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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(Rebel REB 1677)


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The Stanley Brothers - Angel Band:

The Classic Mercury Recordings

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


Angel Band

Average Album Rating: 3.33
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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 Nowadays, however, it has been superceded by the 2xCD Complete Mercury Recordings, which can usually be found quite cheap on ebay etc, and has 48 tracks rather than the 18 selections found here.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.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
(Say) Won't You Be Mine
02:49
09 Aug 1953
Mercury 70270

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Jim Williams
George Shuffler
   
A-2
I Long To See The Old Folks
03:06
25 Nov 1953
Mercury 70340

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Jim Williams
John Shuffler
   
A-3
This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)
02:41
09 Aug 1953
Mercury 70217

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Jim Williams
George Shuffler
   
A-4
Memories Of Mother
02:23
30 May 1954
Mercury 70400

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Lightning Chance
   
A-5
A Voice From On High
02:35
25 Nov 1953
Mercury 70340

Bill Monroe / Bessie Maudlin
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Jim Williams
John Shuffler
   
A-6
Could You Love Me (One More Time)
02:37
30 May 1954
Mercury 70400

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Lightning Chance
   
A-7
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
02:15
29 Aug 1954
Mercury 70453

Bill Monroe
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Vcl - Mnd Ld Gtr Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Charlie Cline
Lightning Chance  
A-8
Close By
02:08
29 Aug 1954
Stanley Bros' & CMB's

Bill Monroe / Robert H. Van Winkle
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Ld Gtr Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Charlie Cline
Lightning Chance  
A-9
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-10
I Worship You
02:27
28 Nov 1954
Mercury 70546

R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Lightning Chance
   
A-11
Daybreak In Dixie
02:00
15 Nov 1957
Banjo In The Hills

Bill Napier
  Gtr Bjo Fid Fid Mnd Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Benny Martin
Howard Forrester Bill Napier
Curley Lambert
 
A-12
Tragic Love
02:29
05 Apr 1955
Country Pickin' & Singin'

Buddy Dee
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-13
Calling From Heaven
02:19
29 Aug 1954
Mercury 70483

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Vcl - Mnd Ld Gtr Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Charlie Cline
Lightning Chance  
A-14
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
 
A-15
Baby Girl
02:20
28 Nov 1954
Mercury 70886

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Lightning Chance
   
A-16
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
A-17
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-18
Angel Band
02:18
19 Dec 1955
Country Pickin' & Singin'

Jefferson Hascall / William B. Bradbury
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Vcl - Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Curley Lambert
Bill Lowe
   
Other artwork / related images:
CD Tray

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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(Lonesome Day LDR-013)


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