Mac Wiseman – The Voice With A Heart: The Singles Collection 1951-61 – 2CD

Mac Wiseman was a an American bluegrass and country singer, as well as a bass player and guitarist, who hailed from Virginia, and came to the fore with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs’ Foggy Mountian Boys in 1948 and later played with Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys. In 1951 he signed a solo deal with Dot Records and immediately shot to prominence with his big seller “Tis Sweet To Be Remembered”. He sang with a clear, mellow tenor voice that helped him stand out from the usual run of bluegrass performers in his early career, with his appealing style earning him the nickname of “The Voice With A Heart”. This great-value 59-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from his releases on Dot during this era, as he gradually moved from bluegrass towards more mainstream country and pop-flavoured material. It features his Top 10 country hits from these years with “The Ballad Of Davy Crockett” and “Jimmy Brown The Newsboy”. He was a noted ambassador for traditional country music over the years, and this collection provides an admirable showcase for his distinctive style of the genre.

Track Listing:

CD1:
1. Are You Coming Back To Me -   2. Tis Sweet To Be Remembered -   3. I'm A Stranger -   4. Little White Church -   5. I Still Write Your Name In The Sand -   6. Four Walls Around Me -   7. Georgia Waltz -   8. You're The Girl Of My Dreams -   9. Going To See My Baby -   10. Fire In My Heart -   11. Waiting For The Boys -   12. Six More Miles -   13. It's Goodbye And So Long To You -   14. Shackles And Chains -   15. You're Sweeter Than The Honey -   16. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die -   17. Crazy Blues -   18. You'd Better Wake Up -   19. I'd Rather Die Young -   20. Remembering -   21. The Waltz You Saved For Me -   22. Love Letters In The Sand -   23. Reveille In Heaven -   24. My Little Home In Tennessee -   25. I Saw Your Face In The Moon -   26. You Can't Judge A Book (By Its Cover) -   27. Keep On The Sunny Side -   28. I Love You Best Of All -

CD2:
1. Don't Blame It All On Me -   2. The Little Old Church In The Valley -   3. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett -   4. Danger! Heartbreak Ahead -   5. The Kentuckian Song -   6. Wabash Cannon Ball -   7. Fire Ball Mail -   8. When The Roses Bloom Again -   9. I Hear You Knockin' -   10. I'm Eating High On The Hog -   11. These Hands -   12. Be Good Baby -   13. I'm Drifting Back To Dreamland -   14. Smilin' Through -   15. One Mint Julep -   16. I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In -   17. Step It Up And Go -   18. Because We're Young -   19. Put Me In Your Pocket -   20. When The Work's All Done This Fall -   21. Promise Of Things To Come -   22. Thinkin' About You -   23. Did You Stop To Pray This Morning -   24. Jimmy Brown The Newsboy -   25. The Preacher And The Bear -   26. When It's Lamplighting Time In The Valley -   27. Driftwood On The River -   28. There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere -   29. Now That You Have Me You Don’t Want Me -   30. Glad Rags -   31. Dark As A Dungeon -