Louvin Brothers, The

180 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL

SPECIAL GATEFOLD EDITION

THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 6 BONUS TRACKS

5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

If there were ever a duo that embodied the entirety of the country tradition from its folk music and gospel roots through the development of bluegrass and into honky tonk music, it was The Louvin Brothers.

Satan Is Real is probably their best known album. It is an album of fierce, plain-spoken sincerity in which the Louvins, who started their career singing gospel material, perform songs that deal with the high stakes of sin and redemption, in which Satan truly does have power to rival the Lord.

PERSONNEL:

• Charlie Louvin - (vocals and guitar)
• Ira Louvin- (vocals and mandolin)
• Hank Garland, Ray Edenton, George McCormick, or Paul Yandell - (guitar)
• Floyd “Lightnin’” Chance (bass), Marvin Hughes (piano and organ), Buddy Harman (drums).

Recorded at Bradley Film and Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, August 8-10, 1958.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. SATAN IS REAL
• A2. THERE’S A HIGHER POWER
• A3. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
• A4. THE RIVER OF JORDAN
• A5. THE KNEELING DRUNKARD’S PLEA
• A6. ARE YOU AFRAID TO DIE
• A7. I SEE A BRIDGE (*)
• A8. KNOXVILLE GIRL (*)
• A9. MY BABY’S GONE (*)

• SIDE B
• B1. HE CAN BE FOUND
• B2. DYING FROM HOME, AND LOST
• B3. THE DRUNKARD’S DOOM
• B4. SATAN’S JEWELED CROWN
• B5. THE ANGELS REJOICED LAST NIGHT
• B6. I’M READY TO GO HOME
• B7. THE GREAT ATOMIC POWER (*)
• B8. YOU’RE RUNNING WILD (*)
• B9. CASH ON THE BARREL HEAD (*)