On Border Radio, Vol. 2

In 1938 and 1939, the first family of American country music, the Carter Family, recorded transcriptions for radio broadcast on Mexican border radio stations. The recordings featured A.P. Carter, his wife Sara, sister-in-law Maybelle, A.P. and Sara’s daughter Janette (listed as Jeanette in the liner notes), and Maybelle’s three children, Helen, June, and Anita. In 1963, 17 transcription discs were discovered at station XET in Monterrey, Mexico. In 1995, Arhoolie Records released three CDs containing material from the 17 discs.

In Volume 2, the Carters sing a mix of country, western, and gospel songs and perform several instrumentals, including a guitar duet between Sara and Maybelle on “Shortning Bread.”

Track Listing

101	Theme / Why Is There a Tear in My Eye	The Carter Family	02:58
102	Sleep Baby Sleep / Just Another Broken Heart	The Carter Family	03:37
103	Corina	The Carter Family	01:19
104	I Can Not Be Your Sweetheart / Red Wing	The Carter Family	03:21
105	A Broken Down Saint	The Carter Family	02:13
106	Weeping Willow	The Carter Family	00:46
107	You Are My Flower / Gathering from the Hillside	The Carter Family	03:49
108	The Last Letter / I Wouldn't Mind Dying	The Carter Family	03:32
109	Who's That Knocking at My Window?	The Carter Family	02:03
110	Diamonds in the Rough / The Fatal Wedding	The Carter Family	03:00
111	It’s Hard to Please Your Mind / Death Is Only a Dream	The Carter Family	02:41
112	Theme / XET Station Break	The Carter Family	00:56
113	Theme / The Church in the Wildwood	The Carter Family	02:00
114	Are You Tired of Me, Darling? / Sourwood Mountain	The Carter Family	02:48
115	Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie / My Bonnie Blue Eyes	The Carter Family	03:19
116	Yankee Doodle / Storms On the Ocean	The Carter Family	02:57
117	Sugar Hill	The Carter Family	00:40
118	Hello Stranger	The Carter Family	02:05
119	Cowboy Jack	The Carter Family	01:38
120	Nobody’s Darling / Funny When You Feel That Way	The Carter Family	04:02
121	Dixie Darling	The Carter Family	01:35
122	Shortning Bread / Soldier and His Sweetheart	The Carter Family	02:20
123	Polly Wolly Doodle All Day / My Gold Watch and Chain	The Carter Family	02:31
124	River of Jordan	The Carter Family	01:39
125	I Never Will Marry / God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign	The Carter Family	03:53
126	Theme Out and XET Station Break	The Carter Family	00:57