The Fabulous Sound of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, released in 1964 on Columbia (CL 2255 mono / CS 9055 stereo), is a late-period Foggy Mountain Boys studio album. The lineup is the classic late-Columbia band — Lester Flatt on guitar and vocals, Earl Scruggs on banjo, Paul Warren on fiddle, Josh Graves on Dobro, Jake Tullock on bass, with Monroe Fields and Billy Powers also credited. The repertoire mixes Flatt and Scruggs originals with Carter Family material and Johnny Cash's "When Papa Played the Dobro." The album debuted on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart January 2, 1965, peaked at No. 2, and stayed on chart for twenty-six weeks — among the duo's highest-charting LPs in the years before their 1969 split. The 2014 catalog date is a data error.
Tracklist
- 1 The Martha White Theme - Live 1:36
- 2 Come Back Darling alt version 2:39
- 3 Head Over Heels alt version 2:34
- 4 Jimmie Brown the Newsboy alt version 3:20
- 5 Don't Get Above Your Raising (with The Foggy Mountain Boys) 2:43
- 6 I'm Workin' on a Road (To Glory Land) (with The Foggy Mountain Boys) 2:48
- 7 Earl’s Breakdown alt version 2:59
- 8 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered 2:55
- 9 Get in Line Brother alt version 2:21
- 10 Brother, I'm Getting Ready to Go 2:40
- 11 Why Did You Wander alt version 2:43
- 12 Flint Hill Special alt version 2:45
- 13 Dim Lights, Thick Smoke alt version 3:06
- 14 Dear Old Dixie alt version 2:57
- 15 Reunion in Heaven 2:51
- 16 I’ll Go Stepping Too alt version 2:53
- 17 Foggy Mountain Chimes alt version 2:52
- 18 Till the End of the World Rolls Round alt version 2:33
- 19 Foggy Mountain Special (with The Foggy Mountain Boys) - 78rpm Version 2:02
- 20 You Can Feel it in Your Soul alt version 2:29
- 21 I’m Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open alt version 2:36
- 22 Randy Lynn Rag (with The Foggy Mountain Boys) - 78rpm Version 2:04
- 23 Blue Ridge Cabin Home alt version 3:11
- 24 It Won’t Be Long alt version 2:32
- 25 Six White Horses alt version 3:05
- 26 Shuckin’ the Corn alt version 2:07
- 27 Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down alt version 2:13
- 28 Big Black Train alt version 3:02
- 29 Crying My Heart Out Over You alt version 2:58
- 30 Bugle Call Rag alt version 2:45
- 31 Foggy Mountain Top alt version 3:10
- 32 Cryin’ Holy alt version 2:18
- 33 John Hardy alt version 3:29
- 34 Cabin in the Hills alt version 2:29
- 35 Polka on a Banjo 2:43
- 36 Just Ain't 2:16
- 37 Go Home 3:15
- 38 The Legend of the Johnson Boys alt version 2:18
- 39 Foggy Mountain Breakdown alt version 2:20
- 40 The Ballad of Jed Clampett alt version 2:03
- 41 My Wandering Boy alt version Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
- 42 The Train that Carried My Girl From Town alt version Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys