Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings, released in 2018, brought previously unheard material from the Louvin Brothers into public view, deepening an already extraordinary catalog. Ira and Charlie Louvin stood among the most significant harmony singing duos in American music, their close brother-harmony rooted in the Sacred Harp shape-note tradition of northern Alabama and refined through years of work on regional radio circuits before their breakthrough on the Grand Ole Opry in the 1950s. These recovered recordings capture the duo in the formative period of their career, when the rawness of their approach had not yet been smoothed by commercial polish. The Louvin Brothers' influence extended far beyond their commercial peak, reaching into the bluegrass world through their gospel recordings.
Tracklist
- 1 Spoken Message From Ira Louvin 0:29
- 2 It's All Off 2:19
- 3 Take My Ring From Your Finger 2:38
- 4 I'll Never Go Back (To the Ways of Sin) 2:39
- 5 Are You Missing Me alt version 2:37
- 6 Coo, Coo, Coo 1:24
- 7 Streamline Heartbreaker 2:20
- 8 (I'm Changing the Words To) My Love Song 2:38
- 9 Red Hen Boogie 2:34
- 10 Unpucker 2:22
- 11 Television Set 1:50
- 12 Discontented Cowboy 2:41
- 13 Two-Faced Heart 2:18
- 14 Don't Compare the Future With the Past 2:26
- 15 That's My Heart Talking 2:26
- 16 I'm Gonna Love You One More Time 2:13
- 17 Preach the Gospel 2:25
- 18 Born Again 2:26
- 19 They've Got the Church Outnumbered 2:14
- 20 The Sons and Daughters of God 2:41
- 21 Insured Beyond the Grave 2:58
- 22 You'll Meet Him in the Clouds 2:21
- 23 I Love God's Way of Living 2:49
- 24 Love and Wealth alt version 2:49
- 25 Bald Knob Arkansas alt version 2:40
- 26 Measured Love 2:46
- 27 Kiss Me Like You Did Yesterday 1:54
- 28 Would You Tear Down Your Castle 2:00
- 29 You'll Forget 2:16
- 30 Never Say Goodbye 2:54