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Five CD box set and hard cover book.









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Disc 1:

1. I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
2. Sunny Side of Life - The Blue Sky Boys, Teddlie, Tillit S.
3. There'll Come a Time - The Blue Sky Boys, Harris, Charles K.
4. Where the Soul of Man Never Dies - The Blue Sky Boys, Golden, William Lee
5. Midnight on the Stormy Sea - The Blue Sky Boys, B. E. L.
6. Take Up Thy Cross - The Blue Sky Boys, Ackley, Reverend A.
7. Row Us Over the Tide - The Blue Sky Boys, Avis, E. C.
8. Down on the Banks of the Ohio - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
9. I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
10. The Dying Boy's Prayer - The Blue Sky Boys, Brown, Rev. S. M.
11. No One to Welcome Me Home - The Blue Sky Boys, Earls, Joe W.
12. Didn't They Crucify My Lord - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
13. Only Let Me Walk With Thee - The Blue Sky Boys, Oatman, Johnson Jr.
14. Can't You Hear tha Night Bird Crying - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
15. An Old Account Was Settled Long Ago - The Blue Sky Boys, Graham. F. M.
16. Sweet Allallee - The Blue Sky Boys, Stewart, Charles E.
17. You Give Me Your Love - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, L. A.
18. I Believe It - The Blue Sky Boys, Dresser, Paul
19. When the Ransomed Get Home - The Blue Sky Boys, Beazley, Samuel W.
20. Fair Eyed Ellen - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
21. Somebody Makes Me Think of You - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
22. Sweet Evalina - The Blue Sky Boys, Mrs. Parkhurst
23. No Home - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
24. What You Have Done - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
25. Sing a Song for the Blind - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
26. Within the Circle - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
27. They're All Home But One - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl

Disc 2:

1. Hymns My Mother Sang - The Blue Sky Boys, Edmiston, B. B.
2. Have No Desire to Roam - The Blue Sky Boys, Rowe, James
3. No Disappointments in Heaven - The Blue Sky Boys, Lehmann, Frederick
4. Story of the Knoxville Girl - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
5. On the Old Plantation - The Blue Sky Boys, Staab, Louis
6. In My Little Home in Tennessee - The Blue Sky Boys, Robison, Carson
7. Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes - The Blue Sky Boys, Smith, Arthur [1]
8. The Prisoner's Dream - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
9. The Answer to the Prisoner's Dream - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
10. When the Stars Begin to Fall - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
11. We Buried Her - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
12. Heaven Holds All to Me - The Blue Sky Boys, Teddlie, Tillit S.
13. Little Bessie - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
14. I Need the Prayers - The Blue Sky Boys, Rankin, J. E.
15. Old Fashioned Meeting - The Blue Sky Boys, Buffum, Herbert
16. Katie Dear - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
17. Who Wouldn't Be Lonely - The Blue Sky Boys, Chappelear, Leon
18. Life-Line - The Blue Sky Boys, Ufford, Rev. Edwin
19. When the Valley Moon Was Low - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
20. My Last Letter - The Blue Sky Boys, Griffin, Rex
21. Mother Went Her Holiness Way - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
22. Hang Out the Front Door Key - The Blue Sky Boys, Burt, Benjamin Hapg
23. This Is Like Heaven to Me - The Blue Sky Boys, French, J. E.
24. I've Found a Friend - The Blue Sky Boys, Fry, Charles W.
25. Asleep in the Briny Deep - The Blue Sky Boys, Hopkins, Doc
26. Last Night While Standing By My Window - The Blue Sky Boys, Mac
27. There Was a Time - The Blue Sky Boys,
28. Bring Back My Wandering Boy - The Blue Sky Boys, Hanna, R. S.

Disc 3:

1. When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland - The Blue Sky Boys, Evans, George 'Hone
2. Are You from Dixie - The Blue Sky Boys, Yellen, Jack
3. Give Me My Roses Now - The Blue Sky Boys, Rowe, James
4. The House Where We Were Wed - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
5. There's No Other Love for Me - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
6. God Sent My Little Girl - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
7. Someone's Last Day - The Blue Sky Boys, McKee, M. H.
8. She'll Be There - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
9. The Lightning Express - The Blue Sky Boys, Helf, J. Fred
10. The Royal Telephone - The Blue Sky Boys, Lehmann, Frederick
11. The Convict and the Rose - The Blue Sky Boys, McDonald, Ballard
12. Father, Dear Father, Come Home - The Blue Sky Boys, Work, Henry Clay
13. We Parted By the Riverside - The Blue Sky Boys, Hays, Will S.
14. Only One More Step - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
15. The East Bound Train - The Blue Sky Boys, Thornton, James
16. The Last Mile of the Way - The Blue Sky Boys, Oatman, Johnson
17. She's Somebody's Darling Once More - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
18. I'm S-A-V-E-D - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
19. Whispering Hope - The Blue Sky Boys, Winner, Septimus
20. The Butcher's Boy - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
21. This Evening Light - The Blue Sky Boys, Jeffrey, H. R.
22. Mary of the Wild Moor - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain

Disc 4:

1. Why Not Confess - The Blue Sky Boys, Hamrick, Ralph
2. Turn Your Radio On - The Blue Sky Boys, Brumley, Albert E.
3. Since the Angels Took My Mother Far Away - The Blue Sky Boys, Filenius, George
4. In the Hills of Roane County - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
5. Kneel at the Cross - The Blue Sky Boys, Moody, Charles E.
6. Brown Eyes - The Blue Sky Boys, Public Domain
7. Short Life of Trouble - The Blue Sky Boys, Burnett, Dick
8. A Picture on the Wall - The Blue Sky Boys, Landress, Bud
9. Pictures from Life's Other Side - The Blue Sky Boys, Baer, Charles E.
10. Don't Say Goodbye if You Love Me - The Blue Sky Boys, Dodd, Bonnie
11. Speak to Me Little Darling - The Blue Sky Boys, York, Leslie
12. Have You Seen My Daddy Here - The Blue Sky Boys, Fowler, Wallace
13. I Love Her More, Now Mother's Old - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill
14. Dust on the Bible - The Blue Sky Boys, Bailes, Johnny
15. Kentucky - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
16. I'm Glad (I'm Glad He's Gone and Left) - The Blue Sky Boys, Famous Lashua
17. The Chapel in the Hills - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
18. Sold Down the River - The Blue Sky Boys, Horton, Vaughn
19. I'm Going to Write to Heaven (For I Know My Daddy's There) - The Blue Sky Boys, Hardin, Chuck
20. Come to the Saviour - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Earl
21. Garden in the Sky - The Blue Sky Boys, Greenwood, Eva Mae
22. There's Been a Change - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Earl

Disc 5:

1. Romans 6:23 - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
2. I'll Take My Saviour by the Hand - The Blue Sky Boys, Grant, Roy
3. I Cannot Take You Back Now - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill
4. Behind These Prison Walls of Love - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill
5. Angel Mother - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill
6. Let's Not Sleep Again - The Blue Sky Boys, York, Leslie
7. Don't Take the Light (From My Dark Cell) - The Blue Sky Boys, Van Pelt, Calvin
8. The Cross on the Hill - The Blue Sky Boys, Mason, Deke
9. The Sweetest Gift, a Mother's Smile - The Blue Sky Boys, Coats, J. B.
10. You've Branded Your Name on My Heart - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill
11. Little Mother of the Hills - The Blue Sky Boys, Vagabonds
12. Alabama - The Blue Sky Boys, Hill, Eddie
13. One Cold Winter's Eve - The Blue Sky Boys,
14. Paper Boy - The Blue Sky Boys, Wright, Johnnie
15. Shake Hands With Your Mother Today - The Blue Sky Boys, Roy, Pete
16. When Heaven Comes Down - The Blue Sky Boys, Robinson, Al
17. The Unfinished Rug - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
18. Tears on Her Bridal Bouquet - The Blue Sky Boys, Smith, Arthur Q.
19. Lord Be With Us, Amen - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
20. Drop Your Net - The Blue Sky Boys, Paige, Tommy 'Butte
21. There'll Be No Broken Hearts for Me - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill
22. The New Golden Rule - The Blue Sky Boys, Davis, Karl
23. Where Our Darling Sleeps Tonight - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill
24. Sunny Side of Life - The Blue Sky Boys, Teddlie, Tillit S.

Rating: - Comes with a high body count, but worth it!
Has anyone sat down and counted the number of people who die in these songs?

Murder, disease, exposure to the elements, and of course your more mundane old age gets a few. Quite a number of folks paid the ultimate price in the making of these songs. I like to think of them up in heaven, looking down upon us all, but honestly (and sorry if I spoil the ending here) a lot of them don't make it there.

The price they paid (and the one you'll pay for this set) is worth every penny. It's definitely on the short list of things to grab when the house is on fire.

Louvins, Delmores, sure. But, push comes to shove, Bill and Earl are the best pound-for-pound brother duet ever. Strong words I know, but buy this and I bet you'll be hard-pressed to disagree. I can't think of a finer collection of music than this and I doubt there is one.

Bear Family never does less than a stellar job and they prove it again here. Best record label out there? Who can argue?

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Rating: - Beautiful box of Beautiful Music!
If you ever wonder exactly how great country music can be, just listen to disc 4 in this fantastic box. The Blue Sky Boys were famous for their tight harmony singing and sentimental fare. The disc opens with plantive "Why Not Confess"--not a religious song, but a lover's plea for honesty--continues through the religious chestnut "Turn Your Radio On" and then to beautiful renditions of "The Last Letter" and "Don't Say Goodbye." And that's just one disc, there are four others to continue the story. Long overlooked by reissuers, the Blue Sky Boys have needed this quality treatment for years. Plus the set contains a hardbound biography--extremely well written by noted scholar Bill C. Malone. Absolutely beautiful and worth the wait.