---

---

The Stanley Brothers - Angel Band:

The Classic Mercury Recordings

(Mercury MERC-314-528-191-2) 1995

---

I don't have a copy of this, but from the track list, it looks to be a fairly decent compilaton of their Mercury era. Nowadays, however, it has been superceded by the 2xCD Complete Mercury Recordings, which can usually be found quite cheap on ebay etc, and has 48 tracks rather than the 18 selections found here.

Many consider the Mercury period to have some of the finest material Carter and Ralph ever recorded.

For more detailed breakdown and background to these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 41-51, 56-58, 60-61, 66-68, 71-74, 78 and 82-83.