A.P. Carter (Family)

Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter, *15-12-1891 Maces Spring, VA, +07-11-1960

4th version

By Todd Gracyk, Alec Davidson, Tom Duffee,  Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Henk Scholts

SESSIONS see also Carter Family

11 January 1952 WAIN Station, Columbia, KY – The A.P. Carter Family (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt])
001 PRETTY RAINDROPS ACME 990/LP 1 JSP-4201
002 THERE'S A BRIGHT SIDE SOMEWHERE 990/PMR-207 JSP-4201
003 CLIMBING ZION'S HILL 991/PMR-207 OHCS 330 JSP-4201
004 LONGING FOR HOME 991 CF 105/PMR-207 JSP-4201
7 March 1952 WOPI, 410 State Street, Bristol, TN - A.P. Carter Family (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt])
005 RAILROADING ON THE GREAT DIVIDE 992 DF 102 /JSP-4201
006 LIVE ON DOWN THE LINE 993/JSP-4201
007 NO MORE GOODBYES (AT HOME WITH OUR SAVIOUR ABOVE) 994/LP-2  OHCS 330 JSP-4201
008 ON THE ROCK WHERE MOSES STOOD 994 /OHCS 330 JSP-4201
009 STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN 993/OHCS 331 JSP-4201
010 SOLDIERS BEYOND THE BLUE 995/PMR-207 OHCS 331 JSP-4201
011 SWEET FERN 995/OHCS 331 JSP-4201
012 WILDWOOD FLOWER 996 DF-102/PMR 206 OHCS 331 JSP-4201
013 KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE 996 CF 105/LP 2 OHCS 330 JSP-4201
014 SOW 'EM ON THE MOUNTAIN 997/OHCS 330 LP-2 JSP-4201
015 I'LL BE SATISFIED 997/OHCS 330 OHCS 331? JSP-4201
016 ROOM IN HEAVEN FOR ME 998/OHCS 330 JSP-4201
017 GENTLY LEAD ME HOME 998/JSP-4201
018 SHIP AHOY 999/LP 2 PMR 207 JSP-4201* OHCS 330
019 [ON A] HILL LONE AND GREY 999/OHCS 330 JSP-4201

* Note: JSP-4201 features Ship Ahoy twice but they are identical. Version on Disc B has

leading Sunny Side Of Life, spoken intro and spoken outro.
April 1952 WOPI, 410 State Street, Bristol, TN - A.P. Carter Family (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt])
020 BEAUTIFUL ISLE O'ER THE SEA 1002 DF-101/LP-2 PMR-206 JSP-4201
021 BEYOND THE RIVER 1001 DF-101
022 MY WILDWOOD ROSE 1001 DF 101/PMR 206 JSP-4201
023 TAKE ME BACK BLUES  unissued

024 THE TITANIC 1000 DF-102/JSP-4201
025 WHEN THE SUNSET TURNS THE OCEAN BLUE TO GOLD 1000 DF-102/OHCS 331 JSP-4201

026 WILL MY MOTHER KNOW ME THERE 1002 DF 101

5 June 1952 WOPI, 410 State Street, Bristol, TN - A.P. Carter Family (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt])
027 I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES 1004 BE 136 /BLP 2 OHCS 331 JSP-4201*
028 LITTLE MOSES 992/LP-2 JSP-4201

029 WESTERN HOBO 1004/ PMR-206 OHCS 331  JSP-4201

* Note: JSP-4201 features Thinking Of My Blue Eyes twice but they are identical.

24 April 1954 [live-WCTT Radio Station] The Courthouse, Manchester, KY – A.P. Carter and The Phipps Family

02901 ON JORDAN’S STORMY BANKS I STAND MER 137 

02902 LITTLE MOSES MER 137

02903 WILDWOOD FLOWER MER 137 

02904 MY VIRGINIA ROSE IS BLOOMING MER 137 

02905 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS MER 137 

02906 THE DYING SOLDIER MER 137 

02907 I HAVE BUT ONE GIRL MER 137

02908 LONGING FOR HOME MER 137 

02909 IT AGGRAVATED MY SOUL MER 137

02910 THE STORMS ARE IN THE OCEAN MER 137

02911 WANDERING BOY MER 137

02912 WILL YOU MISS ME MER 137

1954 unknown – A. P. Carter Family and The Phipps Family

030 IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE ARC 138
031 LONGING FOR HOME  ARC 138

032 TELL MY MOTHER I WILL MEET HER ARC 138

033 LITTLE MOSES ARC 138

034 I’LL BE SATISFIED ARC 138

035 CITY CALLED HEAVEN  ARC 138

036 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN ARC 138

037 ANCHORED IN LOVE DIVINE ARC 138

038 FAIR AND HAPPY LAND ARC 138

039 MY VIRGINIA ROSE ARC 138

040 WABASH CANNON BALL ARC 138

041 STORMS ARE IN THE OCEAN  ARC 138

1 March 1956 WOPI, 410 State Street, Bristol, TN - A.P. Carter Family (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt])
042 BEAUTIFUL HOME DF-103/LP-2 JSP-4201

043 DON’T FORGET THIS SONG  unissued
044 I SHALL NOT BE MOVED DF-103/JSP-4201
045 THE MEETING IN THE AIR DF-103/JSP-4201
046 MY DIXIE DARLING LP-1 JSP-4201
047 MY NATIVE HOME  unissued

049 SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL Bell BE 136

050 WABASH CANNONBALL LP-1  JSP-4201
16 April 1956 WOPI, 410 State Street, Bristol, TN - A.P. Carter Family (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt])
051 ANCHORED IN LOVE DF-103/JSP-4201

052 BEHIND THOSE STONE WALLS  unissued

053 BLACKIE’S GUNMAN unissued
054 CURTAINS OF NIGHT PMR-206 JSP-4201
055 DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH unissued

056 FATE OF GEORGE ALLEN ON ENGINE 143  PMR-206 JSP-4201
057 IT’LL AGGRAVATE YOUR SOUL  unissued

058 JACK AND MAE unissued

059 JESUS HOLD MY HAND PMR-207 JSP-4201
060 LOOK AWAY FROM THE CROSS  CF 105

061 MY VIRGINIA ROSE  unissued

062 ON THE ROCK WHERE MOSES STOOD  CF 105

063 SINKING IN THE LONESOME SEA  unissued

064 SLEEPY RIO GRANDE  unissued

065 SUNSHINE IN THE SHADOWS  CF105

066 SMELL OF WADE OUT IN THE WATERS [WADE IN THE WATER] PMR-207 JSP-4201

067 WHEN OUR LORDS SHALL COME AGAIN [WHEN UPON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN] PMR-207

068 WHY THERE’S A TEAR IN MY EYE  unissued

19 April 1956 WOPI, 410 State Street, Bristol, TN - A.P. Carter Family (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt])
069 A DISTAND LAND TO ROAD  unissued

070 ANGEL BAND BE 167/LP-1 PMR-207 JSP-4201

071 BROKEN ENGAGEMENT LP-1 JSP-4201

072 FIFTY MILES OF ELBOW ROOM unissued

073 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN LP-2/JSP-4201
074 GRAVE ON THE GREEN HILLSIDE LP-1 JSP-4201
075 HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM Bell BE 136/ LP-1 JSP-4201
076 KEEP ON THE SUNNYSIDE LP-2  JSP-4201
077 MOTHERLESS CHILDREN LP-1 JSP-4201
078 REDEMPTION SONG LP-1 JSP-4201

079 SOLDIER’S SWEETHEART BE167
080 THERE’LL BE NO DISTINCTION THERE Bell BE 167/OHCS 330

081 TWO MORE YEARS (AND I'LL BE FREE) BE 167/PMR-206 OHCS 330 JSP-4201
082 WALTZ, KITTY WALTZ  unissued

083 WAVES ON THE SEA BE 167/LP-1 OHCS 331 JSP-4201
084 WAYWORN TRAVELLER BE 167/ LP-1 JSP-4201
085 WILDWOOD FLOWER  LP-1 JSP 4201?*
086 WORRIED MAN BLUES LP-2 JSP-4201

087 YOU’VE GOT TO RIGHTEN THAT WRONG unissued

* Note: JSP-4201 features Wildwood Flower 3 times; the 2 on Disc B are identical. It is

presumably the version from Acme DF-102

20 April 1956 WOPI, 410 State Street, Bristol, TN - A.P. Carter Family  (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt]) [overdub: [1] 3rd Floor of 410 State St., Bristol, TN: speech by Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers]

088 DARLING NELLIE ACROSS THE SEA  unissued

089 THE DYING MOTHER  CF 105

090 FARHER ON  PMR 125

091 ON THE SEA OF GALILEE PMR-207 JSP-4201
092 THE LAST LETTER PMR-206 JSP-4201

093 MRS. JIMMIE RODGERS VISITS THE CARTER FAMILY - PART 1 [1] 1010/PMR 207 JSP-4201
094 MRS. JIMMIE RODGERS VISITS THE CARTER FAMILY - PART 2 [1] 1010/PMR 207 [portion] JSP-4201

unknown recording info - A.P. Carter Family  (A. P. Carter [vcl], Sara Carter Bayes [vcl/autoharp], Janette Carter [vcl/gt], Joe Carter [vcl/gt])
096 MIDNIGHT ON THE STORMY DEEP PMR-206 JSP-4201
097 DEATH IS ONLY A DREAM  PMR 125

098 I’LL BE SATISFIED Faith 977/ Starday SLP 190

099 RAILROADING ON THE GREAT DIVIDE  PMR 206 OHCS 331 JSP 4201

100 MRS. JIMMY RODGER VISITS THE CARTER FAMILY  PMR 206

104 PRETTY [LITTLE] RAINDROPS  PMR-206

105 THE BROKEN ENGAGMENT  PMR 206

106 ON A HILL LONE AND GREY PMR 207

107 NO MORE GOOD-BYES PMR 207

108 I SHALL NOT BE MOVED  PMR 207

109 KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE  PMR 207

SOLDIER AN HIS SWEETHEART  PMR 206

WABASH CANNON BALL [with sound effects] PMR 206
PINE MOUNTAIN PMR 125 THE PHIPPS FAMILY: GREATEST OLD TIME HYMS (1968)

ALBUMS
ACME LP-1 All Time Favorites:  Motherless Children; The Wayworn Traveler; Homestead On The Farm; Grave On The Green Hillside; Angel Band; Redemtption Song; Dixie Darling; Wabash Cannonball; Waves Of The Sea; Wildwood Flower; The Broken Engagement - 60
ACME LP-2 In Memory Of A.P.Carter: Keep On The Sunny Side; At Home With Our Savior Above [No More Goodbye]; Beautiful Home; Ship Ahoy; Sow‘ng On The Mountain [Sow ‘Em On The Nountain]; Little Moses; I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes; Gold Watch And Chain; Beautiful Isle 'Or The Sea [Beautiful Isle O'er The Sea];

Pretty Little Rain Drops [Pretty Rain Drops]; Worried Man Blues - 60 (MX: CP 4811/12)

Mountain Eagle MER-137 A. P. Carter And The Phipps Family:  On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand; Little Moses; Wildwood Flower; My Virginia Rose is Blooming; The Old Rugged Cross; The Dying soldier; I Have But One Girl; Longing For Home; It Aggravated My Soul; The Storms Are In The Ocean; Wandering Boy; Will You Miss Me – ca 66  (recorded April 24, 1954 at The Courthouse, Manchester, KY)

ARC [CAN] ARC-138 Pickin' And Singin' Together: In The Sweet Bye And Bye; Longing For Home; Tell My Mother I Will Meet Her; Little Moses; I'll Be Satisfied; City Called Heaven; Gold Watch And Chain; Anchored In Love Divine; Fair And Happy Land; My Virginia Rose;. Wabash Cannon Ball; Storms Are On The Ocean -  w. Phipps Family
Pine Mountain PMR-206 Clinch Mountain Ballads: Midnight On The Stormy Deep; The Fate Of George Allen On Engine 143; Mrs. Jimmy Rodgers Visits The Carter Family;  Soldier And His Sweetheart [prevously as: Soldier;’s Sweetheart]; Westward Hobo [Western Hobo]; Wildwood Rose [My Wildwood Rose];  Railroading On The Great Divide; The Last Letter; The Curtains Of Night; Wildwood Flower;  Wabash Cannon Ball (With Sound Effects); Pretty Rain Drops [Pretty Little Rain Drops]; Two More Years And I Will Be Free [Two More Years]; The Broken Engagement; Beautiful Isle O‘er The Sea [Beautiful Isle Over The Sea] – ca 70 (also as Mountain Eagle MER 203)

Pine Mountain PMR-207 The Original Carter Family/ Their Last Recordings: On A Hill Lone And Gray [Hill, Lone and Gray]; When Upon The Clouds Of Heaven [When Our Lord Shall Come Again]; Angel Band; Climbing Zion's Hills; Mrs. Jimmy Rodgers Visits The Carter Family [Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family – part 1]; In The Sweet Bye And Bye [Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family – part 2]; Grave On The Green Hill Side [Grave On the Green Hillside]; No More Good-byes [No More Goodbyes and at Home With Our Saviour Above]; Jesus, Hold My Hand; Ship Ahoy; Wade In The Waters; Longing For Home; Sea Of Galilee; There's A Bright Side Somewhere; I Shall Not Be Moved; Soldiers Beyond The Blue; Keep On The Sunnyside [Keep On The Sunny Side] – ca 70

Old Homestead OHCS 330 Last Recordings, Vol. 1:  I'll be Satisfied; God Gave Noah a Rainbow Sign (Sow 'Em on the Mountain); Crying Holy (On the Rock Where Moses Stood);   No More Goodbyes; Climbing Up Zion's Hill; Keep on The Sunny Side; Gently Lead Me;  Room in Heaven for Me; Ship Ahoy; On a Hill Lone and Gray; Little Moses; There'll Be No Distinction There – 91

Old Homestead OHCS 330 Last Recordings, Vol. 2:  Storms Are on the Ocean; Sweet Bird;  Wildwood Flower;  Where the Sunset Turns the Ocean Blue to Gold; Soldiers Beyond the Blue;  Soldier's Three Letters; Two More Years and I'll Be Free; Railroading on the Great Divide; Titanic; Wild and Reckless Hobo (Western Hobo); Waves on the Sea; I'll be Satisfied;   Sweet Bye and Bye (In The Sweet Bye and Bye); I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes – 91

JSP [UK] JSP 4201 The ACME Sessions 1952-1956: Pretty Raindrops; There's A Bright Side Somewhere; Climbing Zion's Hill; Longing For Home; Railroading On The Great Divide; Live On Down The Line; No More Goodbyes (At Home With Our Saviour Above); On The Rock Where Moses Stood; Storms Are On The Ocean; Soldier's Beyond The Blue; Sweet Fern; Wildwood Flower; Keep On The Sunny Side; Sow 'Em On The Mountain; I'll Be Satisfied; Room In Heaven For Me; Gently Lead Me; Ship Ahoy; Hill Lone And Grey; Beautiful Isle O'Er The Sea; My Wildwood Rose; The Titanic; When The Sunset Turns The Ocean Blue To Gold; I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes; Little Moses; Western Hobo; Beautiful Home; I Shall Not Be Moved; My Dixie Darling; Wabash Cannonball; Meeting In The Air; Ship Ahoy; Wade In The Water; Jesus Hold My Hand; Fate Of George Allen On Engine; Anchored In Love; Curtains Of Night; Angel Band; Redemption Song; Gold Watch And Chain; Worried Man Blues; Wayworn Traveller; Homestead On The Farm; Grave On The Green Hillside; Waves On The Sea; Wildwood Flower; Keep On The Sunnyside; Motherless Children; Two More Years (And I'll Be Free); Broken Engagement; The Last Letter; On The Sea Of Galilee; Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family - Part 1; Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family - Part 2; I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Midnight On The Stormy Deep; Railroading On the Great Divide; Wildwood Flower - 04-08 (double)

EPs

ACME DF-101 Beyond The River; Wildwood Rose / Beautiful Isle Over The Sea; Will My Mother Know Me There – 56 (MX: CP 1062/63)

ACME DF-102 The Titanic; Where The Sunset Turns The Ocean Blue To Gold / Railroading On The Great Divide; Wildwood Flower – 56 (MX: CP 1064/5)
ACME DF-103 Anchored In Love; I Shall Not Be Moved / Beautiful Home; The Meeting In The Air – 56 (MX: DF 103A/B)

ACME  CF-105 A.P. Carter Memorial Album: Keep On The Sunnyside [Sunny Side (on label)]; Look Away From The Cross;  Longing For Home /  On The Rock Where Moses Stood; Sunshine In The Shadows; The Dying Mother – 60 (MX:  SO 1038/9)

Bell [AUS] BE-136 The Carter Family, vol. 1: Single Girl, Married Girl; Wildwood Flower / Homestead On The Farm; Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes – 58 (MX: BMX 2071/2)

Bell [AUS] BE-167 The Carter Family, vol. 2: The Wayworn Traveller;  The Waves On The Sea;  Two More Years / Soldier's Sweetheart;  Angel Band;  There'll Be No Distinction There – 58 (MX: MX 107971/2)

Faith 997 Keep On The Sunny Side; In The Sweet Bye And Bye*; I’ll Be Satisfied* / Amazing Grace; Only trust Him; Plenty Of Room - ?  (Note: It is unknown if the Carter Family tracks on the Faith EP are unique recordings or reissues of previously released recordings. Per Alec Davidson’s 1973 The Carter Family discography the version of I’ll Be Satisfied on Faith 997 was also issued as by A.P. Carter and  The Carter Family on Starday LP SLP-190, which was also issued as London LP HAB.8077 (The

Country Music Hall Of Fame, Volume 2)

SINGLES
ACME (1952-56)
990 There's A Bright Side Somewhere / Pretty Raindrops - 52
991 Longing For Home / Climbing Zion's Hill - 52
992 Little Moses / Railroading On The Great Divide -52
993 Live On Down The Line / Storms Are On The Ocean - 52
994 No More Goodbyes / On The Rock Where Moses Stood - 52
995 Soldiers Beyond The Blue / Sweet Fern  - 52
996 Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life / Wildwood Flower - 52
997 I'll Be Satisfied / Sow 'Em On The Mountain - 52
998 Gently Lead Me Home / Room In Heaven For Me
999 Hill, Lone And Grey / Ship Ahoy
1000 The Titanic / Where The Sunset Turns The Ocean Blue To Gold -
1001 Beyond The River / My Wildwood Rose
1002 Beautiful Isle O'er The Sea / Will My Mother Know Me There
1004 The Western Hobo / Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - 56
1010 Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family, part 1 / Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family, part 2 – 56 (Part 1 features fragment of Don’t Forget This Song; part 2 features fragment of  Western Hobo and In The Sweet Bye And Bye; both sides as by Mrs. Jimmy (sic) Rodgers and The Carter Family; each label states “Recorded at Bristol, Tenn, April 20, 1956”) )