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Includes 60 Monroe Brothers duets from 1936-38, all 16 of the 1940-41 performances released under Monroe's own name, all Columbia Records sessions from 1945-49, every alternate take from the Columbia sessions, 50 previously unreleased out-takes, and an LP-sized hardcover book. Personnel: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise. Recorded between 1936 & 1949. Includes liner notes by Charles Wolfe.