Bill Monroe / My Last Days On Earth 1981 – 1994 [4xCD Box Set]

Back in 1988, Bear Family Records began the monumental task of issuing every recording by the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe.

Nearly 20 years and five boxed sets later, Bear Family completed their task, and My Last Days On Earth finishes the set, capturing instrumentals, gospel numbers and guest vocalsts between 1981 and 1994.

Disc 1

1. Old Ebenezer Scrooge [Instrumental]
2. Go Hither to Go Yonder [Instrumental]
3. Right, Right On [Instrumental]
4. Lochwood [Instrumental]
5. Old Danger Field [Instrumental]
6. Fair Play [Instrumental]
7. Melissa's Waltz for J.B. [Instrumental]
8. Lady of the Blue Ridge [Instrumental]
9. My Last Days on Earth [Instrumental with Vocal Backing]
10. Evening Prayer Blues [Instrumental]
11. Precious Memories
12. Little Shepherd (Call of the Shepherd)[Instrumental]
13. Old Crossroads
14. Wayfaring Stranger
15. In the Gloryland Way
16. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
17. Shouting on the Hills of Glory
18. Baptize Me in the Cumberland River
19. Wicked Path of Sin
20. I'll Fly Away

Disc: 2

1. My Louisiana Love w/ Mel Tillis
2. Is the Blue Moon Still Shining w/ Gatlin Brothers
3. My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' w/ Ricky Skaggs
4. Old Riverman w/ John Hartford
5. With Body and Soul w/ Waylon Jennings
6. I Still Miss Someone w/ Johnny Cash
7. Blue Moon of Kentucky w/ Bill Monroe
8. Sunset Trail w/ Willie Nelson
9. Kentucky Waltz w/ Emmylou Harris
10. My Rose of Old Kentucky w/ Barbara Mandrell
11. I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling w/ Osborne Brothers
12. True Life Blues w/ Carl Story
13. Lord, Protect My Soul w/ The Country Gentlemen
14. Travelin' This Lonesome Road w/ Mac Wiseman
15. I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home
16. Mighty Dark to Travel w/ Jim & Jesse
17. Remember the Cross w/ The Seldom Scene
18. Let the Gates Swing Wide w/ Tater Tate
19. Can't You Hear Me Callin' w/ Ralph Stanley
20. Golden West [Instrumental]
21. Old Brown County Barn [Instrumental]
22. I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky w/ Del McCoury
23. Bluest Man in Town w/ Del McCoury

Disc 3

1. Dancin' in Brancin' [Instrumental]
2. Jekyll Island [Instrumental]
3. Stay Away from Me
4. Music Valley Waltz
5. Angels Rock Me to Sleep
6. Long Bow [Instrumental]
7. God Holds the Future in His Hands
8. Old Crossroads
9. Southern Flavor [Instrumental]
10. Stone Coal [Instrumental]
11. Texas Lone Star [Instrumental]
12. Sugar Loaf Mountain [Instrumental]
13. Days Gone By
14. White Rose
15. Life's Highway
16. Give Me Wings
17. What a Wonderful Life
18. Take Courage Un' Tomorrow

Disc 4

1. Molly and Tenbrooks
2. Footprints in the Snow
3. Sittin' Alone in the Moonlight
4. Precious Memories
5. Rawhide
6. My Sweet Darlin'
7. In the Pines
8. Love, Please Come Home
9. Pike Country Breakdown [Instrumental]
10. I'm Working on a Building
11. Watermelon Hanging on the Vine [Instrumental]
12. Just a Little Talk with Jesus
13. Harbor of Love
14. Are You Lost in Sin?
15. He'll Take You In
16. Just Over in the Glory Land
17. Baptize Me in the Cumberland River
18. You're Drifting Away
19. This World Is Not My Home
20. Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord
21. Shine Hallelujah Shine
22. Boston Boy [Instrumental]
23. Southern Flavor [Instrumental]
24. Never Leave the A-String [Instrumental]
25. Tennessee Blues [Instrumental]
26. I'd Love to Be Over Yonder ]
27. Rawhide [Instrumental]
28. Sally Goodin [Instrumental]