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| Carter Family discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 32 |
| EPs | 17 |
| Compilation albums | 62 |
| Singles | 33 |
This is a discography of theCarter Family[1]—Sara Carter, her husbandA.P. Carter, and their sister-in-lawMaybelle Carter—often cited as "the most influential group incountry music history":[2] (For recordings by the second generation of the Carter Family seeThe Carter Sisters.)
| 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) |
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.
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" werebudget 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 |
| 2017 | American Epic: The Best of The Carter Family | Lo-Max,Sony Legacy,Third Man |
| 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 andThe 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 |
