Vintage Recordings: 1948-1956

~ Release by The Mayfield Brothers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Sub-Optimal Credits

  • Tracks 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16 originally recorded at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico, circa 1955-56
  • The rest were recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder in the living room of Lorena Curtis, sister of the Mayfield Brothers, between 1948 and 1956.
Annotation last modified on 2014-11-08 01:18 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1I'm Knockin' on Your Door
double bass [bass]:
Raeford Shirley
fiddle:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
vocals:
Edd Mayfield
recording of:
Knocking at Your Door ("I'm knocking at your door again, my darling...")
lyricist and composer:
Harmie Smith (US country singer)
2:09
2Arizona Moon
double bass [bass]:
George Green (bluegrass bassist)
fiddle:
Delmar Shirley
guitar:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
vocals:
Edd Mayfield
3:06
3Midnight Ramble
guitar [lead guitar]:
Edd Mayfield
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Smokey Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
vocals:
Edd Mayfield
2:07
4When You Go, Don't Write to Me
double bass [bass]:
George Green (bluegrass bassist)
fiddle and lead vocals [on chorus]:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar, lead vocals and tenor vocals [on chorus]:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
2:25
5Poison Love
double bass [bass]:
George Green (bluegrass bassist)
fiddle:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar and tenor vocals:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin and lead vocals:
Herb Mayfield
recording of:
Poison Love
writer:
Tillman Franks and Elmer Laird
previously attributed to:
Ruby L. Laird
2:29
6Cotton Eyed Joe
fiddle:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar and lead vocals:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
recording of:
Cotton‐Eyed Joe (traditional song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 942)
2:06
7The Old Hometown
fiddle and lead vocals [on chorus]:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar and tenor vocals:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin, baritone vocals [on chorus] and lead vocals [on verse]:
Herb Mayfield
recording of:
The Old Home Town
composer:
Lester Flatt
2:26
8Mother Was Called Away
fiddle and lead vocals:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar and tenor vocals:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin and baritone vocals:
Herb Mayfield
3:10
9Lonely Heart Blues
double bass [bass]:
George Green (bluegrass bassist)
fiddle:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar and lead vocals:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
2:25
10My One and Own
fiddle and lead vocals:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar:
Herb Mayfield
2:03
11High Plains Breakdown
fiddle:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar [lead guitar]:
Edd Mayfield
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Herb Mayfield
1:32
12On and On
fiddle and lead vocals [on chorus]:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar, lead vocals and tenor vocals [on chorus]:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin and baritone vocals:
Herb Mayfield
recording of:
On and On
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
2:15
13Rocky Mountain Goat
guitar:
Smokey Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
1:00
14Just a Little Talk With Jesus
guitar [lead guitar] and tenor vocals:
Edd Mayfield
guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
Smokey Mayfield
mandolin and baritone vocals:
Herb Mayfield
bass vocals:
Reuben Mayfield
recording of:
Just a Little Talk With Jesus
lyricist and composer:
Cleavant Derricks (pastor, choir director, and songwriter)
publisher:
Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Co. (on 1937-01-01)
1:41
15Pardon My Whiskers, While I Kiss You Goodnight
double bass [bass]:
George Green (bluegrass bassist)
fiddle and lead vocals:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
recording of:
Pardon My Whiskers
writer:
Syd Nathan and Wayne Raney
2:29
16Sawing on the Strings
fiddle:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar [lead guitar]:
Edd Mayfield
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Herb Mayfield
vocals:
Edd Mayfield
recording of:
Sawing on the Strings
writer:
Lewis Compton
2:27
17Bill Cheatham
guitar:
Edd Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
recording of:
Bill Cheatham
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:16
18Holiday for Love
guitar [lead guitar] and lead vocals:
Edd Mayfield
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Smokey Mayfield
mandolin:
Herb Mayfield
1:42
19Black Mountain Rag
fiddle:
Smokey Mayfield
guitar [lead guitar]:
Edd Mayfield
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Herb Mayfield
2:15
20Where Could I Go but to the Lord?
guitar [lead guitar] and tenor vocals:
Edd Mayfield
guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
Smokey Mayfield
baritone vocals:
Herb Mayfield
recording of:
Where Could I Go but to the Lord
lyricist and composer:
James B. Coats
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Stamps Baxter Music & Printing Co.
1:56
21I Have Found the Way
guitar [lead guitar] and tenor vocals:
Edd Mayfield
guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
Smokey Mayfield
recording of:
I Found the Way
composer:
Rev. L.E. Green and Adger M. Pace
1:20

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