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Distilling the four-disc Music of Bill Monroe down to 50 songs, this double-disc Anthology is a fine survey of the bluegrass pioneer's career. Picking up in 1950 after Monroe's breakthrough Columbia tenure, this set documents his 30-year Decca period and its song list reads like a Bluegrass 101 songbook, offering classic after classic. Like the greatest of jazz bandleaders, Monroe's Blue Grass Boys band was a proving ground for aspiring bluegrass musicians and a springboard for their future solo success, with each incarnation of the group displaying its own distinct character. Vocal powerhouse Jimmy Martin helped propel Monroe's stellar early-'50s band while other contributors include singers Del McCoury and Peter Rowan and elite pickers such as banjoists Bill Keith and Don Stover and fiddlers Richard Greene, Kenny Baker, Bobby Hicks, and Vassar Clements. Of course, Big Mon's fiery high tenor vocals and feverish mandolin are the common threads. --Marc Greilsamer

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From: Amazon Posted: Mar 24, 2008 Type: User Review Essential

This anthology is an essential addition to the library of listeners and collectors of bluegrass and old-time music.

I mean, come on; it's Bill Monroe, buy it if you don't already have it.
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From: Amazon Posted: May 28, 2007 Type: User Review The Anthology of the man who invented bluegrass...

The quality of the recordings is quite good, the selections are representative of Monroe's work, and the span of the music is several decades of Bill Monroe's career. It is a pleasure to listen to some of these important tunes for the first time....
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From: Amazon Posted: May 22, 2007 Type: User Review Father Of Bluegrass

This is a must have CD. There are 50 songs on this 2 CD set. The recordings are of great quality. It comes with a 23 page booklet with Bill Monroe history, pictures, and info on the songs. This is a very worthy purchase and a must have for...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 19, 2003 Type: User Review Essential

Combining hillbilly, blues, gospel and folk ballads, Bill Monroe made his lightning mandolin a lead instrument within his tightly syncopated acoustic stringband style. In the process, he singlehandedly create his own genre of music. Well...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 12, 2003 Type: User Review A compact, satisfying overview of Monroe's Decca/MCA years

Quite possibly the ideal Bill Monroe set... This 2-CD retrospective is probably the perfect middleground between the humongous, ultimo-collector's box sets put out by Bear Family (or MCA's previous "Music Of Bill Monroe" collection, which clocked...
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