
6 June 1972 Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of Cash, Hendersonville,
TN – Johnny Cash and Mother Maybelle
Carter (Producer: Larry Butler)
073 NCO 108394 PICK THE WILDWOOD FLOWER 4-45938
14 November 1972 Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of Cash, Hendersonville,
TN – Johnny Cash and Mother Maybelle Carter
074 NCO 114639 DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH 4-45938
20 February 1973 poss. Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of
Cash, Hendersonville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle Carter
[vcl], Red Lane [gut string gt], Fred Carter Jr. [el gt], Kelso Herston [rh
gt], Jimmy Calvard [flat top gt], Bobby
Thompson [banjo], Pete Drake [steel], Tommy Allsup [6-str bass gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Chuck
Cochran [piano])
075 NCO 114910 MOUNTAIN DEW KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
076 NCO 114911 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
077 NCO 114912 CHINESE BREAKDOWN KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
21 February 1973 poss. Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of
Cash, Hendersonville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle Carter
[vcl], Red Lane [gut string gt], Fred Carter Jr. [el gt], Kelso Herston [rh
gt], Jimmy Calvard [flat top gt], Bobby
Thompson [banjo], Stu Basore [steel], Tommy Allsup [6-str bass gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Chuck
Cochran [piano], Larry Butler [ld piano-1])
078 NCO 114923 HEY LIBERTY KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
079 NCO 114924 THE WORLD NEEDS A MELODY -1 KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
21 February 1973 poss. Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of
Cash, Hendersonville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle Carter
[vcl], Red Lane [gut string gt], Fred Carter Jr. [el gt], Kelso Herston [rh
gt], Jimmy Calvard [flat top gt], Bobby
Thompson [banjo], Pete Drake [steel], Tommy Allsup [6-str bass gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Chuck
Cochran [piano], Charlie McCoy [harmonica])
080 NCO 114927 WABASH CANNONBALL KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
081 NCO 114928 WATERLOO KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
082 NCO 114929 ARKANSAS TRAVELER KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
083 NCO 114930 RED WING (w. dialogue) KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
12 March 1973 poss. Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of Cash,
Hendersonville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle Carter [vcl], Red
Lane [gut string gt], Fred Carter Jr. [el gt], Kelso Herston [rh gt], Jimmy Calvard [flat top gt], Bobby Thompson
[banjo], Pete Drake [steel], Tommy Allsup [6-str bass gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Chuck
Cochran [piano])
084 NCO 114931 RELEASE ME
KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
P-14911
085 NCO 114932 TENNESSEE WALTZ (w. dialogue) KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069 P-14911
086 NCO 114933 SWEET ALLIE LEE KG-32436
13 March 1973 poss. Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of Cash,
Hendersonville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle Carter [vcl], Red
Lane [gut string gt], Fred Carter Jr. [el gt], Kelso Herston [rh gt], Jimmy Calvard [flat top gt], Bobby Thompson
[banjo], Pete Drake [steel], Tommy Allsup [6-str bass gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Chuck
Cochran [piano], Charlie McCoy [harmonica])
087 NCO 114934 ROCKY TOP KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069 P-14911
088 NCO 114935 WILDWOOD FLOWER (w. dialogue) KG-32436
P-14911
089 NCO 114936 THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
090 NCO 114937 DRUNKARD'S HELL KG-32436
14 March 1973 poss. Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of Cash,
Hendersonville, TN – Mother Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle Carter [vcl], Red
Lane [gut string gt], Fred Carter Jr. [el gt], Kelso Herston [rh gt], Jimmy Calvard [flat top gt], Bobby Thompson
[banjo], Stu Basore [steel], Tommy Allsup [6-str bass gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Chuck
Cochran [piano])
091 NCO 114938 RUNNING BEAR KG-32436
092 NCO 114939 STILL KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
093 NCO 114940 NEVER ON SUNDAY KG-32436 Ambassador A-98069
ALBUMS
Briar PC-101 Mother Maybelle Carter: Bells Of St.Mary's; Wildwood Flower; Lover's
Farewell; Gold Watch And Chain; Kitty Waltz;
He's Solid Gone; Liberty
Dance; Lover's Return; My Native Home; Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday; Sweeter Than The Flowers; All I Have Left Of
You - 61 (reissued in 1964 on Kapp KS-3413 Queen Of The Auto-Harp)
Smash MGS-27025/SRS-67025 Mother Maybelle Carter and Her
Autoharp: Workin' On The Railroad; Little Rosewood Casket; Bully Of The Town;
Barbara Allen; Green Valley Waltz; Goodbye My Litte Honey; Bonaparte's Retreat;
Silver Threads And Golden Needles; Spanish Fandango; Mockin' Bird Hill; Winding
Stream; Rubber Dolly – 12-62
Smash MGS-27041/SRS-67041 Mother Maybelle Carter Pickin' And
Singin': Dixie Darling; Storms Are On The Ocean; Victory Rag; Faded Coat Of
Blue; Cumberland Gap; The Dying Soldier; John Hardy; Are You Tired Of Me; Ain't
Gonna Work Tomorrow; Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood; Willie, My Darling Come
Back; I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes – 12-63 (reissued on Mountain Dew
S 7014 Dixie Darling with last 2 tracks omited)
Cumberland MGC-29524/SRC-69524 Mother Maybelle Carter Sings Carter Family
Favorites: Wildwood Flower; Lover's Farewell; Little Darlin' Pal Of Mine; Gold Watch And Chain; Foggy Mountain Top; Prisoner's Sweetheart; Sailor On The
Deep; Lover's Return; Nobody's Darlin'; Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy – 10-65
Columbia CL-2475/CS-9275 A Living Legend: I Told Them What
You're Fighting For; Kitty Puss; Charlie Brooks; San Antonio Rose; We All Miss
You Joe; Black Mountain Rag; A Letter From Home; Tom Cat's Kitten; Let's Be
Lovers Again; Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine; There's A Mother Always
Waiting – 04-66
Columbia CL-2561/CL-9361 An Historic Reunion: While The Band
Is Playin' Dixie; Higher Ground; Lonesome Pine Special; The Hand That Rocks The
Cradle; Three Little Strangers; The Ship That Never Returned; Weary Prodigal
Son; Sun Of The Soul; Farther On; Happiest Days Of All; Goin' Home – 11-66 w.
Sarah Carter
Columbia AS-59 Mother Maybelle Carter: Autoharp Fingerpicking/Allie Lee Intro; Favorite
Guitar Pickers; First Grand Ole Opry Appearance; How Maybelle Style Developed;
Thank You’s From Musicians; Do You Still Have Original Guitar?; Autoharp
Discussion; Wildwood Flower Discussion; Floyd Cramer Reference; Kids Dig
Style/College Audiences; How Many Songs Recorded In Career?; Early Recording
and Radio Background; Early record Sales; Discussion About A.P. and Sara Carter
– 73 (MX: XSM-158064/5, promo)
Columbia KG-32436
Mother Maybelle Carter: Dialogue
[1927]; Mountain Dew; Still; Arkansas Traveler; Waterloo; Black Mountain Rag; Dialogue;
Wabash Cannonball; Rocky
Top; Release Me (And Let Me Love
Again); Hey Liberty; Chinese Breakdown / Bells Of St. Mary's; World Needs A
Melody; Never On Sunday; Tennessee
Waltz; Red Wing; Wildwood Flower; Running Bear;
Drunkard's Hell; Sweet Allie Lee – 07-09-73 (double, reissued in
Ambassador 98069 Mother Maybelle Carter with 4 song omitted)
Autoharp 688S-1674 Autoharp For Students And Educators: how
to tune instructions and the folk style as developed by Mother Maybelle Carter
– 7- (instructional audio book)
Pickwick JS-6172 Bonaparte's Retreat: Bonaparte's Retreat;
Barbara Allen; Mockin' Bird Hill; Workin' On The Railroad; Dying Soldier;
Lover's Farewell; Bully Of The Town; Faded Coal Of Blue; Foggy Mountain Top -
76 (sampler, Smash recordings)
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15471 Sara and Maybelle Carter: Higher
Ground; Lonesome Pine Special; The Hand That Rocked The Cradle; Goin' Home; The
Ship That Never Returned; Three Little Strangers; Sun Of The Soul; Weary
Prodigal Son; While The Band Is Playing Dixie; Farther On; No More Goodbyes; Happiest
Days Of All; Charlie Brooks; I Told Them What You're Fighting For; We All Miss
You Joe; San Antonio Rose; Mama's Irish Jig; Black Mountain Rag; Let's Be
Lovers Again; Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine; A Letter From Home; There's
A Mother Always Waiting; Tom Cat's Kitten; Kitty Puss – 91 (CS 9361+CS 9275 + bonus
tracks)
Cabro 002 Radio Album: (tracks unknown) – 95
(transcriptions)
Vanguard VCD-77021-2
Wildwood Pickin': Introduction;
Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow; Cannonball Blues (He's Solid Gone); Two
Sweethearts Of Mine; Wabash Cannonball; Coal Miner's Blues; Lover's Farewell;
Little Brown Jug; Unknown Fiddle Tune; San Antonio Rose; Ligerty Dance; Bully
Of The Town; My Native Home; Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies; Tennessee
Waltz; Never On Sunday; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; Little Darlin' Pal
Of Mine; It Takes A Worried Man (Worried Man Blues); Storms Are On The Ocean;
Wildwood Flower; Gold Watch And Chain – 21-01-97
SINGLES
Top Rank (1960)
2080 Gold Watch And Chain / Liberty Dance - 60
Briar (1961)
102 Wildwood Flower / Liberty Dance - 61
139 The Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday / Bells Of
St. Mary's - 63
Smash (1962-65)
S-1948 Sail Away Lady / Strummin' My Guitaro - 11-64
Columbia (1965-76)
4-43521 San Antonio Rose / I Told Them What You're Fighting
For - 01-66
4-45938 Pick The Wildwood Flower / Diamonds In The Rough –
01-10-73
3-10009 (Anita Carter:) Sweet Memories / (Mother Maybelle
Carter:) Picture On The Wall - 07-74