Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Of all the great harmonies in country music, the greatest belong to Ira and Charlie Louvin. Born three years apart on a red-clay Alabama farm, the Louvin Brothers took the sisterly harmonies of the Carter Family and the brotherly tightness of the Monroe and Callahan brothers to new, chilling heights. They redefined duo harmony by interweaving and switching tenor and alto parts, finding fresh, undiscovered colors along the way. The German label Bear Family has compiled an unprecedented history of the Louvins, the only thorough source for the brothers' early, hard-to-find, but exquisite Apollo and MGM recordings. The sonic quality, gorgeous color photography, precise and extensive discography, and notes by country music scholar Charles Wolfe set a new standard for the meticulous Bear boxes. Even at 220 songs, Close Harmony is essential, start to finish. --Roy Kasten









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Disc 1:

1. Alabama - The Louvin Brothers, Hill, Eddie
2. Alabama - The Louvin Brothers, Hill, Eddie
3. Seven Year Blues - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
4. (I'm Changing the Words To) My Love Song of You - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
5. The Get Acquainted Waltz - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
6. Weapon of Prayer - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
7. They've Got the Church Outnumbered - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
8. Do You Live What You Preach - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
9. You'll Be Rewarded Over There - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
10. I'll Live With God (To Die No More) - The Louvin Brothers, Hill, Eddie
11. Robe of White - The Louvin Brothers, Hill, Eddie
12. The Great Atomic Power - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
13. Insured Beyond the Grave - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
14. The Gospel Way - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
15. The Sons and Daughters of God - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
16. Broad Minded - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
17. The Family Who Prays - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
18. I Know What You're Talking About - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
19. Let Us Travel On - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
20. I Love God's Way of Living - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
21. Born Again - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
22. Preach the Gospel - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
23. From Mother's Arms to Korea - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
24. If We Forget God - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
25. Satan and the Saint - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
26. Satan Lied to Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
27. God Bless Her ('Cause She's My Mother) - The Louvin Brothers, Hill, Eddie
28. Last Chance to Pray - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie

Disc 2:

1. No One to Sing for Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
2. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
3. Nearer, My God, To Thee - The Louvin Brothers, Mason, Lowell
4. Make Him a Soldier - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
5. I Can't Say No - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
6. Just Rehearsing - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
7. Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Self - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
8. Where Will You Build - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
9. Pray for Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
10. When I Stop Dreaming - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
11. Pitfall - The Louvin Brothers, Smith, Smitty [1]
12. Alabama - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
13. Memories and Tears - The Louvin Brothers, Rule, Jimmy
14. Don't Laugh - The Louvin Brothers, Gosdin, Revin 'Rebe
15. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby - The Louvin Brothers, Inman, Autry
16. Childish Love - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
17. In the Middle of Nowhere - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
18. Hoping That You're Hoping - The Louvin Brothers, Harrison, Betty E.
19. The First One to Love You - The Louvin Brothers, Carter, Helen
20. I Cried After You Left - The Louvin Brothers, Cunningham, Faye
21. That's All He's Asking of Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
22. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - The Louvin Brothers, Carter, A.P.
23. In the Pines - The Louvin Brothers, Riggs, Alan
24. What Is Home Without Love - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
25. Mary of the Wild Moor - The Louvin Brothers, Turner, Dennis
26. Knoxville Girl - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
27. Kentucky - The Louvin Brothers, Davis, Karl
28. Katie Dear - The Louvin Brothers, Bolick, William

Disc 3:

1. My Brother's Will - The Louvin Brothers, Nelson, Ken [1]
2. Take the News to Mother - The Louvin Brothers, Callahan, Walter 'J
3. Let Her Go, God Bless Her - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
4. A Tiny Broken Heart - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
5. Plenty of Everything But You - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
6. Cash on the Barrelhead - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
7. You're Running Wild - The Louvin Brothers, Edenton, Ray
8. The New Partner Waltz - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
9. I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone - The Louvin Brothers, Durham, Charles E.
10. Praying - The Louvin Brothers, Houser, Hazel
11. Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus - The Louvin Brothers, Houser, Hazel
12. This Little Light of Mine - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
13. I Steal Away and Pray - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
14. There's No Excuse - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
15. Are You Washed in the Blood - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
16. Lord, I'm Coming Home - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
17. Thankful - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
18. Take Me Back into Your Heart - The Louvin Brothers, Autry, Gene
19. Here Today and Gone Tomorrow - The Louvin Brothers, Fowler, Wally
20. We Could - The Louvin Brothers, Bryant, Felice
21. Tennessee Waltz - The Louvin Brothers, Stewart, Redd
22. Too Late - The Louvin Brothers, Wakely, Jimmy
23. Are You Teasing Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
24. Nobody's Darling But Mine - The Louvin Brothers, Davis, Jimmie
25. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die - The Louvin Brothers, VanNess, Clark
26. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - The Louvin Brothers, Bond, Johnny
27. Why Not Confess - The Louvin Brothers, Hamrick, Ralph
28. Making Believe - The Louvin Brothers, Work, Jimmy

Disc 4:

1. Have I Stayed Away Too Long - The Louvin Brothers, Loesser, Frank
2. Call Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
3. I Wish You Knew - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
4. Dog Sled - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
5. When I Loved You - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
6. My Baby's Gone - The Louvin Brothers, Houser, Hazel
7. She Didn't Even Know I Was Gone - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
8. My Baby Came Back - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
9. Are You Wasting My Time - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
10. My Curly Headed Baby - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
11. Lorene - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
12. I Wish It Had Been a Dream - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
13. While You're Cheating on Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
14. If I Could Only Win Your Love - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
15. You're Learning - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
16. Blue from Now On - The Louvin Brothers, Leisy, Jim
17. Today - The Louvin Brothers, Thompson, Hank
18. My Heart Was Trampled on the Street - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
19. Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On - The Louvin Brothers, Locklin, Hank
20. On My Way to the Show - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
21. Read What's in My Heart - The Louvin Brothers, Shirley, Dell
22. Red Hen Hop - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
23. She Will Get Lonesome - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
24. I Wonder If You Know - The Louvin Brothers, Barrett, Ella
25. Blue - The Louvin Brothers, Hart, Freddie
26. The Angels Rejoiced Last Night - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
27. Dying from Home, and Lost - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
28. Satan's Jeweled Crown - The Louvin Brothers, Eden, Edgar
29. The River of Jordan - The Louvin Brothers, Houser, Hazel

Disc 5:

1. I'm Ready to Go Home - The Louvin Brothers, Houser, Hazel
2. The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea - The Louvin Brothers, Carter, Anita
3. Satan Is Real - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
4. The Christian Life - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
5. Are You Afraid to Die - The Louvin Brothers, Hill, Eddie
6. He Can Be Found - The Louvin Brothers, Barrett, Ella
7. There's a Higher Power - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
8. The Drunkard's Doom - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
9. I See a Bridge - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
10. Just Suppose - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
11. The Stagger - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
12. Nellie Moved to Town - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
13. What a Change One Day Can Make - The Louvin Brothers, Cole, Grady
14. Ruby's Song - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
15. The Last Old Shovel - The Louvin Brothers, Scott, Jim
16. Midnight Special - The Louvin Brothers, Scott, Jim
17. Brown's Ferry Blues - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
18. Southern Moon - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
19. Sand Mountain Blues - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
20. Nashville Blues - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
21. Blues Stay Away from Me - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
22. When It's Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
23. Put Me on the Train to Carolina - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
24. Freight Train Blues - The Louvin Brothers, Nabors, Jim
25. Weary Lonesome Blues - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
26. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - The Louvin Brothers, Delmore, Alton
27. It's Christmas Time - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
28. Santa's Big Parade - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie

Disc 6:

1. Love Is a Lonely Street - The Louvin Brothers, Barrett, Ella
2. If You Love Me Stay Away - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
3. I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
4. I Love You Best of All - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
5. I Can't Keep You in Love With Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
6. Scared of the Blues - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
7. I Have Found the Way - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
8. He Set Me Free - The Louvin Brothers, Brumley, Albert E.
9. Kneel at the Cross - The Louvin Brothers, Moody, Charles E.
10. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms - The Louvin Brothers, Hoffman, Rev. E.H.
11. O Why Not Tonight? - The Louvin Brothers, Bonar
12. You Can't Find the Lord Too Soon - The Louvin Brothers, Johnson, Bobby
13. Keep Your Eyes on Jesus - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
14. Almost Persuaded - The Louvin Brothers, Bliss, Philip
15. I Feel Better Now - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
16. O Who Shall Be Able to Stand - The Louvin Brothers, Brown, Dale
17. If Today Was the Day - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
18. You'll Meet Him in the Clouds - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
19. You'll Meet Him in the Clouds - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
20. Away in a Manger - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
21. The Friendly Beasts - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
22. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - The Louvin Brothers, Mendelssohn, Felix
23. Good Christian Men, Rejoice - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
24. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
25. The First Noel - The Louvin Brothers, Sandys, William
26. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Louvin Brothers, Sears, Edmund Hamil

Disc 7:

1. O Come All Ye Faithful - The Louvin Brothers, Oakeley, Frederick
2. O Little Town of Bethlehem - The Louvin Brothers, Brooks, Phillip
3. Silent Night - The Louvin Brothers, Gruber, Franz
4. Deck the Halls - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
5. Joy to the World - The Louvin Brothers, Mason, Lowell
6. It Hurts Me More (The Second Time Around) - The Louvin Brothers, Anderson, Bill [1]
7. How's the World Treating You - The Louvin Brothers, Atkins, Chet
8. Every Time You Leave - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
9. Time Goes So Slow - The Louvin Brothers, Wilson, Marie
10. I Died for the Red, White and Blue - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
11. From Mother's Arms to Korea - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
12. Searching for a Soldier's Grave - The Louvin Brothers, Acuff, Roy
13. At Mail Call Today - The Louvin Brothers, Rose, Fred
14. Soldier's Last Letter - The Louvin Brothers, Tubb, Ernest
15. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere - The Louvin Brothers, Roberts
16. There's a Grave in the Wave of the Ocean - The Louvin Brothers, Jones, Grandpa
17. Mother I Thank You for the Bible You Gave Me - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
18. The Great Atomic Power - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
19. A Seaman's Girl - The Louvin Brothers, Barrett, Ella
20. Robe of White - The Louvin Brothers, Hill, Eddie
21. The Weapon of Prayer - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
22. Broken Engagement - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
23. The First Time in Life - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
24. There Is No Easy Way - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
25. Love Turned to Hate - The Louvin Brothers, Davis, Skeeter
26. Must You Throw Dirt in My Face - The Louvin Brothers, Anderson, Bill [1]

Disc 8:

1. Great Speckled Bird - The Louvin Brothers, Carter, Roy
2. Wabash Cannonball - The Louvin Brothers, Carter, A.P.
3. Lonely Mound of Clay - The Louvin Brothers, Acuff, Roy
4. Wreck on the Highway - The Louvin Brothers, Dixon, Dorsey
5. Wait for the Light to Shine - The Louvin Brothers, Rose, Fred
6. Low and Lonely - The Louvin Brothers, Jenkins, Floyd
7. We Live in Two Different Worlds - The Louvin Brothers, Rose, Fred
8. The Precious Jewel - The Louvin Brothers, Acuff, Roy
9. The Great Judgement Morning - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
10. Branded Wherever I Go - The Louvin Brothers, Acuff, Roy
11. Not a Word from Home - The Louvin Brothers, Acuff, Roy
12. Stuck Up Blues - The Louvin Brothers, Acuff, Roy
13. Don't Let Them Take the Bible Out of Our School Rooms - The Louvin Brothers, McGraw, G.D.
14. I'm Glad That I'm Not Him - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
15. A Message to Your Heart - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
16. Thank God for My Christian Home - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
17. I'll Never Die - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
18. The Price of the Bottle - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
19. I've Known a Lady - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
20. He Included Me - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
21. Keep Watching the Sky - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
22. Now Lord, What Can I Do for You - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
23. Way Up On the Mountain - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
24. Gonna Shake Hands With Mother Over There - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
25. He Was Waiting at the Altar - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Ira
26. Oh Lord, My God - The Louvin Brothers, Hagen, Tommy
27. What Would You Give in Exchange for My Soul - The Louvin Brothers, Berry, J.J.

Rating: - Old time favorites
This was a Christmas gift for my dad who had most of these originally as vinyl records. Now that he has them on CD, he can listen to his old favorites again.

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Rating: - Close Harmony - The Louvin Bros.
Excellent collection of Louvin Brothers material. I would recommend this to anyone that likes the old style country music, and not this new over-produced stuff.

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Rating: - Does it get any better than this?
This is probably one of the best box sets ever made. There is no denying the power of this great duo. Do yourself a favor and do whatever you have to do and pick this one up! Satan is Real!

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Rating: - Holy Bongo Biscuits! This Stuff Is The Greatest!
I highly recommend this set of the Louvin Brothers!

everything ever recorded in one big package that doesn't disappoint.......

on the fence?

did you like the album "Satan Is Real"?
how about the so called greatest hits collections?

this box set has even more and most all are worthy of a hit.
there isn't a slow spot on any of the discs.
every cd in this box could have been a greatest hits disc

The Louvin Brothers are now good friends of mine.

get acquainted with Ira and Charlie

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Rating: - "Close Harmony",a Real Hit !
This Bear Family 8CD collection of the Louvin Brother is the most costly box set that I have purchased up to this date. I was able to get it from cdwolf for about $145.00 through Amazon. I asked my wife if this could be my Christmas present and she agreed. I have many great box sets but this one is right up there at the top. The harmony produced be Ira & Charlie is probly some of the best in the history of Country Music (the Stanley Brothers were pretty darn good too).Most decent CDs today run between 15 to 20 bucks so if you figure it that way this set is not to bad price wise. All the songs are really good and there are a lot of great Gospel songs that if you are like me these really make it a totaly complete box set well worth every penny. One word of caution: This music is not for the new or "modern" country fan, this is real country or hillbilly music as it has been so often called over the years. If you think these new stars like Garth Brooks and the Dixie Chicks are real Country this set of songs from Ira & Charlie are not for you. Ira Louvin died in a car wreck in the early 60's so all this music is well dated, but to folks like me and my wife this is the only stuff we listen too...and it sounds as good as it did when it was recorded back in the 50's and 60's. If you could only afford to buy one box set and you are a real roots country fan this is the set to own ! "Enjoy"