Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) / Glory to the Lamb

by The Carter Family

Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) / Glory to the Lamb cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: July 1935
  • Label: Banner
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:12
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reworking a popular hymn, this deeply funereal track features the defining 'Carter scratch' guitar technique and beautiful, mournful familial harmonies. It remains an absolute pillar of early country music, effectively establishing the blueprint for the modern acoustic vocal group.

Genres

Descriptors: death, funereal, acoustic, melodic, vocal-group, family

Tracklist

  1. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (3:07)
  2. Lulu Walls (2:51)
  3. My Clinch Mountain Home (2:52)
  4. Wildwood Flower (3:15)
  5. Worried Man Blues (2:58)
  6. Keep On the Sunny Side (2:49)
  7. Gospel Ship (2:56)
  8. My Texas Girl (3:03)
  9. Sinking In The Lonesome Sea (3:14)
  10. Cannon Ball Blues (2:52)
  11. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (2:52)
  12. River of Jordan (2:43)
  13. The Storms Are On the Ocean (with Mother Maybelle Carter) (3:04)
  14. On the Rock Where Moses Stood (3:02)
  15. The Little Black Train (2:52)
  16. Single Girl, Married Girl (3:02)
  17. Kissing Is a Crime (2:33)
  18. Blackie's Gunman (2:41)
  19. My Home Among The Hills (2:38)
  20. Black Jack David (2:39)

Credits

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