Decca matrix NA 12803. Legend of the blue ridge mountains / Bill Monroe
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Legend of the blue ridge mountains (Primary title) | Ruppli Decca |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Bill Monroe (vocalist) | |
| Joe Drumright (instrumentalist : banjo) | |
| Bessie Lee Mauldin (instrumentalist : string bass) | |
| Del McCoury (instrumentalist : guitar) | |
| Bill Monroe (instrumentalist : mandolin) | |
| Joe Stuart (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| Horace "Benny" Williams (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| Owen Bradley (leader) |
| Notes |
|---|
| Master renumbered by Decca as 114415. |
| Ruppli session personnel note: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin), with Benny Williams, Joe Stuart (fiddle), Delano "Del" F. McCoury (guitar), Joe Drumright (banjo), Bessie Lee Mauldin (bass), Owen Bradley (leader). |
| Ruppli session note: All titles issued on CD Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15529/3. |
| 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. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/28/1964 Nashville, Tennessee. Columbia Recording Studio | [A] | Master | Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15529/3 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix NA 12803. Legend of the blue ridge mountains / Bill Monroe," accessed January 24, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000350889/NA_12803-Legend_of_the_blue_ridge_mountains.
Decca matrix NA 12803. Legend of the blue ridge mountains / Bill Monroe. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 24, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000350889/NA_12803-Legend_of_the_blue_ridge_mountains.
"Decca matrix NA 12803. Legend of the blue ridge mountains / Bill Monroe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 24 January 2026.
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