The Osborne Brothers - Early Years: Complete Releases 1951-62 (2024)

The Osborne Brothers were a duo from Kentucky who played blue grass music and blue grass-flavoured country music, renowned both for their virtuoso instrumental skill and for the immaculate tight harmony vocals, and remaining active into the new millennium. This 54-track 2-CD comprises recordings from the early years of their career, starting with their first releases in 1951 on the Kitty label with sister Louise, and then with singer Jimmy Martin for RCA in 1954-55, before they signed to MGM, and the collection includes all their A and B sides for MGM through to 1962. It also includes the titles from their albums “Country Pickin' And Hillside Singin'” and “Bluegrass Music” which were not otherwise on singles, plus all the titles from their 1962 album “Blue Grass Instrumentals”. Featured alongside them on some of the MGM titles is singer and guitarist Red Allen. It includes their 1958 country No. 13 with “Once More” and their original version of “Ruby Are You Mad” which they re-recorded to have a hit in 1970. It’s great introduction to their music for those unfamiliar with their early work, and an excellent showcase for their distinctive and finely-honed brand of blue grass.

Tracklist:
1-1. Lou Osborne & The Osborne Family - Now You Have My Name (02:35)
1-2. Lou Osborne & The Osborne Family - Television Saturday Night (02:17)
1-3. Lou & Sonny Osborne and the Stoney Mountain Boys - Let Me Be Your Darling In Heaven (02:23)
1-4. Lou & Sonny Osborne and the Stoney Mountain Boys - New Freedom Bell (02:31)
1-5. Jimmy Martin And The Osborne Brothers - Save It! Save It! (02:00)
1-6. Jimmy Martin And The Osborne Brothers - 20-20 Vision (02:48)
1-7. Jimmy Martin And The Osborne Brothers - I Pulled A Boo Boo (02:17)
1-8. Jimmy Martin And The Osborne Brothers - Chalk Up Another One (02:34)
1-9. Jimmy Martin And The Osborne Brothers - They Didn't Know The Difference (02:40)
1-10. Jimmy Martin And The Osborne Brothers - That's How I Can Count On You (02:46)
1-11. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Ruby Are You Mad? (03:01)
1-12. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - My Aching Heart (02:23)
1-13. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Who Done It? (02:12)
1-14. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Teardrops In My Eyes (02:23)
1-15. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Ho, Honey, Ho (02:24)
1-16. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Down In The Willow Garden (02:23)
1-17. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Della Mae (02:27)
1-18. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Wild Mountain Honey (02:06)
1-19. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Once More (02:44)
1-20. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - She's No Angel (02:28)
1-21. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - (Is This) My Destiny (02:37)
1-22. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - If You Don't, Somebody Else Will (02:14)
1-23. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Love Pains (02:19)
1-24. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - It Hurts To Know (02:48)
1-25. The Osborne Brothers - Give This Message To Your Heart (02:22)
1-26. The Osborne Brothers - I Love You Only (02:21)
1-27. The Osborne Brothers And Red Allen - Lost Highway (02:35)
2-28. The Osborne Brothers - You'll Never Know (How Much It Hurts) (02:00)
2-29. The Osborne Brothers - Sweethearts Again (02:42)
2-30. The Osborne Brothers - There's A Woman Behind Every Man (02:11)
2-31. The Osborne Bros. - Blame Me (02:07)
2-32. The Osborne Bros. - Lonely, Lonely Me (02:10)
2-33. The Osborne Brothers - Fair And Tender Ladies (02:35)
2-34. The Osborne Brothers - At The First Fall Of Snow (02:38)
2-35. The Osborne Brothers - The Black Sheep Returned To The Fold (02:17)
2-36. The Osborne Brothers - Each Season Changes You (02:17)
2-37. The Osborne Brothers - Five Days Of Heaven (02:24)
2-38. The Osborne Brothers - It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (02:24)
2-39. The Osborne Brothers - Poor Old Cora (02:21)
2-40. The Osborne Brothers - The Banjo Boys (02:21)
2-41. The Osborne Brothers - Two Lonely Hearts (02:30)
2-42. The Osborne Brothers - It's Just The Idea (02:16)
2-43. The Osborne Brothers - Jessie James (02:06)
2-44. The Osborne Brothers - Old Hickory (01:43)
2-45. The Osborne Brothers - Seeing Nellie Home (02:12)
2-46. The Osborne Brothers - John Henry Blues (02:41)
2-47. The Osborne Brothers - Red Wing (02:47)
2-48. The Osborne Brothers - Old Joe Clark (01:49)
2-49. The Osborne Brothers - Walking Cane (01:38)
2-50. The Osborne Brothers - Big Ben (01:59)
2-51. The Osborne Brothers - Banjo Boy Chimes (01:31)
2-52. The Osborne Brothers - Lost Indian (02:24)
2-53. The Osborne Brothers - Billy In The Low Ground (01:53)
2-54. The Osborne Brothers - Cumberland Gap (01:23)