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This 8-CD set contains the complete recordings of the Browns from 1954 through 1967. It also includes a 40-page book with detailed session info, pictures and biographies. Personnel: Jim Ed Brown (vocals, guitar); Anita Kerr (vocals, organ, background vocals); Dorothy Ann Dillard, Glenn Baxter, William Guilford Wright, Jr., Hugh Gordon Stoker, Priscilla Ann Hubbard, Ray C. Walker, Louis Dean Nunley, Hoyt Hawkins, Millie Kirkham (vocals, background vocals); Dido Rowley, Dorothy "Dottie" Swanson, Bonnie Brown, Norma Brown, Neal Matthews, Jr., Maxine Brown, Lafawn Paul, Abbot Singers, Maxine Brown (vocals); Grady Martin (guitar, electric guitar, fiddle); Chet Atkins, Wayne Moss (guitar, electric guitar); Donald "Dusty" Rhodes (guitar, drums); Jerry Glenn Kennedy, Arthur Douglas "Doug" Dalton, Slim Wilson, Hank Garland, Tommy Bishop, Jerry Reed Hubbard, John D. Loudermilk, Ray Edenton, Roy Lanham, Rusty Kershaw, Billy Strange (guitar); Jerry Stembridge (electric guitar); Harold Morrison (steel guitar, dobro); Jack Evins, Jimmy Day, Lloyd Green, Pete Drake, Speedy West, Weldon Myrick, Bob Foster (steel guitar); Joe Hunt (banjo); Brenton Banks (violin, viola); Sheldon Kurland, Lillian Hunt, Howard Carpenter, Vernal E. Richardson, Lillian Vannhunt, Solie Fott, George Binkley III, Byron Bach, Cecil Brower (violin); Thomas Lee Jackson Jr., Dale Potter, Kenneth Hays, Joell Hays, Jerry Rowley, Rocky Stone, Harold Hensley, Joe Hayes, Kenneth Hayes (fiddle); Martin Kathan (viola); Charlie McCoy (harmonica, organ, vibraphone); Boots Randolph (saxophone, vibraphone); Gene Mullins (baritone saxophone); Ray Stevens (trumpet, piano, organ, vibraphone, background vocals); Cameron Lavelle Mullins, Charlie McCoy, Carl Garvin, Danny Alguire, George Tidwell (trumpet); Robert E. Bays, Dana King (French horn); Marvin H. Hughes (piano, organ, vibraphone, marimba, background vocals); Floyd Cramer, Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, organ); William Whitney Pursell (piano, vibraphone, background vocals); William A. "Bill" Walker , David Briggs , John "Woody" Applewhite, Bill Walker (piano); Jerry Lee Smith (organ); Bill Walker (vibraphone); Douglas Kirkham, John W. Greubel, T. Tommy Cutrer, M.C. Berry, A.J. Lewis, Morris Palmer, Kenny Buttrey, Farris Coursey, Jerry Carrigan, Buddy Harman (drums); Marian Lanham (percussion); Neal Matthews (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Dennis Ferrante. Liner Note Author: Chris Skinker. Recording information: Abbott Studios, Malibu, CA (03/15/1954-02/10/1967); KWKH Studio, Shreveport, LA (03/15/1954-02/10/1967); KWTO Studio, Sprinfield, MO (03/15/1954-02/10/1967); Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA (03/15/1954-02/10/1967). Arranger: Mother Maybelle Carter. 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. Th
