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05/08/1955
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Cheyenne
I Bowed My Head And Cried
Shenandoah Valley Breakdown
Sugar Coated Love
Muleskinner Blues
Wait A Little Longer Please, Jesus
Walkin In Jerusalem
Wheel Hoss
When Golden Leaves Begin To Fall
When Cactus Are In Bloom
Footprints In The Snow
Rawhide
Tall Timber
In The Pines
Bugle Call Rag
Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
Uncle Pen
Rocky Road Blues
Get Up John
In The Shadow Of The Pines
Willow Garden
Kentucky Bound
I Know You'll Understand
What Would You Give?
Nine Pound Hammer
Leave Me Alone Little Darling
Down Where The River Bends
I've Found The Way
Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
Theme
Katy Cline
Darlin Cory
Lonely Little Robin
Set 2The World Is Not My Home
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Jack And Mae
You Call That Religion
Little Red Shoes
Lonesome Road Blues
Bile Dem Cabbage Down
Good Morning To You
Band Intros
Bile Dem Cabbage Down
Dear Old Dixie
Crying Holy Unto The Lord
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
Goodbye Old Pal
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Nine Pound Hammer
This World Is Not My Home
I Know My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out
Workin On A Building
Sally Goodin
Watermelon On The Vine
Fire On The Mountain
Lonesome Road Blues
Rose Of Old Kentucky
Molly And Tenbrooks
I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky
White House Blues
Feast Here Tonight
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
Foggy Mountain Top
Dance All Night
I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home (decca)
Rawhide (decca 46392)
Letter To My Darling (decca 46392)
In The Pines (decca 28146)
Pike County Breakdown (decca 28356)
Bringin In The Georgia Mail (victor)
CommentVarious sets with the BGB, Charlie Monroe, and Bill and Charlie. Also Charlie Cline, Vassar Clements and Bobby Hicks.
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07/03/1955
Stanley Brothers
Set 1Instrumental
Big Tilly
That's All Right Mama
Poor Ellen Smith
Turkey In The Straw
So Blue
Will He Wait A Little Longer
Have A Feast Here Tonight
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
White House Blues
Instrumental
You'd Better Get Right
Say You'll Take Me Back
I Hear A Voice Calling
Angel Band
Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus
Comedy Routine
Hard Times
CommentRalph Stanley - Banjo
Carter Stanley - Guitar
Doug Morrison - Bass
Jim Williams - Mandolin
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07/31/1955
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Early Show:
?
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Nine Pound Hammer
What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul?
Early Show:
Darling Corey / Little Darling
The Lonely Little Robin
This World Is Not My Home
I Know My Lord Is Gonna Lead Me Out
Working On A Building
(yodel outro)
Set 2Late Show:
Charlie intro
Don't Forget Me Little Darling
Down Where The River Bends
Have A Feast Here Tonight (a.k.a. Rabbit In A Log)
What Is Home Without Love
I Found The Way
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
Foggy Mountain Top
Goodbye Maggie
(yodel outro)

From another unknown set:
Let Me Go, Lover*
More and More
Lonesome Road Blues / Footprints In The Snow / My Rose Of Old Kentucky
CommentCharlie Cline on mandolin (Bill's arm was in a sling because of a broken collar bone.)
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09/18/1955
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper
Set 1Liberty
West Virginia Polka
(It Hurts To Cry Alone)?
Sunny Side Of The Mountain
Cumberland Gap
The Legend Of The Dogwood Tree
Thirty Pieces Of Silver
I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
(She's A Housewife)?
Satisfied
Black Mountain Rag
Home Sweet Home
Idle Gossip, Idle Words
The Tramp On The Street
Ruby (Stoney)
Jesse James
Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus
Orange Blossom Special
Walking My Lord Up Calvary Hill
Oh, Dem Golden Slippers
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??/??/1955
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Bill & Charlie

What Would You Give
Nine Pound Hammer
Would You Leave Me Alone, Little Darling
Down Where the River Bends
I Have Found a Way
Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley
? (yodel)
Katy Cline
Darlin' Corey
Lonely Little Robin
I Can't Feel at Home in this World Anymore
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Let's Be Lovers Again
Do You Call That Religion?
Little Red Shoes

with the Bluegrass Boys - these tracks seem to be taken from various performances

I Cried Again
Shenandoah Valley Breakdown
Sugar Coated Love
Muleskinner Blues
(dual fiddle tune)
Rawhide
Get Up John
Katy Dear
Pain in My Heart
Blue Yodel #3
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05/13/1956
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Watermelon Hanging On The Vine/Intro*
Roanoke*
Sally Goodin
John Henry
Sugar Coated Love
Goodbye Old Pal
Rubber Dolly
Highway Of Sorrow
Working On A Building*
Comment* - tracks also appear on the Smithsonian/Folkways release "Off The Record, Vol. I"

Bobby Hicks - fiddle
Joe Stewart - fiddle
Rudy Lyle - banjo
Yates Green - guitar
(probably) Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin - bass
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06/24/1956
Flatt & Scruggs
Set 1?
You Can Feel It In Your Soul
Give Mother My Crown
?
?
Set 2Fire On The Mountain
?
Cabin In Caroline
?
Salty Dog
Joy Bells Ringing In My Soul
?
Set 3?
I Want To Be Loved
Flint Hill Special
?
?
Cabin In Caroline
Bugle Call Rag
Pay Her Alimony?
I'll Go Steppin' Too
Sawin' On The Strings
Angel Band
John Henry
CommentLester Flatt - Guitar
Earl SCruggs - Banjo
Curley Sector - Mandolin
Owne Wheeler - Bass
Paul Warran - Fiddle
Uncle Josh Graves - Dobro
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07/29/1956
Stanley Brothers
Set 1Dickenson County Breakdown
Orange Blossom Special
Crazy Arms
Hard Times
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
Cry from the Cross
Fling Ding
Say You'll Take Me Back
Big Tilda
Baby Girl
Little Glass of Wine
Little Birdie
Black Mountain Rag
Just a Little Talk With Jesus
A Voice From On High
Rawhide
Carroll County Blues
White Dove
Could You Love Me One More Time
Cry From the Cross
Drifting Too Far From The Shore
Rabbit in a Log
Boil Them Cabbage Down
A Parting Cry from Tennessee Mort
CommentCurly Lambert - Mandolin
Chubby Anthony - Fiddle
Lindy Clear - Bass
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04/01/1957
Carl Story
Set 1(A Place For My Mother)?
I'm Just A Used To Be
I'll Be Happy In My Home
Inst.
Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
Inst.
Angel Band
Give Me That Ol' Time Religion
I'm Just A Used To Be
Light At The River
The Burglar Man
The Saviours? Love
Are You Ready To Go?
Hear Jerusalem Moan
Pig In A Poke
Everybody Will Be Happy
Step It Up 'N Go
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04/21/1957
Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Set 1Don't Laugh
The Fire In My Heart
Highway Of Sorrow
Save It!, Save It!
Cash On The Barrerlhead
Dog Bite Your Hide
Drink Up And Go Home
Old Grey Mule
Pike County Breakdown
Long Gone
I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand
I Cried Again
Billy In The Lowground
Muleskinner Blues
Home Sweet Home
When The Angels Carry Me Home
20/20 Vision (And Walking 'Round Blind)
Dirty Dishes
Down In The Willow Garden
They Didn't Know The Difference (But I Did)
Wildwood Flower
When I'm Gone
Pike County Breakdown
Salty Dog
Ho Honey Ho
Bluegrass Stomp
If You Want To Be My Baby
Slippin' And Slidin'
Hit Parade Of Love
Lost To A Stranger
CommentJimmy Martin - Guitar
Frank Wakefield - Mandolin
Bill Gill - Bass
J.D. Crowe - Banjo
Johnny Dacus (Not Confirmed) - Fiddle
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04/28/1957
Flatt & Scruggs
Set 1Lovesick And Sorrow
Nobody's Darling But Mine
Prisoner Song
?
I'll Take The Blame
Flint Hill Special
On My Mind
?
The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind
The One Way Train
Get Lost You Wolf
Lost To A Stranger
Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky
Salty Dog
Set 2Before I Met You
Dear Old Dixie
Steel Guitar Rag ?
Joy Bells Ringing In My Soul
Give Mother My Crown
We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
100 Hundred Years From Now
?
John Henry
?
The Mama Blues
Jimmy Brown The News Boy
Down The Road
Working On A Building
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
?
Nine Pound Hammer
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04/28/1957
Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Set 1Don't Laugh
The Fire In My Heart
Highway Of Sorrorw
Save It ! Save It !
Cash On The Barrelhead
Dog Bite Your Hide
Drink Up And Go Home
Johnson's Old Grey Mule
Pike County Breakdown
Long Gone
I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand
I Cried Again
Billy in the Lowground
Muleskinner Blues
Home Sweet Home
When The Angels Carry Us Home
20/20 Vision (And Walking Around Blind)
Dirty Dishes Blues
Down In The Willow Garden
They Didn’t Know The Difference (But I Did)
Wildwood Flower
When I’m Gone
Pike County Breakdown
Salty Dog
Rocky Island (Ho Honey Ho)
Bluegrass Stomp
You Gotta Be My Baby
Slippin’ And Slidin'
Hit Parade Of Love
Lost To A Stranger
Milwaukee Here I Come
CommentJimmy Martin - Guitar and Vocals
Frank Wakefield - Mandolin
Little JD Crowe - Banjo
Bill Gill - Bass
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06/01/1957
Stanley Brothers
Set 1A Beautiful Life
A Little Glass Of Wine
Instrumental
Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
East Virginia Blues
That's Alright Mama
How Far To Little Rock?
John Henry
(Will You Be Waiting There For Me?)?
Pretty Polly
Honey Babe
Banjo Instrumental
White House Blues
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06/10/1957
Red Allen & the Osborne Brothers
Set 1I Wonder Where You Are Tonight?
Highway Of Sorrow
Six White Horses
Shortnin' Bread
Ruby, Are You Mad?
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Ho, Honey Ho
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Paul & Silas
Sunny Mountain Chimes
Mansion On The Hill
Auld Lang Syne
They Sleep Together Nigh At Rest
Ground Hog
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06/10/1957
Osborne Brothers & Red Allen
Set 1I Wonder Where You Are Tonight?
Highway Of Sorrow
Six White Horses
Shortnin' Bread
Ruby, Are You Mad?
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Ho, Honey Ho
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Paul & Silas
Sunny Mountain Chimes
Mansion On The Hill
Auld Lang Syne
They Sleep Together Nigh At Rest
Ground Hog
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06/30/1957
Red Allen & the Osborne Brothers
Set 1Down In The Willow Garden
Who Done It?
Cripple Creek
Ho Honey Ho
(Are You Ashamed?)?
Poisoned Love
Thats How I Can Count On You
Love And Wealth
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
They Sleep Together, Now At Rest
Gone Home
Little Maggie
Angel Band
Darling Corey
Cripple Creek
Theme & Introductions
Down In The Willow Garden
I Cried Again
Down Where The River Bends
Dont The Road Look Rough And Rocky? (inc)
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Highway Of Sorrow
Six White Horses
Shortnin?Bread
Ruby
Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
Ho Honey Ho
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Paul And Silas
Sunny Mountain Chimes
Mansion On The Hill
Auld Lang Syne
They Sleep Together, Now At Rest
Ground Hog
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07/14/1957
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Watermelon On The Vine
Bluegrass Breakdown
On And On
Pike County Breakdown
Used To Be
Katy Hill
Muleskinner Blues
Lonesome Road Blues
Hills Of Glory
Alice
True Life Blues
Highway Of Sorrow
Footprints In The Snow
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome
Wabash Cannonball
Set 2Watermelon On The Vine
Fire On The Mountain
Home Sweet Home
New John Henry Blues
Molly & Tenbrooks
Will You Be Loving Another
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Poison Love
In The Pines
Rawhide
Back Up And Push
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
The Prisoner's Song
Bluegrass Ramble (?)
Little Maggie
You Better Get Right
Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus
The Hills Of Glory
Dear Old Dixie
Bluegrass Stomp
Orange Blossom Special
Blue Yodel #4
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07/14/1957
Reno & Smiley
Set 1Instrumental
Sweethearts In Heaven
Cumberland Gap
Orange Blossom Special
I'm The Talk Of The Town
They Have Gone Home
Jesus Is Waiting
My Mother's Bible
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
I Walk The Line
Instrumental
Sawing On The Strings
Instrumental
I'm The Biggest Liar In Town
When You And I Were Young Maggie
Bonaparte's Retreat
Instrumental
Let's Live For Tonight
That's Allright Mama
Limehouse Blues
The Old Country Church
Drifting With The Tide
Billy In The Lowground
Springtime In Glory
Lonesome & Blue
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07/14/1957
Don Reno & Red Smiley
Set 1Instrumental
Sweethearts In Heaven
Cumberland Gap?
Orange Blossom Special
I'm The Talk Of The Town
They Have Gone Home
Jesus Is Waiting
My Mother's Bible
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
I Walk The Line
Instrumental
Sawing On The Strings
Instrumental
I'm The Biggest Liar In Town
When You And I Were Young Maggie
Bonaparte's Retreat
Instrumental
Let's Live For Tonight
That's Allright Mama
Limehouse Blues
The Old Country Church
Drifting With The Tide
Billy In The Lowground
Springtime In Glory
Lonesome & Blue
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07/28/1957
Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Set 1Fiddle Tune
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Four Walls
I'm The Boss of This Here House
The Prisoner's Song
Just An Old Standby
Cumberland Gap
Another Fiddle Tune
I'm A One Woman Man
Dear Old Dixie
My Rose of Old Kentucky
Let The Church Roll On
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Sophronie
Someday We'll Meet Again
They Didn't Know The Difference (But I Do)
Cabin In Caroline
Homesick
Voice Of My Savior
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04/25/1958
Flatt & Scruggs
Set 1Foggy Mtn. Boys Introduction
Fiddle Tune
Only By You
Flint Hill Special
Guitar Tune
Instrumental
Fiddle Tune
Bird Song
Cabin in the Hills of Caroline
Bugle Call Rag
Pay Her Alimony
I'll go Steppin' Too
Talking Banjo
Fiddlin' Will
My Immortal Home
John Hardy
Lee Highway Blues
Are You Waiting Just for Me
Instrumental
You can Feel it in Your Soul
Give Mother My Crown
Run 'Um Off
Instrumental
Foggy Mountain run Boy Run
Talking Banjo
Cabin in the Hills of Caroline
Instrumental
Salty Dog
Joy Bells
Little Darlin'
Weeping Willow Tree
Take Me in your Life Boat
Instrumental
Bugle Call Rag
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06/15/1958
Flatt & Scruggs
75353
Set 1Fire On The Mountain
Someday I'll See You Again, Sweetheart
Shuckin' The Corn
Big Black Freight Train
The Barefoot Boy
Instrumental
Foggy Mountain Special
Don't Forget Me, Little Darling
Instrumental > Earl's Breakdown
Let Those Brown Eyes Smile At Me
Six White Horses
Wildwood Flower
A Hundred Years From Now
Tragic Romance
Set 2Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Cotton Eyed Joe
Instrumental
Give Me My Flowers While I'm Living
Six White Horses
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
Cumberland Gap
CommentMultiple sets were played (they play Six White Horses twice) but the set break may not be entirely correct.

Lester Flatt - Guitar
Earl Scruggs - Banjo, Guitar
Josh Graves - Dobro
Everette Lilly - Mandolin
Paul Warren? - Fiddle
Cousin Jake - Bass, Comedy, Vocals, Juice Harp
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07/27/1958
Flatt & Scruggs
Set 1Fire On The Mountain
Someday We'll Meet Again, Sweetheart
Instrumental
Instrumental
Before I Met You
Shuckin' The Corn
Old MacDonald
I've Found A Way
Is There Room For Me
Instrumental
Big Black Train >
Wildwood Flower
Instrumental
Unknown>
Instrumental
Have A Feast Here Tonight (Rabbit In A Log)
Why Did You Wander
Alimony Blues
Instrumental
We May Meet Again Someday
Cotton Eyed Joe
Instrumental
Heaven
Instrumental
Salty Dog Blues
Beneath The Old Southern Sky
Instrumental
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??/??/1958
Flatt & Scruggs
Set 1Bugle Call Rag
Old Joe Clark
Old Joe Clark
Fiddle Piece
I Want to Be Loved
Flint Hill Special
Dobro Piece
Fiddle Piece
Cabin in the Hills of Caroline
Bugle Call Rag
I Paid Her Alimony
I'll Go Stepping Too
?
Sawing on the Strings
Angel Band
John Henry
Banjo Piece
You Can Feel it in Your Soul
Give Mother My Crown
Run 'em Off
?
Fire on the Mountain
?
Cabin in the Hills of Caroline
Earl's Breakdown
Salty Dog
Joy Bells

Don Reno and Earl Scruggs (both on Banjo):
Little Darlin' Pal of Mine
Weeping Willow Tree

Foggy Mountain Boys:
Take Me In Your Lifeboat
Farewell Blues

Fiddle piece
Dobro piece
I Don't Care Anymore
Shuckin' the Corn
Soul's Eternal Home
Unknown
CommentLester Flatt ? flat top, vocals
Earl Scruggs ? banjo, vocals
Curley Seckler ? mandolin, vocals
Onie Wheeler ? doghouse fiddle (bass)
Paul Warren ? fiddle
Burkett H. ?Uncle Josh? Graves ? dobro, guitar, vocals
* Earl Scruggs & Don Reno ? banjo duet
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08/01/1959
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Live And Let Live
Bluegrass Breakdown
Drink Up And Go Home
Columbus Stockade Blues
Sittin' On Top Of The World
Kentucky Waltz
Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day
I Saw The Light
Uncle Pen
Grey Eagle
Katy Hill
Molly And Tenbrooks
Bile Them Cabbage Down
The Little And The Dreadful Snake
Lonesome Road Blues
That's Alright Little Mama
Ragtime Annie
Comedy Routine
Beautiful Fly On The Wall
Rawhide
Set 2Muleskinner Blues
In The Pines
On And On
I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning
Breaking In A Brand New Pair Of Shoes
Footprints In The Snow
Sweet Heart Of Mine
Close By
Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
Scotland
Fiddle Instrumental
Cash On The Barrel Head
Pike County Breakdown
The Prisoner's Song
When The Cactus Are In Bloom
My Rose Of Old Kentucky
Cabin In Glory Land
Blessed Savior Guide Us
My Long Journey Home
Sweetheart You've Done Me Wrong
Wheel Hoss
CommentBill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys

Jack Cooke - Guitar
Joe Stewart - Banjo
Bessie Lee Maudlin - Bass
Kenny Baker - Fiddle
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09/06/1959
Flatt & Scruggs
Set 1?
?
The Sputnik Dog
Flint Hill Special
I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
?
Set 2Black Eyed Susie
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Bugle Call Rag
?
?
I'm On My Way To Canaan's Land
?
I Won't Be Hanging Around
?
Baby You Gotta Quit That Noise
?
Set 3Before I Met You
Earl's Breakdown
I'll Go Stepping Too
Dim Lights And Thick Smoke
Cotton Eyed Joe
Head Over Heels
Orange Blossom Special
I'll Gp Stepping Too
Dim Lights
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Big Black Train
I Saw Mom With God Last Night
What's The Matter Now
Mockingbird
I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
CommentLester Flatt - Guitar
Earl Scruggs - Banjo
Uncle Josh Graves - Dobro
Cousin Jake Tullock - Bass
Curly Seckler - Mandolin
Paul Warren - Fiddle
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05/15/1960
Stanley Brothers
Set 1Intro
So Blue
Uncle Pen
Come All You Tender Hearted
Mountain Dew
Baby Blue Eyes
How Far to Little Rock
Let the Church Roll On
He'll Set Your Fields O Fire
Paul and Silas
The Cry From the Cross
John Henry
No School Bus in Heaven
Man of Constant Sorrow
Climate
Are You Afraid to Die
Black Mountain Blues
In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old
Cumberland Gap
God Gave You to Me
How Mountain Girls Can Love
Don't Go Out Tonight
Little Glass of Wine
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09/04/1960
Carl Story
Set 1Step It Up 'N Go
I'll Wear The Banner
God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds
Light At The River
Gone Home
Mocking Banjo
Inst.
Flint Hill Special
(Tennessee Border)?
(Dreaming)?
He will Take Us Home
I've Found A Hiding Place
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05/21/1961
Stanley Brothers
Set 1The Wild Side Of Life
The Long Black Veil
Little Bennie
How Mountain Girls Can Love
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Little Joe
Knoxville Girl
Little Maggie
Home Sweet Home
Don't Go Out Tonight
Sunny Side Of The Mountain
Keep A Memory
Little Bessie
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07/28/1963
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Panhandle Country
Love, Please Come Home
Dark Hollow
Devil's Dream
I Was Left On The Street
Muleskinner Blues
Roan County Prison
Goodbye Old Pal
Molly & Tenbrooks
I'm In Despair
Orange Blossom Special
Somebody Touched Me *
Wicked Path Of Sin *
Rawhide
Yall Come
E: A Good Woman's Love
Set 2Uncle Pen
Foggy Mountain Top
Memories Of Mother And Dad
Sally Jo
Highway Of Sorrow
Bluegrass Pt.2
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Salt Creek
Walkin The Dog
I Saw The Light
I Am A Pilgrim
Close By
Footprints In The Snow
True Life Blues
Big Sandy River
Yall Come
CommentDel McCoury - Guitar, Vocals
Bill "Brad" Keith - Banjo, Vocals
Billy Baker - Fiddle
Bessie Lee Mauldin - Bass

* Ralph Rinzler - Vocals
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