Clinch Mountain Echo

Top 30 Favourites

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I've now added an 'Album Rating' feature to the individual Discography listings... When visiting a page if you click on the 'stars' shown on the right hand side, the website will record your choice and recalculate the average rating and rating distribution for that album.

In order to add your ratings, they have to be stored on your computer as 'cookies' so that if you later change your mind, you can give the album a different rating... and also to help prevent people skewing the results by clicking on a rating multiple times.

The only data being sent from your computer is your 'Rating' and the 'Album' reference. No personal data is stored either in the cookies or on the website, which only holds the total votes for each of the star rating categories...

NB: I've now re-written the code that controls the scoring and handling of the cookies... It seems to be working... but if you notice any problems please get in touch via the Contact page. The new code will hopefully convert any of the old cookie ratings, which didn't get overwritten in the old system... Apologies for the inconvenience!

Thanks
Ivor (7th Nov 2017)

PS: I've re-jigged the charts so that only those with most vote are shown, i.e. albums with only one rating of 5 stars no longer skew the results...

Votes to date:

Total votes to date: 2585

Many thanks to everybody who's taken time to vote! It's much appreciated!


Stanley Brothers - Top 30 Albums

Below is a table of the top 30 Stanley Brother albums, which have the highest overall average score... and sorted by the number of votes cast.
In order to appear in the results each album must have at least a third of the number of votes as the one with the most votes cast.

No.Title:Label / Cat. No:Year:Avg. ScoreTotal Votes:
1The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1953 - 1958 & 1959(Bear BCD-15681)19935.0014
2The Definitive Collection (1947 - 1966)(Time Life B00007883-02)20075.0011
3The Stanley Brothers And The Clinch Mountain Boys(King KLP-615)19594.9431
4The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1949-52(Bear BCD-15564)19914.9315
5The King Years, 1961-1965(King KG-0950-2)20034.9314
6The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961(King/Starday KBSCD-7000)19934.9314
7Mountain Song Favorites(Starday SLP-106)19594.9213
8On Radio(Rebel REB-CD-1115)19914.9212
9Folk Festival(Stanleytone ST-5003)20014.8211
10Riding That New River Train(Stanleytone ST-5002)20014.8211
11Hymns Of The Cross(King KLP-918)19644.6913
12The Stanley Brothers On WCYB Bristol(Rebel REB-855)19884.6712
13Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s(Rounder 11661-1110-2)20044.6517
14Country Pickin And Singin'(Mercury MG-20349)19584.6411
15Hymns And Sacred Songs(King KLP-645)19594.6213
16Shadows Of The Past(Copper Creek CCLP 0101)19814.5016
17Good Old Camp Meeting Songs(King KLP-805)19624.5012
18The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers(Columbia CK-53798)19964.4511
19The Complete Mercury Recordings(Mercury MERC-B0000534-02)20034.4122
20Stanley Series Vol. 3 No. 4(Copper Creek CCCD-5512)19924.2512
21Stanley Series Vol. 2 No. 1(Copper Creek CCSS-V2N1)19844.0616
22An Evening Long Ago(Columbia/DMZ CK-86747)20044.0012
23Stanley Series Vol. 1 No. 1(Copper Creek CCSS-V1N1)19823.9212
24Old-Time Songs(Stanleytone STCD-5001)20013.8513
25Stanley Brothers Of Virginia, Vol. 2: Long Journey Home(County CO-739)19733.8312
26Stanley Series Vol. 4 No. 1(Copper Creek CCCD-5513)19963.8211
27Live At New River Ranch(No label No #)200?3.7311
28Together For The Last Time(Joy 10329)19713.6712
29Valley View Park 1957(Stanley Family Records SFR-002)20173.5714
30Stanley Brothers Of Virginia, Vol. 3: Uncloudy Day(County CO-753)19773.2711

 


Ralph Stanley - Top Albums

Below is a table of the top Ralph Stanley albums, which have the highest overall average score... and sorted by the number of votes cast.
In order to appear in the results each album must have at least a third of the number of votes as the one with the most votes cast.

No.Title:Label / Cat. No:Year:Avg. ScoreTotal Votes:
1Cry From The Cross(Rebel SLP 1499)19715.0028
2Classic Stanley(Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD-9002)19955.0014
3Live In Japan(Seven Seas SR 690)19714.9226
4Live At The Smithsonian Institution(Atteiriam API-CD 1662)19924.9111
5Poor Rambler: His Complete King and Gusto Recordings(King K3CD-0951)20034.9111
6The Stanley Sound Around The World(King Bluegrass KB 522)19734.9111
71971 - 1973(Rebel REB-CD-4001-1/2/3/4)19954.8614
8Something Old, Something New(Rebel SLP 1503)19714.8211
9Play Requests(Rebel SLP 1514)19724.8211
10Sing Michigan Bluegrass(Jessup MB 108)19714.6913
11Clinch Mountain Gospel(Rebel SLP 1571)19774.6916
12Gospel Echoes Of The Stanley Brothers(Jessup MB 129)19714.6411
13Featuring Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs(Jalyn JLP-129)1971/24.6411
14Brand New Country Songs(King 1028)1967/84.4015
15John Henry(Birdree PMC 6004)19714.2711
16Over The Sunset Hill(King 1032)19684.1010
17Live at Watermelon Park: Berryville, Virginia 1969(Stanleytone STR-1105)20054.0010