Here are some true gems for all you bluegrass lovers. I was lucky enough to come across a complete set of the second weekend of the June Bean Blossom Festival from 1972... The quality is excellent, and the performances are spectacular, with all the greats of the era. Thanks to BigD for the sets and to Jeff for tracking. I spent a good long time identifying orders of sets, completing setlists (whenever possible), identifying personnel, and organizing into volumes and discs.

This volume 4 of 6. Each volume contains either 2 or 3 discs. Total number of discs is 16.

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Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival
Bean Blossom, Indiana
17 June 1972

Source: SBD>MR(portable reel recorder)>edited tape (probably r2r)>scotch 7" reels (2nd gen)
Transfer: Teac A-2300SD reel deck > M-Audio 2496 card > 24-bit 48khz wav > flac > wav > CDWav (tracking) > flac16 (level 8)

Volume 4: Disc 1

Saturday Night

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James Monroe and the Midnight Ramblers

James Monroe - guitar
Lynn Dunn - Bass
David Dougherty - Banjo
Buck White - Mandolin
Vernon Jerrick - Fiddle

16. Intro > ?
17. Veil of White Lace
18. Heartbreak Mountain
19. On the Banks of the Ohio
20. Cherokee Hill
21. The Strangest Dream
22. Bonnie
23. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight*
24. I Saw the Light

*-w. Curly Seckler

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Jimmy Martin and Sunny Mountain Boys

Jimmy Martin - guitar
Ronnie Prevette - mandolin
Ray Martin - guitar
Kenny Ingram - banjo
Jimmy Martin Jr. - drums
Gloria Belle - bass

25. In the Hills of Tennessee
26. Future on Ice
27. Freeborn Man
28. Gotta Do My Time
29. Traveling the Highway Home
30. (chatter)
31. Mother's Not Dead*
32. Sunny Side of the Mountain

*-w. Curly Seckler; fade out/in during chatter (tape flip)

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Volume 4: Disc 2

Saturday Night

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Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys

Ralph Stanley - banjo
Curly Ray Cline - fiddle
Ricky Skaggs - mandolin
Keith Whitley - guitar
Roy Lee Centers - guitar
Jack Cooke - bass

01. Intro
02. Nobody's Love is Like Mine
03. Man of Constant Sorrow
04. Clinch Mountain Backstep
05. The Angels are Singing in Heaven Tonight
06. When I Get Home
07. Take Your Shoes Off Moses
08. Little Birdie
09. Stone Walls and Steel Bars

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Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys

Jim McReynolds - guitar
Jesse McReynolds - mandolin
William McCormick - bass
Jim Brock - fiddle
Vic Jordan - banjo

10. Intro > Air Mail Special
11. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
12. John Henry
13. I Don't Believe You Met My Baby
14. When I Stop Dreamin
15. Border Ride
16. Snowbirds
17. Wishful Thinking*
18. Your Old Love Letters*
19. I Got a Diesel on My Tail

*-w. Carol Johnson

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Volume 4: Disc 3

Saturday Night

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Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass

Lester Flatt - guitar
Haskell McCormick - banjo
Roland White - mandolin
Jack Martin - dobro
Johnny Johnson - bass
Paul Warren - fiddle

01. Intro > ?
02. Is Anybody Going North to Cincinnati?
03. McCormick String Picnic
04. Dark Hollow
05. Listen to the Mocking Bird
06. Wabash Cannonball
07. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
08. You Took My Sunshine With You*
09. Let Our Love Shine Through
10. Father's Table Grace

*-w. Curly Seckler

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Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys

Monroe Fields - bass
Joe Stuart - guitar
Jack Hicks - banjo
Kenny Baker - fiddle

11. Intro > Mighty Dark to Travel
12. My Old Kentucky and You
13. Salt Creek#
14. My Little Georgia Rose
15. The Old Old House
16. Get Up John
17. The Little Community Church
18. Blue Moon of Kentucky
19. Kentucky Waltz
20. The Old Gray Mare
21. Little Cabin Home on the Hill
22. Footprints in the Snow

#-fade out/in during applause (tape flip)

Final set of Saturday night

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