The Dillards - Early Recordings 1959

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Album Details

Title: Early Recordings 1959
Artist: The Dillards
Release Date: 4/4/2006
Label: Varese
Album Type(s): Greatest Hits
UPC: 030206671629
Genre: Country
Styles: Traditional Bluegrass, Bluegrass
Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Earnest, Organic, Playful, Bittersweet, Reflective, Rollicking, Earthy, Literate, Quirky, Rousing
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 2
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Banjo in the Hollow
Old Blue
Rainbow
Katy Cline
West Virginia Blues
John Hardy
It's Rainin' Here This Morning
Watermelon on the Vine
Old Man at the Mill
Cannonball Blues

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
2006	CD	Varese	066716

Other Editions

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Album Review

These ten "lost" Dillards tunes were recorded in 1959 and left to gather moss in Doug Dillard's personal archives. Dillard's discovery of the original tapes in 2005 led to them being remastered, tweaked, and released to the public for the very first time on Varese Saraband's Vintage imprint the following year as Early Recordings 1959. Doug and Rodney were only 18 and 21 at the time, but their knack for Ozark Mountain bluegrass had already developed into something profound. While seven of the tracks are standards, three songs ("Banjo in the Hollow," "Old Blue," and an early incarnation of "Old Man at the Mill") are Dillard originals. The sound quality is remarkably good, and despite the unnecessary inclusion of Dean Webb's vocals and mandolin -- they are integrated so flawlessly that it's hard to believe that he wasn't in the studio some 40 years ago -- these Early Recordings are the real deal. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Bill Pitzonka	Art Direction, Design
Cary E. Mansfield	Release Production
Dean Webb	Mandolin, Vocals, Arranger, Guest Appearance
Doug Dillard	Vocals, Arranger, Executive Producer, Banjo
Lynne Robin Green	Executive Producer, Liner Notes, Project Coordinator
Mitch Jayne	Arranger
Rodney Dillard	Producer, Digital Remastering, Guitar, Vocals, Author, Arranger
Sandy Webb	Photography