Carter Family discography
This is a comprehensive discography of Carter Family, often cited as "the most influential group in country music history":
Singles
Selected 78 rpm records
The Carter Family's career predated any sort of best-selling chart of country music records. Below is a select list of their 78 rpm releases.Bluebird Records
- "Anchored in Love"
- "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight"
- "Keep on the Sunny Side"
- "Little Moses"
- "Mid the Green Fields of Virginia"
- "My Clinch Mountain Home"
- "Picture on the Wall"
- "Wabash Cannonball"
- "Wildwood Flower"
- "Worried Man Blues"
- "Lonesome Pine Special"
- "Two Sweethearts"
- "Where We'll Never Grow Old"
- "Coal Miner Blues"
- "Hello Stranger"
- "My Dixie Darling"
- "You Are My Flower"
- "Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow"
- "Foggy Mountain Top"
- "Gold Watch and Chain"
- "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes"
- "Keep on the Firing Line"
- "My Old Cottage Home"
- "On the Sea of Gallee"
- "The Church in the Wildwood"
- "The Storms Are on the Ocean"
- "Broken Hearted Love"
- "Can the Circle Be Unbroken"
Selected vinyl albums
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 |
1966 | The Happiest Days of All | RCA Camden Records |
1967 | More Golden Gems | RCA Camden Records |
1972 | Lonesome Pine Special | RCA Camden Records |
1973 | My Old Cottage Home | RCA Camden Records |
1974 | Legendary Performers | RCA Records |
2017 | Lo-Max, Sony Legacy, Third Man |
Rounder CD compilations
Boxed sets
Singles & EPs
- River Of Jordan / Keep On the Sunny Side Victor 21434 1927
- I Have No One To Love Me Victor V-40036 1928
- Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? / Little Darling, Pal Of Mine Victor 21638 1928
- Engine One-Forty-Three / I'm Thinking To-Night Of My Blue Eyes Victor V-40089 1929
- Wildwood Flower / Forsaken Love Victor V-40000 1929
- My Clinch Mountain Home / The Foggy Mountain Top Victor V-40058 1929
- Worried Man Blues / The Cannon Ball Victor V-40317 1930
- Sweet As The Flowers In May Time / If One Won't Another One Will Victor 23761 1932
- Will The Roses Bloom In Heaven / We Will March Through The Streets Of The City Bluebird B-5161 1933
- When The Springtime Comes Again / I'm Thinking To-Night Of My Blue Eyes Bluebird B-5122 1933
- Happy Or Lonesome / The East Virginia Blues Bluebird B-5650 1934
- Hello, Central! Give Me Heaven / I'll Be All Smiles Tonight Bluebird B-5529 1934
- Can the Circle Be Unbroken / Glory To The Lamb Perfect 13155 1935
- My Texas Girl Banner 17481 1935
- He Took A White Rose From Her Hair Melotone 13429 1935
- Little Darling Pal Of Mine Romeo 17504 1935
- Diamonds In The Rough / John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man Bluebird B-6033 1935
- Can The Circle Be Unbroken / Glory To The Lamb Conqueror 8529 1935
- The Homestead On The Farm Perfect 17520 1937
- Just A Few More Days / Little Joe Decca 5632 1939
- Wabash Cannonball / I Never Will Marry Bluebird B-8350 1939
- Heaven's Radio / Meeting In The Air Okeh 05931 1940
- The Wave On The Sea / The Rambling Boy Bluebird 33-0512 1944
- When The World's On Fire / Keep On The Sunny Side Bluebird 33-0537 1945
- Jealous Hearted Me / Lay My Head Beneath The Rose Decca 46005 1946
- Picture On The Wall / Keep On The Sunny Side RCA Victor 20-3259 1948
- Mountain Music Volume 2 Brunswick OE 9168 1956
- The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 3 2 versions RCA Victor, RCA Victor 1962
- The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 1 RCA Victor RCX-7100 1962
- The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 2 RCA Victor, RCA Victor RCX-7101, 45-RCX-7101 1962
- The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 6 RCA Victor RCX-7111 1963
- The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 5 RCA Victor RCX-7110 1963
- The Original And Great Carter Family Vol. 4 RCA Victor RCX-7109 1963
- Jealous Hearted Me Decca ED 2788 1965
- Anchored In Love Acme Records DF-103 Unknown
- The Titanic Acme Records DF-102 Unknown
- Sweet Fern RCA Victor 20369 Unknown
- Get Up Early In The Morning / Fourteen Carat Nothing Liberty F55501 Unknown
- Picture On The Wall / Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? Montgomery Ward M-4228 Unknown
- No More The Moon Shines On Lorena / Jimmie Brow, The Newsboy Montgomery Ward m-5027 Unknown
- The Spirit Of Her Watches Over Me / When The Springtime Comes Again Montgomery Ward M-4227 Unknown
- Tell Me That You Love Me / I‘m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes Montgomery Ward M-4230 Unknown
- Honey In The Rock Montgomery Ward 8024 Unknown
- Two Sweethearts / The Broken-hearted Lover Montgomery Ward M-4433 Unknown
Albums
- Keep On The Sunny Side: In Memory Of A P Carter Acme Records LP No. 2 1961
- The Carter Family Album 3 versions Liberty 1962
- The Original And Great Carter Family 5 versions RCA Camden 1962
- The Original And Great Carter Family RCA Camden CAL 586 1962
- A Collection Of Favorites By The Carter Family 3 versions Decca 1963
- Great Original Recordings By The Carter Family Harmony HL 7300 1963
- More Favorites By The Carter Family Decca DL 4557 1965
- The Famous Carter Family 2 versions Harmony 1970
- More Golden Gems From The Original Carter Family RCA CAS-2554 1972
- 'Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia 3 versions RCA 1963
- The Original Carter Family From 1936 Radio Transcripts 2 versions Old Homestead Records 1975
- The Original Carter Family Legendary Performers, Volume 1 RCA CPM1-2763 1979
- Clinch Mountain Treasures 2 versions County Records, Sony Music Special Products 1991
- Carter Family Favorites Jasmine Records JASMCD 3592 2009
- A. P. Carter Memorial Album Acme Records CF-105 Unknown
- Country Favorites Sunset Records SUM-1153 Unknown
- The Carter Family In Texas Volume 7 Old Homestead Records OHCS 139 Unknown
- Look! Old Time Classics 6001 Unknown
- Country Sounds Of The Original Carter Family Harmony HL 7422 Unknown
- Home Among The Hills Harmony HL 7344 Unknown
- Diamonds In The Rough Copper Creek Records CCLP-0107 Unknown
- Great Sacred Songs Harmony HL 7396 Unknown
- Gold Watch And Chain Vol. 3 Anthology Of Country Music ACM 22 Unknown
- A Sacred Collection Anthology Of Country Music ACM - 8 Unknown
- Early Classics Anthology Of Country Music ACM-15 Unknown
Compilations
- Carter Family, The, Uncle Dave Macon, Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett - Authentic Country Music RCA Camden CDN-5111 1963
- Blackwood Brothers Quartet*, Stuart Hamblen, Original Carter Family, The*, Statesmen Quartet, The, Porter Wagoner, Speer Family, The - All-Night Sing RCA Camden CAL 767 1963
- The Best Of 3 versions Columbia 1965
- Carter Family, The Featuring A. P. Carter - Lonesome Pine Special 2 versions RCA Camden 1971
- My Old Cottage Home 2 versions RCA Camden 1973
- The Legendary Collection RCA RA5641-50 1974
- Original Carter Family, The* Featuring A.P. Carter* - The Happiest Days Of All RCA Camden ACL1-0501 1974
- The Original Carter Family In Texas Volume 2 2 versions Old Homestead Records 1978
- Gospel Songs By The Carter Family In Texas / Volume 3 Old Homestead Records OHCS 116 1978
- Country & Western Classics Time Life Records TLCW-06 1982
- The Original Carter Family In Texas Volume 5 Old Homestead Records OHCS 130 1984
- The Original Carter Family In Texas Volume I Old Homestead Records OHCS 111 1984
- Volume 4 Old Homestead Records OHCS-117 1984
- 20 Of The Best RCA International NL 89369 1984
- The Country Music Hall Of Fame MCA Records MCAD-10088 1991
- The Country Music Hall Of Fame MCA Records MCAD-10088 1991
- Rounder Records CD 1065 1993
- Rounder Records CD 1064 1993
- Rounder Records CD 1067 1995
- Rounder Records CD 1066 1995
- On Border Radio, Vol. 1 Arhoolie Records, Arhoolie Records CD 411, 411 1995
- Rounder Records CD 1068 1996
- Greatest Hits KRB Music Companies KRB5155-2 1997
- Rounder Records CD 1069 1997
- Best Of The Best Of The Original Carter Family King Records, King Records, BMG Special Products KCD-1478, KSCD-1478, DRC11839 1997
- On Border Radio, Vol. 2 Arhoolie Records, Arhoolie Records CD 412, 412 1997
- Rounder Records CD 1072 1998
- Rounder Records CD 1071 1998
- Rounder Records CD 1070 1998
- On Border Radio, Vol. 3 Arhoolie Records, Arhoolie Records CD 413, 413 1999
- The Best Of The Carter Family Prism Leisure PLATCD 548 1999
- Can The Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music's First Family 2 versions Columbia, Legacy 2000
- Famous Country Music Makers Castle Pulse PLS CD 358 2000
- The Best Of The Carter Family Volume Two Country Stars CTS 55465 2000
- In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain Bear Family Records BCD 15865 LK 2000
- Wildwood Flower ASV, Living Era CD AJA 5323 2000
- 1927-1934 3 versions JSP Records 2001
- The Decca Sessions Volume One Catfish Records KATCD188X 2001
- The Decca Sessions Vol. II Catfish Records KATCD218 2002
- Country & Folk Roots Castle Pulse PLSCD 651 2003
- Volume 2: 1935-1941 JSP Records JSP7708 2003
- RCA Country Legends BMG Heritage 82876 59266 2 2004
- A Proper Introduction To The Carter Family - Keep On The Sunny Side Proper Records Ltd. INTRO CD 2060 2004
- The Best Of The Carter Family Performance 38126 2005
- The Best Of The Carter Family MCA Nashville, Decca B0004544-02 2005
- Can The Circle Be Unbroken Primo, Primo PRMCD 6014, PRMCD6014 2006
- The Carter Family Direct Source Special Products Inc. AD 59012 2006
- Wildwood Flower Weton-Wesgram LATA188 2007
- Country Folk Proper Records Ltd. PROPERBOX 127 2007
- Wildwood Flower Not Now Music NOT2CD280 2008
- The Carter Family Music Club Deluxe MCDLX102 2009
- I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes Monk MK314 2010
- Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me Monk MK332 2010
- Greatest Hits 1927-1934 Fabulous FABCD146 2011
- Lo-Max, Sony Legacy 2017
- The Carter Family On Border Radio John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF 101 Unknown
- The Original Carter Family In Texas Volume 6 Old Homestead Records OHCS 136 Unknown
- Volume 3 CMH Records CMH 116 Unknown
- Volume 2 CMH Records CMH 112 Unknown
- Famous Country-Music Makers RCA DPM 2046 Unknown
- Volume 1 CMH Records CMH 107 Unknown
- Volume 4 CMH Records CMH 118 Unknown
- Famous Country Music Makers RCA Victor DPM 2046 Unknown