Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 Feb 1972 - Steve Sparkman. Harlan, Kentucky.

04 Feb 1906 - Art Wooten. Born 'Arthur James Wooten' in Alleghany, North Carolina.

11 Feb 1960 - Junior Blankenship. Born at the old Grundy Hospital, Grundy, Va.

25 Feb 1927 - Ralph Stanley. Born 'Ralph Edmund Stanley' in Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, McClure, Virginia.

29 Feb 1932 - Jim Williams. Born 'James Lee Williams' in Wythe County, Virginia.


In Memoriam:

05 Feb 1980 - Chubby Anthony. Gainesville, Alachua, Florida.

08 Feb 2003 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland.

08 Feb 1987 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Fentress, Tennessee.


For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

Ralph II ralph2.com

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The Stanley Brothers - The Stanley Brothers

(Collectors Classics CC2) 1973


The Stanley Brothers

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This German compilation draws on the Stanley Brothers period with Mercury, and includes two cuts which had previously only been released on the Japanese The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys double album.

Nowadays probably the best way to get all the Mercury material, including the aforementioned unreleased cuts, 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 50-51, 57-58, 60-64, 66-69, 72-74, 78, and 81-83.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
02:17
05 Apr 1955
Mercury 70718

Cleavant Derricks
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-2
You'd Better Get Right
02:26
05 Apr 1955
Mercury 70612

Bill Monroe
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-3
Lonesome And Blue
02:19
05 Apr 1955
Mercury 70663

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-4
Will He Wait A Little Longer
02:24
19 Dec 1955
Stanley Bros' & CMB's

C. Stanley / R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Vcl - Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Curley Lambert
Bill Lowe
   
A-5
I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
01:59
16 Jul 1956
Mercury 71064

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Fid Vcl - Mnd Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Ralph Mayo Curley Lambert
Doug Morris
 
A-6
Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side
02:53
16 Jul 1956
Mercury 71135

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Fid Vcl - Mnd Bs Bs Vcl
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Ralph Mayo Curley Lambert
Doug Morris
Unknown
B-1
I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
02:12
27 Feb 1957
Mercury 71302

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
George Shuffler
   
B-2
Loving You Too Well
02:13
27 Feb 1957
Mercury-Starday 71207

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
George Shuffler
   
B-3
If That's The Way You Feel
02:33
15 Nov 1957
Stanley Bros' & CMB's

R. Stanley / Peggy Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs Steel Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Benny Martin/Howard Forrester
Bill Napier Curley Lambert
Roy Wiggins
 
B-4
A Life Of Sorrow
02:34
15 Nov 1957
Mercury-Starday 71258

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs Steel Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Benny Martin/Howard Forrester
Bill Napier Curley Lambert
Roy Wiggins
 
B-5
I'd Rather Be Forgotten
02:19
15 Nov 1957
Mercury-Starday 71258

E.P. Williams
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs Steel Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Benny Martin/Howard Forrester
Bill Napier Curley Lambert
Roy Wiggins
 
B-6
No School Bus In Heaven
02:51
?? Mar 1958
Mercury 71302

Jack Adkins / Buddy Dee
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier Curley King
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover

For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

Ralph II ralph2.com


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