Charlie Moore's recording activity across the 1960s and into the 1970s reflects the working reality of a journeyman artist in traditional country and bluegrass music during a period when the independent label landscape was both fragmented and remarkably productive. His King Records work with Bill Napier had been his most commercially focused output, but Moore also placed recordings with a variety of smaller regional and specialty labels as opportunities arose — a common practice among artists of his generation who toured continuously and recorded when studio time and label interest aligned.

The Vetco Records release "I'm Leaving Detroit" / "Barbara Allen" (Vetco 522), from 1972, illustrates this dimension of his career. Vetco was a Cincinnati-based label that recorded a mix of bluegrass and old-time artists, operating as part of the small-label ecosystem that provided an alternative recording infrastructure for traditional music during a period when major labels had largely shifted their bluegrass activity toward the folk-revival market. "Barbara Allen," one of the oldest documented British ballads in the American folk tradition, had been a standard in old-time and country repertoire for decades — its inclusion alongside "I'm Leaving Detroit" demonstrates the range Moore brought to his recording sessions.

Moore's willingness to record for labels like Vetco, Old Homestead, and others alongside his King work speaks to both his productivity as a recording artist and the absence of long-term exclusive arrangements that characterized much of the independent country and bluegrass world of the era. These smaller-label releases, taken together, provide a fuller picture of his artistic range than the King recordings alone would suggest.

Session details drawn in part from the Bluegrass Discography.