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On Border Radio, Vol. 2

The Carter Family
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

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