(Collectors Classics CC-17) 1981
This German compilation draws on the Mercury era, and includes all of the tracks on the earlier Collectors Classics The Stanley Brothers LP, plus four additional cuts:- I Worship You, I Hear My Savior Calling, Daybreak In Dixie and Little Maggie.
Nowadays, however, 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 49-51, 57-58, 60-61, 64, 66-69, 72-74, 78, 81-83, 108-111 and 149.
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A-1 |
I Worship You |
02:27 |
28 Nov 1954 |
Mercury 70546 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Bill Lowe |
Lightning Chance |
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R. Stanley |
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A-2 |
I Hear My Savior Calling |
02:12 |
05 Apr 1955 |
Mercury 70718 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Jim Williams |
Bill Lowe |
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Bill Monroe |
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A-3 |
Just A Little Talk With Jesus |
02:17 |
05 Apr 1955 |
Mercury 70718 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Jim Williams |
Bill Lowe |
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Cleavant Derricks |
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A-4 |
You'd Better Get Right |
02:26 |
05 Apr 1955 |
Mercury 70612 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Jim Williams |
Bill Lowe |
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Bill Monroe |
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A-5 |
Lonesome And Blue |
02:19 |
05 Apr 1955 |
Mercury 70663 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows |
Jim Williams |
Bill Lowe |
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C. Stanley |
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A-6 |
Will He Wait A Little Longer |
02:24 |
19 Dec 1955 |
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Art Stamper |
Curley Lambert |
Bill Lowe |
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C. Stanley / R. Stanley |
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A-7 |
I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way |
01:59 |
16 Jul 1956 |
Mercury 71064 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony / Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Doug Morris |
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C. Stanley |
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A-8 |
Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side |
02:53 |
16 Jul 1956 |
Mercury 71135 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony / Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Doug Morris |
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C. Stanley |
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B-1 |
I'll Never Grow Tired Of You |
02:12 |
27 Feb 1957 |
Mercury 71302 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony |
Pee Wee Lambert |
George Shuffler |
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C. Stanley |
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B-2 |
Loving You Too Well |
02:13 |
27 Feb 1957 |
Mercury-Starday 71207 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony |
Pee Wee Lambert |
George Shuffler |
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C. Stanley |
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B-3 |
If That's The Way You Feel |
02:33 |
15 Nov 1957 |
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Benny Martin / Howard Forrester |
Bill Napier |
Curley Lambert |
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R. Stanley / Peggy Stanley |
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B-4 |
A Life Of Sorrow |
02:34 |
15 Nov 1957 |
Mercury-Starday 71258 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Benny Martin / Howard Forrester |
Bill Napier |
Curley Lambert |
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C. Stanley |
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B-5 |
I'd Rather Be Forgotten |
02:19 |
15 Nov 1957 |
Mercury-Starday 71258 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Benny Martin / Howard Forrester |
Bill Napier |
Curley Lambert |
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E.P. Williams |
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B-6 |
Daybreak In Dixie |
02:00 |
15 Nov 1957 |
Hard Times | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Benny Martin / Howard Forrester |
Bill Napier |
Curley Lambert |
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Bill Napier |
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B-7 |
Little Maggie |
02:44 |
?? Jun 1960 |
Country Oldies But Goodies (Smash LP 27016) | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
James Austin 'Audie' Webster |
Curley Lambert |
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R. Stanley / C. Stanley |
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B-8 |
No School Bus In Heaven |
02:51 |
?? Mar 1958 |
Mercury 71302 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Bill Napier |
Curley King |
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Jack Adkins / Buddy Dee |