(Collectors Classics CC-16) 1981
This German compilation draws on the Mercury era, and duplicates many of the tracks on the earlier Collectors Classics The Stanley Brothers LP.
I'm not sure whether the Our Last Goodbye is the single (Mercury 70270) or Hard Times version.
Nowadays probably the best way to get all the Mercury material is on the 2xCD The Complete Mercury Recordings set.
For a detailed breakdown and background to these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 41-50 and 71-72.
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A-1 |
(Say) Won't You Be Mine |
02:49 |
09 Aug 1953 |
Mercury 70270 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Art Stamper |
Jim Williams |
George Shuffler |
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C. Stanley |
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A-2 |
This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart) |
02:41 |
09 Aug 1953 |
Mercury 70217 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Art Stamper |
Jim Williams |
George Shuffler |
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C. Stanley |
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A-3 |
I'm Lonesome Without You |
02:33 |
09 Aug 1953 |
Mercury 70217 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Art Stamper |
Jim Williams |
George Shuffler |
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R. Stanley |
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A-4 |
Our Last Goodbye |
02:39 |
09 Aug 1953 |
Mercury 70270 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Art Stamper |
Jim Williams |
George Shuffler |
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C. Stanley |
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A-5 |
Dickenson County Breakdown |
02:16 |
25 Nov 1953 |
Mercury 70437 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Jim Williams |
John Shuffler |
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R. Stanley |
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A-6 |
I Long To See The Old Folks |
03:06 |
25 Nov 1953 |
Mercury 70340 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Jim Williams |
John Shuffler |
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C. Stanley |
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A-7 |
Memories Of Mother |
02:23 |
30 May 1954 |
Mercury 70400 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Jim Williams |
Lightning Chance |
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C. Stanley |
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A-8 |
Could You Love Me (One More Time) |
02:37 |
30 May 1954 |
Mercury 70400 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Jim Williams |
Lightning Chance |
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C. Stanley |
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B-1 |
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine |
02:29 |
30 May 1954 |
Mercury 70789 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Jim Williams |
Lightning Chance |
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C. Stanley |
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B-2 |
I Just Got Wise |
02:35 |
30 May 1954 |
Mercury 70453 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Jim Williams |
Lightning Chance |
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C. Stanley |
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B-3 |
Close By |
02:08 |
29 Aug 1954 |
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Bill Lowe |
Lightning Chance |
Charlie Cline |
Bill Monroe / Robert H. Van Winkle |
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B-4 |
Calling From Heaven |
02:19 |
29 Aug 1954 |
Mercury 70483 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Bill Lowe |
Lightning Chance |
Charlie Cline |
C. Stanley |
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B-5 |
Harbor Of Love |
02:20 |
29 Aug 1954 |
Mercury 70483 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Bill Lowe |
Lightning Chance |
Charlie Cline |
C. Stanley |
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B-6 |
Hard Times |
02:47 |
29 Aug 1954 |
Mercury 70546 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Bill Lowe |
Lightning Chance |
Charlie Cline |
R. Stanley |
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B-7 |
Baby Girl |
02:20 |
28 Nov 1954 |
Mercury 70886 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Bill Lowe |
Lightning Chance |
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C. Stanley |
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B-8 |
Say You'll Take Me Back |
02:00 |
28 Nov 1954 |
Mercury 70886 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Bill Lowe |
Lightning Chance |
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R. Stanley |