This four-CD boxed set collects Bill Monroe's complete studio recordings from 1950 through 1958, including all the sides featuring Jimmy Martin as a Blue Grass Boy, and the entirety of his first LP, <i>Knee Deep in Bluegrass</i>. It includes a 66-page booklet by Charles Wolfe and Neil Rosenberg.

bluegrass 1989 CD Studio Bear Family 15423 Jimmy Martin (guitar, vocal), Rudy Lyle (banjo, vocal), Joel Price (bass, vocal), Vassar Clements (fiddle), Birch Monroe (vocal), Red Taylor (fiddle), Thomas Martin (guitar), Jimmy Selph (guitar), Ernie Newton (bass), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Farris Coursey (drums), Owen Bradley (organ, piano, vibes), Hal Smith (fiddle), Jack Shook (guitar), Carter Stanley (guitar, vocal), Gordon Terry (fiddle, vocal), Edd Mayfield (guitar, vocal), James Bowers (banjo), Shorty Sheehan (bass), Sonny Osborne (banjo), Charlie Cline (fiddle, vocal), Boudleaux Bryant (vocal), Milton Estes (vocal), Jim Smoak (banjo), Jackie Phelps (guitar), Hubert Davis (banjo), Bobby Hicks (fiddle, vocal), William Killen (bass, vocal), Joe Stuart (banjo, guitar, fiddle, vocal), Bessie Lee Mauldin (bass), Don Stover (banjo, vocal), Lester Sandy (guitar), Dale Potter (fiddle), Doug Kershaw (guitar), Jimmy Elrod (bass), Kenny Baker (fiddle, vocal), Culley Holt (bass, vocal), Joe Drumright (banjo), Jack Cook (guitar), Robert Lee Pennington (banjo)