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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(Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD643)


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Clinch Mountain Echo

The Stanley Brothers - 20 Bluegrass Originals

(Gusto GD-5026) 1978


20 Bluegrass Originals

Average Album Rating: 3.75
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As Gusto 'best-of' compilations go this is perhaps one of the best, certainly one of the longest!.

It might be my hearing, but the drums on Five String Drag sound a bit louder than they do on The King Years, 1961-1965. Also, the fade at the end of Stone Walls And Steel Bars is slightly longer than normal...

The album has been reissued on CD (Deluxe DCD-7907) 1987.

Nowadays probably the best way to get all the King / Starday material, is on the two 4xCD set's The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961 and The King Years, 1961-1965.

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 86-88, 91-93, 100-105, 108-114, 116-118, 129-130, 137, 139-140, 142-144, 149-151, 159-160, 165-168, 171-173, 201 and 203-204.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Love Me, Darling, Just Tonight
02:15
30 Sep 1958
King 5165

M.H. 'Red' Malone / Ruby Rakes
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Al Elliot
 
 
A-2
Little Maggie
02:47
?? May 1960
Starday 522

P.D.
  Gtr Ld Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Audie Webster
Curley Lambert
 
 
A-3
Holiday Pickin'
02:12
Sum. 1958
Starday 413

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs Ld Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Joe Meadows
Bill Napier
Al Elliot
Gene Meadows
 
A-4
Tragic Romance
03:01
14 Sep 1959
Sings Everybody's Country Favorites

Wiley Morris / Zeke Morris
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
A-5
Five String Drag
01:52
17 Sep 1963
America's Finest 5-String Banjo Hootenanny

R. Stanley / George Shuffler
  Gtr Bjo Bs Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Henry Dockery
George Shuffler
 
 
 
A-6
Old Love Letters
02:36
11 Jul 1960
King 5415

Johnny Bond
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
George Shuffler
Curley Lambert
 
 
A-7
Don't Go Out Tonight
02:32
?? May 1960
Starday 546

G.B. Grayson
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Audie Webster
Curley Lambert
 
 
A-8
Midnight Ramble
02:06
01 Oct 1958
King 5165

Ruby Rakes
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Al Elliot
 
 
A-9
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
02:39
15 Sep 1959
King 5269

R.D. Burnett
  Ld Vcl (v) & Tn (c) - Gtr Ld Vcl (c) - Bjo Bs Vcl - Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
A-10
It's Raining Here This Morning
02:26
14 Sep 1959
Sings Everybody's Country Favorites

Grandpa Jones
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Vcl - Bs Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
B-1
Stone Walls And Steel Bars
02:07
14 Aug 1963
King 5809

Ray Pennington / Roy E. Marcum
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bt Vcl - Fid Bs Bs Vcl - Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Henry Dockery
George Shuffler
 
 
B-2
Don't Step Over An Old Love
02:42
17 Sep 1963
Country Folk Music Spotlight

Fred Stryker
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Henry Dockery
George Shuffler
 
 
 
B-3
Still Trying To Get To Little Rock
02:40
22 Sep 1961
Award Winners At The Folk Song Festival

R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
George Shuffler
George Shuffler
 
 
B-4
Little Benny
02:07
11 Jul 1960
King 5415

P.D.
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Hi Bt Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Vcl - Bs Tn Vcl - Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
George Shuffler
Curley Lambert
 
 
B-5
Sunny Side Of The Mountain
02:31
14 Sep 1959
King 5291

Harry C. McAuliffe / Bobby Gregory
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
B-6
Sweeter Than The Flowers
03:21
14 Sep 1959
King 5355

Ervin T. Rouse / Aubrey W. Mullican / Syd Nathan
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Vcl - Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
B-7
Just Because
02:16
28 Jan 1963
Folk Concert

Joe Shelton / Bob Shelton / Sydney Robin
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Bjo Mnd Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Curley Lambert
Vernon Derrick
Ralph Mayo
 
 
B-8
Let Me Love You One More Time
02:05
11 Jul 1960
In Person

R. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
George Shuffler
Curley Lambert
 
 
B-9
Daybreak In Dixie
02:14
11 Jul 1960
King 5384

Bill Napier
  Gtr Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
George Shuffler
Curley Lambert
 
 
B-10
The Wild Side Of Life
02:14
15 Jan 1961
King 5460

W. Warren / A. Carter
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bt Vcl - Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Curley Lambert
George Shuffler
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two CD Tray

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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(Stanley Tone RTS-1532)


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