Various Artists ~ Women of Old Time Music (1981)

Recorded live at the 1980 Brandywine Mountain Music Convention.

Title: Women of Old Time Music

Year: 1981

Label: Heritage Records

Source: Vinyl (Restored for my personal listening. Sound quality grade: A-.)

# of tracks: 18

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Alex Campbell and Olabelle with the New River Boys ~ Travel On (1965)

Cover scans are courtesy of the now defunct blog Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic ...

 

Title: Travel On

Year: 1965

Label: Starday Records

Source: Vinyl (Restored for my personal listening. Sound quality grade: A-.)

# of tracks: 12

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Alex Campbell and Olabelle and the New River Boys ~ Alex Campbell and Olabelle and the New River Boys (1962)

Recordings originally made and released independently by Ola Belle Reed and her husband Alex Campbell. These are bluegrass recordings compared to the more traditional recordings for which Ola Belle Reed is known for. Gusto has released a CD of some of these recordings.

 

Title: Alex Campbell and Olabelle and the New River Boys

Year: 1962

Label: Starday Records

Source: Vinyl (Restored for my personal listening. Sound quality grade: B+.)

# of tracks: 16

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Ola Belle Reed ~ Rising Sun Melodies (2010)

Her Folkways recordings along with some live performances.

 

Title: Rising Sun Melodies

Year: 2010

Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Source: CD

# of tracks: 19

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Ola Belle Reed ~ Ola Belle Reed & Family (1977)

Title: Ola Belle Reed & Family

Year: 1977

Label: Rounder Records

Source: CD

# of tracks: 23 (Big chunk of bonus tracks from the same sessions.)

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Ola Belle Reed ~ Ola Belle Reed (1973)

Title: Ola Belle Reed

Year: 1973

Label: Rounder Records

Source: CD

# of tracks: 16

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