The Wilburn Brothers - Folk Songs From The City Limits

Cat. no: JASMCD3772
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988377224
Release Date: 15 Jul 2022
Genre: Country

'Brother Acts' have always been a popular draw on Country music, dating as far back as the 1920s and for more than a quarter of a century - from the early 1950s onwards - genuine brothers Teddy and Doyle Wilburn were among the most popular of all, releasing in excess of two dozen albums and charting with over 30 singles between 1954 and 1972 

Stars of their own syndicated TV show, discoverers and nurturers of talented singers and songwriters of the calibre of Loretta Lynn and her sister Crystal Gayle. The Wilburn's boys were as high profle as high profle got in their prime. 

Surprisingly, very little of their extensive discography has been reissued since the dawning of the CD era - but Jasmine's compilation goes some way to rectifying that by bringing together two albums from 1962 that demonstrate why the Wilburn's were so popular in their heyday. Neither "Folk Songs" nor "City Limits" has been reissued in any format previously, and nor have any of each album's individual tracks to the best of our knowledge.

Teddy and Doyle's pure hillbilly harmonies mesh well with 'The Nashville Sound' in its halcyon era, in a way that will surely appeal to any and every fan of 60s Country. If you have never heard the Wilburn Brothers, this as a perfect set with which to start your collection - remastered as always from the best possible sources, and sounding better than ever before!

Jasmine is happy to put these hard-to-fnd recordings back into circulation almost 60 years after they frst appeared on vinyl. We are confdent that "Folk Songs From The City Limits" will prove to be a winner and a collection that will lead to further Jasmine explorations of the Wilburn's relatively unexplored back catalogue.

Tracks: Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart / The Wild Side Of Life / Answer Me (My Love) / Take Good Care Of Her / Near You / Burning Bridges / I Fall To Pieces / Young But True Love / Just Call Me Lonesome / Release Me / No Letter Today / I'm Beginning To Know About Me / Roll On Buddy, Roll On / Cottonfelds / If You Don't Love Me / Mountain Dew / Barbara Allen / Graveyard Shift / Little Home In Tennessee / Oh! Monah / Michael (Row The Boat Ashore) / What's Gonna Become Of Me / Left My Gal In The Woods / Beneath The Willow Tree