Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle - 5CD+DVD 2003

The original Will the Circle Be Unbroken is undoubtedly a landmark country-music recording. A peace offering between rock-reared longhairs and rock-ribbed Nashville patriarchs (and one matriarch, Mother Maybelle Carter), it exposed generations of upstart pickers and singers to old-time country music and its impact is felt to this day. The organizers of the 1971 sessions that led to the initial three-LP set, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, have produced two sequels, the first in 1989 and the most recent in 2002. This six-disc collection (including an all-star concert DVD) pulls together all three Circle sessions and, naturally, captures dozens of essential performances, plus a fair number of inessentials. Anyone with an interest in country music will want the original. Its mission is clear, the performances are inspired, and its significance is undeniable.
(Steven Stolder, amazon.ca)
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle be Unbroken -The Trilogy
(5CD+DVD EMI Music Canada 2003)

1. Grand Old Opry Song
2. Keep On The Sunny Side
3. Nashville Blues
4. You Are My Flower
5. The Precious Jewel
6. Dark As A Dungeon
7. Tennessee Stud
8. Black Mountain Rag
9. Wreck On The Highway
10. The End Of The World
11. I Saw The Light
12. Sunny Side Of The Mountain
13. Nine Pound Hammer
14. Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing)
15. Honky Tonkin'
16. You Don't Know My Mind
17. My Walkin' Shoes
18. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
19. Cannonball Rag
20. Avalanche
21. Flint Hill Special
22. Togary Mountain
23. Earl's Breakdown
24. Orange Blossom Special
25. Wabash Cannonball
26. Lost Highway
27. Doc Watson & Merle Travis: First Meeting (Dialogue)
28. Way Downtown
29. Down Yonder
30. Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
31. Honky Tonk Blues
32. Sailin' On to Hawaii
33. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
34. I Am a Pilgrim
35. Wildwood Flower
36. Soldier's Joy
37. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
38. Both Sides Now
39. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
40. Warming Up for The Opry (talk)
41. Sunny Side (talk)
42. Remember Me
43. Life's Railway To Heaven
44. Grandpa Was A Carpenter
45. When I Get My Rewards
46. Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan
47. Little Mountain Church House
48. And So It Goes
49. When Its Gone
50. Mary Danced With Soldiers
51. Riding Alone
52. I'm Sittin On Top Of The World
53. Lovin' On The Side
54. Lost River
55. Bayou Jubilee
56. Blues Berry Hill
57. Turn Of The Century
58. One Step Over The Line
59. You Ain't Going Nowhere
60. The Valley Road
61. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
62. Amazing Grace
63. Take Me In Your Lifeboat (feat. Del McCoury)
64. Milk Cow Blues (feat. Doc Watson)
65. I Find Jesus
66. Hold Whatcha Got (feat. Jimmy Martin)
67. Mama's Opry (feat. Iris DeMent)
68. Diamonds In The Rough (feat. June Carter Cash w/Earl Scruggs)
69. Lonesome River (feat. Sam Bush)
70. Some Dark Holler (feat. Dwight Yoakam)
71. The Lowlands (feat. Jaime Hanna & Jonathan MC Euen)
72. Love, Please Come Home (feat. Del McCoury)
73. Goodnight Irene (feat. Willie Nelson & Tom Petty)
74. I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome (feat. The Nashville Bluegrass Band)
75. I'll Be Faithful To You (feat. Emmylou Harris)
76. Tears In The Holston River (feat. Johnny Cash)
77. Fishin' Blues (feat. Taj Mahal w/Vassar Clements)
78. Save It, Save It (feat. Jimmy Martin)
79. Wheels (feat. Dwight Yoakam)
80. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms (feat. Willie Nelson)
81. Oh Cumberland (feat. Maraca Berg & Emmylou Harris)
82. I Am A Pilgrim (feat. Doc Watson)
83. Sallie Ann (Instrumental) (feat. Earl Scruggs)
84. Catfish John (feat. Alison Krauss)
85. Roll The Stone Away
86. All Prayed Up (feat. Vince Gill)
87. Return To Dismal Swamp II (feat. Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Ronnie McCoury)
88. There Is A Time (feat. Rodney Dillard & Ricky Skaggs)
89. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (feat. Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss & Doc Watson)
90. Farther Along (Instrumental) (feat. Randy Scruggs)