DESCRIPTION:
Recorded 24 May 1930 [09.00 - 12.30] Auditorium,Memphis,TN.

Track No.1...The Cannon-Ball */**
A.P.Carter (vcl solo) * Rare SOLO
Sara Carter (gt)
Maybelle Carter (steel gt) ** 1st Time Maybelle Recorded with her new STEEL GUITAR

(Early 1900's - Traditional Song learned from Leslie Riddle...Adapted by A.P. Carter)

(3.01) Track No.2...The Lover's Farewell *
A.P. Carter (vcl solo leader/vcl duet) * Another rare SOLO
Sara Carter (vcl duet/autoharp
Maybelle Carter (steel guitar)

(1849 - "Thou Hast Learned To Love Another" or "We Have Met and We Have Parted" which is Dated by Gus Meade as Circa 1870's...Adapted by A.P. Carter)

(6.05) Track No.3...There's Someone Awaiting For Me
A.P. Carter (vcl duet)
Sara Carter (vcl duet/refrain/yodelling/autoharp)
Maybelle Carter (steel gt)

(Traced by Researcher Gus Meade to an 1861 Civil War Song Book published several times in the Late 1800's and in 1928 Recorded by a Galax String Band called the "Sweet Brothers"...Adapted by A.P.Carter 1930)

(9.15) Track No.4...The Little Log Hut In The Lane
Sara Carter (vcl solo leader/vcl duet/autoharp
Maybelle Carter (vcl duet/steel gt)

(1879 - Thomas Westendorf "Going Home From De Cottonfields" usually Titled "I'm Going Home From The Cottonfields"...Adapted by A.P.Carter 1930).


(12.08) Track No.5...When The Springtime Comes Again
A.P. Carter (vcl)
Sara Carter (vcl solo leader/yodelling/guitar)
Maybelle Carter (vcl/steel gt)

(1856 - Based on Stephan Foster's "Gentle Annie"...This is not the Song by CW BAker with that Title...Charles Wolfe Notes: The Song was one Sara Knew as "Little Annie"...She learned it from a Neighbor of AP's who gave them the Ballet for it..i.e. the written and printed lyrics...Adapted by A.P. Carter)

Alvin Pleasant (AP) Delaney Carter (1891 - 1960)
Sara Dougherty Carter (1898 - 1979)
Maybelle Addington Carter (1909 - 1978)

Maybelle was married to A.P.'s Brother EZRA CARTER who was Sara's 1st COUSIN...All three were Born & Raised in South Western Virginia

The day before the 1st Recording Session (August 1 1927) AP persuaded Sara & Maybelle to make the trip from Maces Spring VA to BRISTOL TN to Audition for Record Producer RALPH PEER who was seeking new talent.....The SESSIONS now called the BRISTOL SESSIONS included performances by JIMMIE RODGERS & 17 other Acts...They Received $50 for each song they Recorded plus half a cent Royalty on every copy sold of each song they Registered as "COPYRIGHT"...By the end of 1930 they had sold 300,000 Records in the USA....To expand his repertoire in the early 1930's AP befriended LESLIE RIDDLE a black guitar player from Kingsport TN who accompanied AP on his song Collecting trips


Elected to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1970