The Three Bells, The Browns, Music CD

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The Three Bells

Disc 1
1	Rio De Janeiro 2:36
2	Looking Back to See 2:18
3	Itsy Witsy Bitsy Me 2:32
4	Why Am I Falling 2:19
5	Draggin' Main Street 1:55
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Disc 2
1	How Can It Be Imagination 2:41
2	I Heard The Bluebirds Sing 2:38
3	It Takes a Long, Long Train With a Red Caboose (To Carry My Blues Away) 2:36
4	Don't Use The Word Lightly 2:07
5	Waltz Of The Angels previously unreleased 3:09
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Disc 3
1	Bye Bye Love previously unreleased / False Start 0:21
2	Bye Bye Love previously unreleased 2:04
3	I Still Do 2:34
4	Only The Lonely 2:11
5	Hi De Ank Tum 1:46
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Disc 4
1	Lonely Little Robin 3:14
2	The Wayward Wind 2:22
3	The Old Village Choir 2:01
4	High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) 3:27
5	Lavender Blue 2:46
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Editorial Reviews

Eight CDs and over 240 songs is overkill, except that there's a lot worth hearing here. Disc One opens in 1954 with Jim Ed and Maxine Brown's debut recordings for the Fabor label, including "Looking Back to See," which was successful enough to get them a touring slot with a young Elvis Presley. The sound, while primitive in comparison to their subsequent RCA recordings is very pleasing, with bright harmonies and simple, straightforward accompaniment. As soon as they got to RCA , their sound bloomed -- the textures of the instruments became more vivid, with the "voices" of the guitars nearly as crisp as those of the singers themselves. By this time, they were one of country music's great mixed harmony groups, and were applying those vocal talents to bluesy numbers, as well as softer country and bluegrass material. "The Three Bells" was the massive hit that turned the trio toward pop material in 1959. Their repertory on Disc Three was broadening to include more overt folk material and pop standards. By the time of Disc Four, Hank Garland and John D. Loudermilk were playing most of the guitar, though Atkins was still producing, and the results remained impressive. Disc Five is dominated by a brace of inspirational tunes cut for their Little Brown Church Hymnal album, and also includes their cover of "They Call the Wind Maria," one of Jim Ed Brown's best performances. Disc Six is probably the only 1964-vintage archive to feature songs by Hank Snow and Bob Dylan coming from the same outfit. Discs Seven and Eight leave the group at the end of their time as a trio, prior to Bonnie's retirement late in 1967 -- highlights include a ton of beautifully sung country, pop, and folk numbers. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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The Three Bells

Disc 1
1	Rio De Janeiro 2:36
2	Looking Back to See 2:18
3	Itsy Witsy Bitsy Me 2:32
4	Why Am I Falling 2:19
5	Draggin' Main Street 1:55
6	Your Love Is As Wild As The West Wind 2:22
7	Cool Green previously unreleased 2:19
8	Do Memories Haunt Me 2:29
9	It's Love I Guess previously unreleased 2:09
10	I'm Your Man, I'm Your Gal previously unreleased 2:12
11	Set The Dawgs On 'Em previously unreleased 2:36
12	Jungle Magic 2:46
13	You Thought, I Thought 2:32
14	Here Today and Gone Tomorrow 3:00
15	The Grass Is Green 2:39
16	Lookin' On 2:20
17	I Take the Chance 2:45
18	I Can't See for Looking previously unreleased 2:37
19	I'm In Heaven 2:17
20	Goo Goo Dada 2:37
21	Just As Long As You Love Me 2:37
22	Getting Used To Being Lonely 2:19
23	A Man With a Plan 1:56
24	(Just A Lot Of) Sweet Talk 2:04
25	Don't Tell Me Your Troubles 2:16
26	The Last Thing That I Want 2:31
27	Preview Of The Blues previously unreleased 2:00
28	My Isle of Golden Dreams 2:47
29	I'm In Heaven previously unreleased 2:11
30	I Guess I'm Crazy 2:46
31	Sky Princess 2:06
32	I'll Hold You in My Heart 2:35

Disc 2
1	How Can It Be Imagination 2:41
2	I Heard The Bluebirds Sing 2:38
3	It Takes a Long, Long Train With a Red Caboose (To Carry My Blues Away) 2:36
4	Don't Use The Word Lightly 2:07
5	Waltz Of The Angels previously unreleased 3:09
6	The Table Next to Me 2:19
7	Money 2:49
8	You'll Always Be In My Heart 2:41
9	Behave Yourself, Jose previously unreleased 2:18
10	Just in Time 2:32
11	The Man in the Moon 1:56
12	Ain't No Way In This World 1:57
13	Crazy Dreams 2:18
14	True Love Goes Far Beyond 2:17
15	Only One Way to Love You previously unreleased 2:04
16	Be My Love previously unreleased 2:08
17	Land Of Golden Dreams previously unreleased 2:04
18	Love Is In Season previously unreleased 2:26
19	Would You Care? 2:34
20	The Trot 2:10
21	Beyond The Shadow 2:37
22	This Time I Would Know 2:12
23	The Three Bells 2:53
24	Wake Up Jonah previously unreleased 2:21
25	Be My Love 2:12
26	Heaven Fell Last Night 2:06
27	Your Pretty Blue Eyes previously unreleased 2:13
28	Unchained Melody 2:32
29	Indian Love Call 2:11
30	Blues Stay Away from Me 2:39
31	Dream On (She'll Break Your Heart) 1:50
32	Where Did The Sunshine Go? 2:07
33	We Should Be Together 2:08

Disc 3
1	Bye Bye Love previously unreleased / False Start 0:21
2	Bye Bye Love previously unreleased 2:04
3	I Still Do 2:34
4	Only The Lonely 2:11
5	Hi De Ank Tum 1:46
6	Love Me Tender 2:28
7	Put On An Old Pair Of Shoes 1:58
8	Blue Bells Ring 2:25
9	Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair) 2:39
10	Red Sails In The Sunset 2:29
11	That's My Desire previously unreleased 2:31
12	That Little Boy of Mine 2:19
13	Halfway To Heaven 2:02
14	Teen-Ex 1:53
15	Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa) 2:41
16	Margo (The Ninth Of May) previously unreleased 2:45
17	Cool Water 2:52
18	True Love 2:11
19	The Enchanted Sea 2:28
20	The Old Lamplighter 2:24
21	Billy McCoy 2:35
22	Am I That Easy to Forget? 1:55
23	The Whiffenpoof Song 2:21
24	Streamlined Cannonball 2:26
25	My Adobe Hacienda 2:24
26	Pledge Of Love 2:18
27	Wabash Blues 2:22
28	Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone) 3:13
29	Margo (The Ninth Of May) previously unreleased 2:51
30	Chandelier Of Stars previously unreleased 2:32
31	Eternally previously unreleased 1:38
32	Brighten The Corner Where You Are 1:58
33	The Blue Skirt Waltz 2:11
34	Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue) 3:29

Disc 4
1	Lonely Little Robin 3:14
2	The Wayward Wind 2:22
3	The Old Village Choir 2:01
4	High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) 3:27
5	Lavender Blue 2:46
6	Blues in My Heart 2:09
7	Chandelier Of Stars 2:16
8	The Whiffenpoof Song 2:26
9	Blue Christmas 2:13
10	This Land Is Your Land 2:03
11	In the Pines 2:20
12	Brighten The Corner Where You Are 2:03
13	Greenwillow Christmas 2:03
14	Remember Me previously unreleased 2:32
15	The Twelfth of Never previously unreleased 2:18
16	Nevada 2:53
17	Where Was I (When We Became Strangers) previously unreleased 2:16
18	You're So Much A Part Of Me 2:04
19	Revenge 2:29
20	The Bandit 2:44
21	Send Me The Pillow You Dream On 2:17
22	Down in the Valley 2:29
23	Shenandoah 2:43
24	Columbus Stockade Blues 1:59
25	Clementine 1:59
26	Poor Wayfaring Stranger 2:18
27	Ground Hog 2:15
28	Poor Wildwood Flower 2:20
29	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? 2:41
30	John B. Sails 2:26
31	My Pretty Quadroon 3:05
32	Down On The Old Plantation 2:43

Disc 5
1	My Baby's Gone previously unreleased 2:36
2	Alpha And Omega previously unreleased 2:37
3	Foolish Pride 2:14
4	Angel's Dolly 2:48
5	Alpha And Omega 2:29
6	My Baby's Gone 1:59
7	Whispering Pine 2:17
8	Remember Me 2:29
9	Lord, I'm Coming Home 2:27
10	How Great Thou Art 3:05
11	Child Of The King 2:28
12	Just as I Am 2:12
13	The Church in the Wildwood 1:45
14	An Evening Prayer 2:18
15	In the Gardden 2:44
16	Whispering Hope 3:22
17	When They Ring Those Golden Bells 2:02
18	Where No One Stands Alone 2:28
19	My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast 2:48
20	(Prayer Is The Key To Heaven) Faith Unlocks The Door 2:14
21	It's Just A Little Heartache 2:03
22	No Love At All 2:15
23	Buttons and Bows 2:03
24	The Old Master Painter 2:13
25	They Call the Wind Maria 2:55
26	Forty Shades Of Green 2:41
27	Is It Make Believe 2:08
28	Everlasting 2:31
29	The Twelfth Rose 2:29
30	Watching My World Fall Apart 2:30
31	Oh, No! 2:27
32	Dear Teresa 2:35

Disc 6
1	The Rhumba Boogie 2:00
2	Great Speckled Bird 2:38
3	Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 2:21
4	Sugar Foot Rag 1:58
5	Fair And Tender Ladies 2:34
6	Tragic Romance 2:51
7	Four Walls 3:08
8	You Nearly Lose Your Mind 2:21
9	Mansion On The Hill 2:23
10	Wondering 2:27
11	Mommy, Please Stay Home With Me 3:07
12	Looking Back to See 2:20
13	Anna 2:10
14	Pirouge 2:04
15	The Happy Fool 1:57
16	The Grass Is Red 2:30
17	Circuit Ridin' Preacher 2:00
18	Halfbreed 2:12
19	The Young Land 2:25
20	The Gun, the Gold, the Girl 2:15
21	Mister And Mississippi 2:11
22	Blowin' In The Wind 2:53
23	Tobacco Road previously unreleased 2:40
24	Then I'll Stop Loving You 2:19
25	You're Easy To Remember 2:19
26	I Know My Place 2:21
27	My Baby Doesn't Love Me Anymore 2:19
28	Love Didn't Pass Me By previously unreleased 2:32
29	The Outskirts of Town 2:28
30	Tangled Web 2:22
31	My Destiny previously unreleased 2:25
32	Johnny, I Hardley Knew You previously unreleased 2:51

Disc 7
1	Three Hearts In A Tangle 2:28
2	I Take the Chance 2:50
3	Everybody's Darlin 'Plus Mine 2:26
4	Meadow Green 2:37
5	One Take Away One 1:51
6	No Sad Songs For Me 2:48
7	I Feel Like Crying 1:59
8	The Big Blizzard previously unreleased 2:41
9	Watch The Roses Grow previously unreleased 2:07
10	A Little Too Much to Dream 1:56
11	Little Boy Blue previously unreleased 2:30
12	Maybe Tomorrow 2:46
13	I Can't Stand It (As Long As You Can) 2:05
14	Gone 1:39
15	This Heart Of Mine (Can Never Say Goodbye) 2:17
16	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry previously unreleased 2:24
17	Yesterday's Gone 2:02
18	You Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree 2:25
19	Two Of A Kind previously unreleased 2:42
20	Springtime 2:21
21	When I Stop Dreaming 2:01
22	Too Soon To Know 2:15
23	Now I Can Live Again 2:10
24	I Will Bring You Water 2:08
25	June Is As Cold As December previously unreleased 2:33
26	I'd Just Be a Fool Enough 2:42
27	Maker Of Raindrops And Roses previously unreleased 3:03
28	Making Plans 2:14
29	Born To Be With You 2:37
30	A Million Miles from Nowhere 2:25
31	Big Daddy 2:01

Disc 8
1	Where Does A Little Tear Come From 2:32
2	Coming Back To You 2:19
3	(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love previously unreleased 2:34
4	Gigawackem 1:53
5	Rhythm Of The Rain 2:05
6	Greener Pastures 3:01
7	After Losing You 2:16
8	The Tip of My Fingers 2:08
9	Four Strong Winds 2:32
10	Sorry I Never Knew You 2:41
11	The Old Country Church 1:41
12	They Tore The Old Country Church Down 2:30
13	Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet 1:53
14	He Will Set Your Fields On Fire 2:44
15	The Night Watch 2:11
16	When In Lift Up My Head 1:37
17	Taller Than Trees 2:26
18	The Mocking Bird 2:09
19	Jezebel 2:22
20	A Rusty Old Halo 2:20
21	The Weapon of Prayer 2:08
22	I Hear It Now 2:27
23	Ride, Ride, Ride 1:34
24	Country Boy's Dream 2:37
25	All Of Me Belongs To You 2:02
26	Where Does The Good Times Go 2:09
27	I'm a Lonesome Fugitive 2:52
28	Once 2:22
29	Walk Through This World With Me 2:25
30	Happy Tracks 2:12
31	Misty Blue 2:15
32	If The Whole World Stopped Lovin' 2:25

All Music Guide

Eight CDs and over 240 songs is overkill, except that there's a lot worth hearing here. Disc One opens in 1954 with Jim Ed and Maxine Brown's debut recordings for the Fabor label, including "Looking Back to See," which was successful enough to get them a touring slot with a young Elvis Presley. The sound, while primitive in comparison to their subsequent RCA recordings is very pleasing, with bright harmonies and simple, straightforward accompaniment. As soon as they got to RCA , their sound bloomed -- the textures of the instruments became more vivid, with the "voices" of the guitars nearly as crisp as those of the singers themselves. By this time, they were one of country music's great mixed harmony groups, and were applying those vocal talents to bluesy numbers, as well as softer country and bluegrass material. "The Three Bells" was the massive hit that turned the trio toward pop material in 1959. Their repertory on Disc Three was broadening to include more overt folk material and pop standards. By the time of Disc Four, Hank Garland and John D. Loudermilk were playing most of the guitar, though Atkins was still producing, and the results remained impressive. Disc Five is dominated by a brace of inspirational tunes cut for their Little Brown Church Hymnal album, and also includes their cover of "They Call the Wind Maria," one of Jim Ed Brown's best performances. Disc Six is probably the only 1964-vintage archive to feature songs by Hank Snow and Bob Dylan coming from the same outfit. Discs Seven and Eight leave the group at the end of their time as a trio, prior to Bonnie's retirement late in 1967 -- highlights include a ton of beautifully sung country, pop, and folk numbers. Bruce Eder

Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1993
Release Date: 06/28/1994
Label: BEAR FAMILY
Catalog No.: 15665
UPC: 790051156657
Sales Rank: 127,335

Album Credits
Performance Credits
The Browns		Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Primary Artist
Chet Atkins		Guitar, Electric Guitar, Rhythm Guitar
Floyd Cramer		Organ, Piano
Hank Garland		Guitar
Jim Reeves		Rhythm Guitar
Ray Stevens		Organ, Piano, Trumpet, Background Vocals, Vibes
Maxine Brown		Vocals
David Briggs		Piano
Pete Drake		Steel Guitar
Lloyd Green		Steel Guitar
Anita Kerr		Organ, Vocals, Background Vocals
Jimmy Day		Steel Guitar
Grady Martin		Fiddle, Guitar, Electric Guitar
Billy Strange		Guitar
Speedy West		Steel Guitar
Rusty Kershaw		Guitar
Slim Wilson		Guitar
Danny Alguire		Trumpet
Byron Bach		Violin
Brenton Banks		Violin, Viola
M.C. Berry		Drums
George Binkley III		Violin
Jim Ed Brown		Guitar, Leader, Vocals, Soloist
Kenny Buttrey		Drums
Jerry Carrigan		Drums
Ray Edenton		Guitar
Bob Foster		Steel Guitar
Solie Fott		Violin
Murray Harman Jr.		Drums
Hoyt Hawkins		Vocals, Background Vocals
Lillian Hunt		Violin
Roy M. "Junior" Husky		Bass
Douglas Kirkham		Drums
Millie Kirkham		Vocals, Background Vocals
Sheldon Kurland		Violin
John D. Loudermilk		Guitar
Neal Matthews		Background Vocals
Wayne Moss		Guitar, Electric Guitar
Weldon Myrick		Steel Guitar
Ernest Ernie Newton		Bass
Louis Dean Nunley		Vocals, Background Vocals
Boots Randolph		Saxophone, Vibes
Hargus "Pig" Robbins		Organ, Piano
Jerry Stembridge		Electric Guitar
Rocky Stone		Fiddle
Henry Strzelecki		Bass
George Tidwell		Trumpet
Lawrence "Red" Wooten		Bass
Joe Hayes		Fiddle
Cecil Brower		Violin
Dorothy Ann Dillard		Vocals, Background Vocals
Roy Huskey Jr.		Bass
Glenn Baxter		Vocals, Background Vocals
Howard Carpenter		Violin
Farris Coursey		Drums
Priscilla Ann Hubbard		Vocals, Background Vocals
Charlie McCoy		Organ, Bass, Harmonica, Vibes
Dale Potter		Fiddle
William Whitney Pursell		Piano, Background Vocals, Vibes
Jerry Rowley		Fiddle
Lillian Vannhunt		Violin
Bill Walker		Piano
Joe Hunt		Banjo
Bob Moore		Bass
Hugh Gordon Stoker		Vocals, Background Vocals
Kenneth Hayes		Fiddle
Harold Hensley		Fiddle
Jerry Reed Hubbard		Bass, Guitar
Morris Palmer		Drums
James "Jimmie" Selph		Rhythm Guitar
Bonnie Brown		Vocals
Norma Brown		Vocals
Roy Lanham		Guitar
Harold Morrison		Dobro, Steel Guitar
Gene Mullins		Baritone Saxophone
Jerry Lee Smith		Organ
Ray C. Walker		Vocals, Background Vocals
Thomas Lee Jackson Jr.		Fiddle
Jerry Glenn Kennedy		Guitar
William Guilford Wright Jr.		Vocals, Background Vocals
Marvin H. Hughes		Organ, Piano, Marimbas, Background Vocals, Vibes
Neal Matthews Jr.		Vocals
Carl Garvin		Trumpet
John W. Greubel		Drums
Donald "Dusty" Rhodes		Guitar, Drums
Velma E. Williams Smith		Rhythm Guitar
A.J. Lewis		Drums
Arthur Douglas "Doug" Dalton		Guitar
Joell Hays		Fiddle
Martin Kathan		Viola
Charlie McCoy		Trumpet
Donald D. Davis		Bass
Abbot Singers		Vocals
Selph "Jimmy" James		Rhythm Guitar
Bill Walker		Vibes
Maxine Brown		Vocals
Vernal E. Richardson		Violin
John "Woody" Applewhite		Piano
Robert E. Bays		French Horn
Tommy Bishop		Guitar
Thomas Clinton "T. Tommy" Cutrer		Drums
Jack Evins		Steel Guitar
Kenneth Hays		Fiddle
William A. "Bill" Walker		Piano
Cameron Lavelle Mullins		Trumpet
Dana King		French Horn
Marian Lanham		Percussion
Lafawn Paul		Vocals
Dido Rowley		Vocals
Dorothy "Dottie" Swanson		Vocals

Technical Credits
Chet Atkins		Producer
Mother Maybelle Carter		Arranger
Bob Ferguson		Producer
Felton Jarvis		Producer
Adam Skeaping		Mastering
Chris Skinker		Liner Notes, Biographical Information
Bruce Hailstalk		Tape Research
Richard Weize		Reissue Producer, Tape Research
Gerd Weiler		Artwork
Fabor Robison		Producer
Sylke Lohmeyer		Artwork
Si Siman		Producer