The most influential group in country music history, the Carter Family switched the emphasis from hillbilly instrumentals to vocals, made scores of their songs part of the standard country music canon, and made a style of guitar playing, "Carter picking," the dominant technique for decades. Following a long period on the road and eventually on the radio, they signed a recording deal in 1928 and the fruits of this deal led to the classic recordings contained on this 25 track Proper Introduction.