CCD 327 MASTERS FAMILY - BACK IN THE GOOD OLE DAYS <1948-1954> (24 tracks) = F

THE MAN OF GALILEE/THAT LITTLE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH/IT'S ALL COMING TRUE/I WON'T HAVE TO CROSS JORDAN ALONE/WHEN THE WAGON WAS NEW/FROM FORTY TO SIXTY-FIVE/SOUTHBOUND PASSENGER TRAIN/MY HEART'S LIKE A BEGGAR/THE CRY FROM THE CROSS/GLORY LAND MARCH/JUST A SINNER SAVED BY GRACE/MARCHING ON TO GLORY/SWING WIDE YE GOLDEN GATES/HAND ME DOWN MY SILVER TRUMPET/WHILE THE AGES ROLL ON/NOAH AND THE MIGHTY ARK/SINGING IN THE PROMISED LAND/I HAVE CHANGED/NEW WORLD TO COME/YOU GOTTA PRAY/WHEN HE HEARD MY PLEA/BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS/HAPPINESS COMES ON SPIRITUAL WINGS/THEY'VE MADE A NEW BIBLE.

The Masters Family consisted of the married couple Lucille and Johnnie and son Owen Masters. The pair started recording in 1946 for Rich-R-Tone as The Dixie Sweethearts. Their early recordings featured Johnnie on mandolin with Owen on lead guitar while later recordings had a richer instrumentation by Nashville session musicians like Don Helms <steel guitar>, Grady Martin <guitar>, Tiny Greer <bass> or Old Brother Charlie (Arnett) <piano>. The Masters recorded only very few secular records and can be considered one of the most successful country gospel groups of the 1950s.