The Essential Masters

Original Release Date:  October 12, 2004

Track Listing

• 1. How Mountain Girls Can Love
• 2. She's More to Be Pitied
• 3. Think of What You've Done
• 4. Mother's Footsteps Guide Me On
• 5. I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
• 6. Mountain Dew
• 7. How Far to Little Rock
• 8. Let Me Love You One More Time
• 9. Daybreak in Dixie
• 10. Lover's Quarrel
• 11. I'd Worship You
• 12. Fast Express
• 13. (Dear Girl) Can You Forgive
• 14. Little Birdie
• 15. Stone Walls and Steel Bars
• 16. Don't Cheat in Our Home Town
• 17. Oh Death
• 18. Rollin' on Rubber Wheels

Credits

• Ralph Stanley: Banjo, Composer
• Ray Pennington: Composer
• Wade Mainer: Composer
• Vernon Derrick: Bass, Fiddle, Guitar, Double Bass
• Evren Göknar: Mastering
• Cary E. Mansfield: Compilation Producer, Collection
• Jim Scott: Composer
• George Shuffler: Bass, Guitar, Double Bass
• Art Stamper: Fiddle
• Carter Stanley: Guitar, Composer
• Earl Taylor: Harmonica, Mandolin
• Bill Dahl: Liner Notes, Compilation Producer, Collection
• Chubby Anthony: Fiddle
• Bill Pitzonka: Art Direction, Design
• Marty Wekser: Producer
• Al Elliot: Bass, Mandolin, Double Bass
• Roy Marcum: Composer
• Scotty Wiseman: Composer
• Ruby Rakes: Composer
• Henry Dockery: Bass, Double Bass
• John Reedy: Composer
• Ralph Mayo: Bass, Fiddle
• Chick Stripling: Double Bass
• Curley Lambert: Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Double Bass