2011 - Featuring lovingly remastered audio, from the original mono tapes! Deluxe 2-Disc set with archive photos, original album covers, LP-style CD sleeves and 40-page booklet with new liner notes by Jessica Hundley. (Grievous Angel: The Intimate Biography of Gram Parsons). Digitally remastered two CD release from the Bluegrass/Country legends. On the first disc is the original Satan Is Real album, their Southern Gothic masterpiece from 1959. Inspiring generations with some of the finest harmonies ever recorded, this Louvin Brothers classic is an angelic combination of high lonesome Country and dark Southern Gospel. On the second disc, Handpicked Songs 1955-62, stars of Country, Rock, Folk and more pay homage to The Louvin Brothers by handpicking a track each for this brilliant compilation of archive Louvin Brothers recordings. Each track is performed by The Louvin Brothers. The full list of handpickers includes Mark Lanegan, Graham Nash, Beck, Emmylou Harris, Will Oldham, Lucinda Williams, Jim James, Kris Kristofferson, Devendra Banhart, Chris Hillman, Zooey Deschanel, the Black Angels, Dolly Parton and M. Ward.
16 Songs
- CD 1: "Satan Is Real"
- SATAN IS REAL
- THERE'S A HIGHER POWER
- THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
- THE RIVER JORDAN
- THE KNEELING DRUNKARD'S PLEA
- ARE YOU AFRAID TO DIE
- HE CAN BE FOUND
- DYING FROM HOME, AND LOST
- THE DRUNKARD'S DOOM
- SATAN'S JEWELED CROWN
- THE ANGELS REJOICED LAST NIGHT
- I'M READY TO GO HOME
- CD 2: "HANDPICKED SONGS 1955-1962"
- ALMOST PERSUADED - Handpicked By Mark Lanegan
- MY BABY'S GONE - Handpicked By Graham Nash
- THE GREAT ATOMIC POWER - Handpicked By Beck
- I SEE A BRIDGE - Handpicked By Emmylou Harris
- ALABAMA - Handpicked By Will Oldham
- WHEN I STOP DREAMING - Handpicked By Lucinda Williams
- LOW AND LONELY - Handpicked By Jim James
- KNOXVILLE GIRL - Handpicked By Kris Kristofferson
- SCARED OF THE BLUES - Handpicked Devendra Banhart
- DON'T LAUGH - Handpicked By Chris Hillman
- YOU'RE RUNNING WILD - Handpicked By Zooey Deschanel
- ARE YOU AFRAID TO DIE - Handpicked By The Black Angels
- CASH ON THE BARREL HEAD - Handpicked By Dolly Parton
- I WISH IT HAD BEEN A DREAM - Handpicked By Mward
