Decca matrix NA 9821. In despair-1 / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys

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Ruppli additional catalog number(s): CD Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15423/4.
Ruppli session note: All titles issued on Decca DL-8731, CD Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15423/4.
Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated.
Ruppli session personnel note: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin), Lester Sandy (guitar), Don Stover (banjo, baritone vocals), Bessie Lee Mauldin (bass), Gordon Terry, Dale Potter (fiddle), Joe Stuart (fiddle, lead vocals).
Master renumbered by Decca as 102739.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
5/15/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studio [A] Master Decca DL-8731 LP
5/15/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studio [A] Master Coral CB-20077 LP
5/15/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studio [A] Master Vocalion VL7-3870 LP

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix NA 9821. In despair-1 / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys," accessed December 18, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000347907/NA_9821-In_despair-1.

Decca matrix NA 9821. In despair-1 / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 18, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000347907/NA_9821-In_despair-1.

"Decca matrix NA 9821. In despair-1 / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 18 December 2025.

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