Distinct from the 1962 album release "Bluegrass Special", this is a recent collection that includes all of Monroe's recordings from 1940 through 1945, prior to the addition of Flatt and Scruggs to the Blue Grass Boys lineup.

bluegrass 2001 CD Studio Catfish 198 Tommy Magness (fiddle), Clyde Moody (guitar, vocal), Bill Wesbrooks (bass, vocal), Art Wooten (fiddle), Pete Pyle (guitar), Sally Ann Forrester (accordion, vocal), Dave "Stringbean" Akeman (banjo), Tex Willis (guitar, vocal), Curley Bradshaw (guitar), Chubby Wise (fiddle), Howard "Cedric Rainwater" Watts (bass)