The Bluegrass Album

The Bluegrass Album
Studio album by
Released1981
RecordedSeptember 22–24, 1980; 1750 Arch Studios, Berkeley, California
GenreBluegrass
LabelRounder
ProducerTony Rice
Bluegrass Album Band chronology
The Bluegrass Album
(1981)
Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2
(1982)
Tony Rice chronology
Mondo Mando
(1981)
The Bluegrass Album
(1981)
Backwaters
(1982)

The Bluegrass Album is the debut album by bluegrass supergroup, Bluegrass Album Band, released in 1981. It's a collection of bluegrass standards by Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley and others.[1][2] Ultimately, four volumes were released, recorded between 1980 and 1985.

The Bluegrass Compact Disc [Rounder CD 11502, c. 1986] is a 20-song release drawn from volumes 1-4 of The Bluegrass Album.