American Epic: The Best of The Carter Family Mississippi John Hurt

American Epic: The Best of The Carter Family Mississippi John HurtThe Carter Family, a family vocal group from Appalachian Virginia, were the most impactful discovery of talent scout Ralph Peer and the first vocal group to become country music stars. Apart from the beautiful harmonies that can only come from kin, Mother Maybelle Carter pioneered "scratch" style guitar picking, a clever synthesis of autoharp, banjo, and guitar picking, and for years served as a matriarchal figure in the Grand Ole Opry. Single LP with

"Let's Rock" is one nine 7" reissues from Tamla's early years

escapism in a dystopian prison

very dear to our hearts

” —Jimmy Page

Musically they reflect mid-western proto-punk and overall spaced-out weirdness

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and dazzles

and he’s not the university in Scotland

Paris in the 1920s

on black vinyl

marrying the heavy and ethereal in a way that only this group has been able to facilitate

This also must be Chain & the Gang’s decidedly lo-fi sound at its most clear