Doc Watson discography
{{short description|Cataloging of published recordings by Doc Watson}}
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Doc Watson's discography includes principal albums as a solo artist, as well as with his son Merle Watson, The Watson Family and as collaborator with other artists.
Studio and live albums
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="2"|Chart positions |
| width="50"| US Country
! width="50"| US |
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| 1964
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| 1965
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| rowspan="2"| 1966
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| Home Again!
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| 1967
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| 1968
| Doc Watson in Nashville: Good Deal! | | |
| 1971
| Doc Watson on Stage (live) | | |
| 1972
| The Elementary Doctor Watson! | align="center"| 44 | |
| 1973
| align="center"| 44 | |
| 1974
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| 1975
| Memories | align="center"| 47 | align="center"| 193 |
| 1976
| align="center"| 41 | |
| 1977
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| 1978
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| 1979
| Live and Pickin' (live) | | |
| 1981
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| 1983
| Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album | | |
| 1984
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| 1985
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| 1986
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| 1987
| Portrait | | |
| rowspan="2"| 1990
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| Songs for Little Pickers (live)
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| 1991
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| 1992
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| 1995
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| 1999
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| rowspan="2"| 2002
| Legacy | | |
| Round the Table Again (live)
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| 2017
| Bear's Sonic Journals: Never the Same Way Once (live) {{cite web |first=Desiré |last=Moses |date=July 26, 2017 |url=https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/doc-merle-watson-play-never-the-same-way-once-on-new-box-set/ |title=Doc & Merle Watson: Play 'Never the Same Way Once' on New Box Set |website=The Bluegrass Situation |access-date=December 17, 2019}} | | |
With The Watson Family or The Doc Watson Family
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! Year ! Album |
| 1964
| Treasures Untold (live) |
| 1977
| Tradition (live) |
| 1990
| The Watson Family [http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2096] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518170605/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2096 |date=2012-05-18 }}(1990 Reissue of Folkways 2366 from 1963. SFW40012 (Cassette, CD). |
| 1994
| Songs from the Southern Mountains (live) |
Collaborations
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="3"|Chart positions |
| width="60"| US Bluegrass
! width="60"| US Country ! width="60"| US |
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| 1961
| Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Vol. 1 (live) | | | |
| 1963
| Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Vol. 2 (live) | | | |
| rowspan="2"| 1967
| Old-Timey Concert (with Clint Howard and Fred Price) (live) | | | |
| Strictly Instrumental (with Flatt and Scruggs)
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| 1972
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken (with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | align="center"| #1 | align="center"| #4 | align="center"| #8 |
| 1980
| Reflections (with Chet Atkins) | | | |
| 1990
| Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City [http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2054] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518204040/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2054 |date=2012-05-18 }}(1990). Reissue of FA2426 from 1963. SFW40005 (Cassette, CD). | | | |
| 1993
| Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2 (with Bill Monroe) [http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2316] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518175537/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2316 |date=2012-05-18 }}(1993) SFW40064 (Cassette, CD). | | | |
| 1994
| Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962 [http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2328] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531025007/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2328 |date=2012-05-31 }}(1994) SFW40029 (Cassette, CD). | | | |
| 1997
| Doc & Dawg (with David Grisman) | | | |
| 1998
| Del Doc & Mac (with Del McCoury and Mac Wiseman) | | | |
| 2003
| The Three Pickers (with Earl Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs) | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 24 | align="center"| 179 |
Compilations
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="1"|Chart positions |
| width="60"| US Bluegrass |
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| rowspan="2"| 1973
| The Best of Doc Watson | |
| The Essential Doc Watson
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| 1983
| Favorites | |
| 1994
| Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962 | |
| 1995
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| rowspan="2"| 1996
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| Then and Now/Two Days in November
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| 1997
| Elementary Doctor Watson!/Then and Now | |
| 1998
| Home Sweet Home | |
| 1999
| The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968 | |
| 2000
| Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964–1998 | |
| 2001
| Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City (live) | |
| rowspan="4"| 2002
| Then and Now/Two Days in November | |
| 14 Fabulous Tracks
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| Lonesome Road/Look Away!
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| Songs from Home
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| rowspan="3"| 2003
| Trouble in Mind: Doc Watson Country Blues Collection | |
| Doc and the Boys/Live and Pickin'
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| Tennessee Stud
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| 2004
| Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues | |
| 2006
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| 2007
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| 2008
| Americana Master Series: Best of Doc Watson | |
| 2013
| The Definitive Doc Watson | align="center"| 13 |
Singles
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Single ! Album |
| 1973
| "Bottle of Wine" (with Merle Watson) | align="center"| 71 | Then and Now |
| 1978
| "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (with Merle Watson) | align="center"| 88 | Look Away! |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19991012050130/http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3448/docmerle.html Doc Watson discography]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19991110030438/http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3448/family.html The Watson Family discography]
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