Ralph Stanley - Classic Gospel:
Ralph Stanley With Roy Lee Centers, Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley
(Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD-646) 1996
Average Album Rating: 4.33
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The material on this and the Classic Mountain Music CD, had been released as a 2xCD set Classic Stanley. See that entry for further details.
The live material is drawn from recordings made at:
- Gettysburg, PA - 1970
- Carlton Haney's Labor Day Weekend festival at Camp Springs, Reidsville, NC - September 1971
- Unknown 'Festival Season' - 1971
- McClure, VA - May 1972
- Luray, VA - 5th May 1973
- McClure, VA - 25th May 1975
- Berryville, VA - 2nd July 1976
The version of In Memory Of Carter Stanley is from a studio rehearsal in February 1971 which doesn't feature Ralph, but does have Roy Lee Centers on banjo.
Presumably the modus operandi for releasing the Gospel and secular material seperately was to cater for those who prefer one or the other, like that adopted for the Saturday Evening / Sunday Morning release.
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(42:47) |
| 1 |
Introduction by Bill Vernon |
| July 2, 1976 Berryville VA |
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| 2 |
Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures |
| Jimmi Stanley |
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| Festival Season 1971: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin, tenor vocal |
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| 3 |
Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home |
| R. Stanley / C. Stanley |
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| Festival Season 1971: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Roy Lee Centers - guitar; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin, tenor vocal |
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| 4 |
Bright Morning Star |
| George Tucker |
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| Festival Season 1971: Keith Whitley - bass vocal; Ralph Stanley - lead vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - tenor vocal; Roy Lee Centers - guitar |
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| 5 |
Oh Death |
| P.D. |
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| 2 July, Barryville VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - lead and tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Renfro Profitt - lead guitar |
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| 6 |
You Better Sit Down And Pray |
| David Marshall / R. Stanley |
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| 25 May 1975, McClure VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Rickey Lee - lead guitar, bass vocal |
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| 7 |
Take Your Shoes Off Moses |
| J.D. Jarvis |
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| 25 May 1975, McClure VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Ricky Lee - lead guitar |
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| 8 |
Death Is Only A Dream |
| C.W. Ray / A.J. Buchanan |
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| Rehearsal recording Feb 1971: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - baritone vocal |
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| 9 |
Step Out In The Sunshine |
| R. Stanley |
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| Rehearsal recording Feb 1971: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - baritone vocal |
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| 10 |
In Memory Of Carter Stanley |
| Jack Lynch |
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| Studio Recording 29 June 1971: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Roy Lee centers - banjo; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin, tenor vocal |
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| 11 |
Shouting On The Hills Of Glory |
| E.M. Bartlett |
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| Festival Season 1971: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Keith Whitley - lead guitar; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin |
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| 12 |
Cry From The Cross |
| Johnnie Masters |
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| 25 May 1975, McClure VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Ricky Lee - guitar |
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| 13 |
Children Go Where I Send Thee |
| Arr. Charles Love |
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| 25 May 1975, McClure VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, baritone vocal; Ralph Stanley - lead vocal; Jack Cooke - tenor vocal; Ricky Lee - bass vocal |
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| 14 |
Memories Of Mother |
| C. Stanley |
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| 25 May 1975, McClure VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Ricky Lee - lead guitar |
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| 15 |
Let Me Rest At The End Of My Journey |
| R. Stanley / C. Stanley |
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| Sept. 1971, Reidsville, NC: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, lead vocal; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin |
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| 16 |
Rank Stranger |
| Albert E. Brumley |
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| Sept. 1971, Reidsville, NC: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin |
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| 17 |
Who Will Sing For Me |
| John Thomas Ely |
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| 25 May 1975, McClure VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Ricky Lee - guitar |
