Banjo in the Hills: 16 Great Mountain Songs by All Star Artists (Starday Records SLP-104, 1959) is a label showcase compilation drawing from Starday's catalog of bluegrass and old-time country acts — among them the Stanley Brothers, Bill Clifton and the Dixie Mountain Boys, Jim & Jesse, and the Country Gentlemen. Carl Story's Rambling Mountaineers contribute two tracks, featuring Story on guitar and vocals, Benny Sims on fiddle, Chuck Henderson on banjo, Bonnie Lee Moore on bass, and Buster Moore on mandolin. The compilation reflects the range of bluegrass talent Starday assembled through its Nashville independent operation in the late 1950s, serving as both a label sampler and a document of the genre's principal working acts at a moment when urban folk-revival interest in acoustic mountain music was beginning to find new audiences.
Tracklist
- 1 Daddy Sang Bass 2:28
- 2 How Beautiful Heaven Must Be alt version 2:36
- 3 Cabin In Gloryland 2:04
- 4 Precious Memories alt version 2:49
- 5 Angel Band alt version 2:15
- 6 Tramp On The Street 3:25
- 7 Old Time Religion alt version 1:18
- 8 Shake My Mother's Hand For Me 2:42
- 9 He Will Set Your Fields On Fire alt version 2:33
- 10 Crying Holy Unto The Lord 2:44
- 11 He Set Me Free 2:17
- 12 Gone Home alt version 3:13
- 13 Unclouded Day 2:14
- 14 Beautiful Life alt version 2:43
