Yet another selection of tracks from the Columbia period, overlapping with "16 Gems" and "The Essential Bill Monroe". The Early Years, 1945-1949 bluegrass 1998 CD, Cassette Studio 79518 Chubby Wise (fiddle), Tex Willis (guitar, vocal), Sally Ann Forrester (accordion, vocal), Dave "Stringbean" Akeman (banjo), Howard "Cedric Rainwater" Watts (bass), Curley Bradshaw (guitar), Lester Flatt (guitar, vocal), Earl Scruggs (banjo, vocal), Mac Wiseman (guitar, vocal), Rudy Lyle (banjo), Jack Thompson (bass)