Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University explained

Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University
Type:	live
Artist:	Flatt and Scruggs
Cover:	Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University.png
Released:	1964
Genre:	Country
Label:	Columbia

Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University is a live album by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. It was released in 1964 by Columbia Records (catalog numbers CL 2134 [mono] and CS 8934 [stereo]).^[1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on April 4, 1964, peaked at No. 10, and remained on the chart for a total of 23 weeks.^[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars. Critic Bruce Eder wrote: "[R]ecording a live album at Vanderbilt was Flatt & Scruggs' way of announcing that bluegrass had arrived academically, and then some. . . . The crowd is sympathetic, the acoustics are fine, and this record is worth tracking down."^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Lost All My Money" (Flatt, Scruggs) [1:54]
2. "Maggie Blues" (Graves, Flatt, Scruggs) [1:51]
3. "Steamboat Whistle Blues" (Roberts) [2:31]
4. "Paul and Silas" (Flatt, Scruggs) [2:11]
5. "Cannonball Blues" (Carter) [1:52]
6. "You Are My Flower" (Carter) [2:47]

Side B

1. "Old Leather Britches" (Warren, Flatt, Scruggs) [1:38]
2. "Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Cirtain, Stanley) [2:28]
3. "Old Folks" (Scruggs) [2:13]
4. "Going Back to Harlan" (Cirtain, Stacey) [1:22]
5. "Poor Rebel Soldier" (Cirtain, Stacey, Sky) [2:09]
6. "No Hiding Place Down Here" (Cirtain, Stacey) [2:30]
7. "Going Up Cripple Creek" (Flatt, Scruggs) [1:58]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flatt & Scruggs – Recorded Live At Vanderbilt University. Discogs. February 18, 2021.
2. Book: Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc.. 1997. 52. 0898201241.
3. Web site: Live at Vanderbilt University. AllMusic. December 18, 2020.