The Stanley Brothers - The White Dove / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
(Columbia 54008) Apr 1954
This is a 7" reissue from 1954 of the classic Columbia 20577 release in Apr 1949. See that entry for more details.
Both sides of the single can be found on The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers CD.
For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's session, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 23-25 and 36.
| Track: |
Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
Guitar: |
Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Mandolin: |
Bass: |
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| A-1 |
The White Dove |
03:12 |
01 Mar 1949 |
Columbia 20577 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Bobby Sumner |
Pee Wee Lambert |
James 'Jay' Hughes |
| C. Stanley |
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| B-1 |
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet |
02:48 |
01 Mar 1949 |
Columbia 20577 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Bobby Sumner |
Pee Wee Lambert |
James 'Jay' Hughes |
| Marvin E. Baumgardner |
[1] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=columbia+20577+billboard&source=bl&ots=XwFjHhRyAn&sig=DdhfdrQWiGDsOMAjsX8ZYlBMQhE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj33beL9dnUAhWCOsAKHd8tDOoQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=columbia%2020577%20billboard&f=false[2] You can hear the interview on youtube: https://youtu.be/YikIUZandsA. I've also attempted to clean some of the noise and you can download an MP3 of the result here (it's saved as a 67Mb zip file).
[3] Ralph Stanley and Eddie Dean's book "Man Of Constant Sorrow" (p.137-139)