(Gusto/Federal FED-CD-6515-2) 1998
Another bargain basement Gusto compilation, with ten tracks... The album was also reissued with slightly different artwork (Gusto GT-0562-2) 2004, and with one track subsituted as Best Of The Best: I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow - O Death in 2002.
Nowadays the King/Starday material is probably best obtained on the two 4xCD box sets The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961 and The King Years, 1961-1965.
For detailed information on the songs/sessions check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book. For page references, see the Original Release entries.
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Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Mandolin: |
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Lead Guitar: |
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1 |
Rank Stranger |
03:09 |
?? May 1960 |
Starday 506 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Curley Lambert |
Audie Webster |
Ralph Mayo |
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Albert E. Brumley |
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2 |
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
02:39 |
15 Sep 1959 |
King 5269 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
George Shuffler |
Bill Napier |
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R.D. Burnett |
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3 |
Stone Walls And Steel Bars |
02:07 |
14 Aug 1963 |
King 5809 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Henry Dockery |
George Shuffler |
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Ray Pennington / Roy E. Marcum |
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4 |
Think Of What You've Done |
02:07 |
01 Oct 1958 |
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliot |
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C. Stanley |
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5 |
Let Me Rest |
02:00 |
11 Jul 1960 |
In Person | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
George Shuffler |
Curley Lambert |
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R. Stanley / C. Stanley |
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6 |
How Mountain Girls Can Love |
02:08 |
30 Sep 1958 |
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliot |
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Ruby Rakes |
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7 |
If I Lose |
02:10 |
?? May 1960 |
Starday 546 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Audie Webster |
Curley Lambert |
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R. Stanley |
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8 |
Love Me, Darling, Just Tonight |
02:15 |
30 Sep 1958 |
King 5165 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliot |
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M.H. 'Red' Malone / Ruby Rakes |
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9 |
Little Maggie |
02:47 |
?? May 1960 |
Starday 522 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Audie Webster |
Curley Lambert |
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P.D. |
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10 |
Choo Choo Comin' |
02:34 |
Summer 1959 |
Starday SEP-107 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliot |
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Corbet 'Cuddles' Newsome |