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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Ralph Stanley - 16 All American Bluegrass Favorites

(Plantation Records PLC-419) 1987


16 All American Bluegrass Favorites

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This is a cassette reissue of tracks from Ralph's two Jessup LP's Sing Michigan Bluegrass and Gospel Echoes Of The Stanley Brothers.

The material had previously been reissued on Shelby Singleton' Plantation label in 1983 - spread over three LP's: Gospel Echoes Of The Stanley Brothers; Bluegrass; and Sing Traditional Bluegrass And Gospel.

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Roy Lee Centers: guitar, vocals
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • Ricky Skaggs: mandolin, fiddle, vocals
  • Keith Whitley: guitar, vocals

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Take Me Back
01:59
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

Roy Lee Centers / R. Stanley
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-2
You're Going Away
02:25
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

Lee Allen
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-3
The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
02:38
03 Oct 1971
Gospel Echoes Of...

R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Mnd Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-4
My Main Trial Is Yet To Come
02:35
03 Oct 1971
Gospel Echoes Of...

J.L. Frank / Pee Wee King
  Bjo Gtr Fid Mnd Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-5
Buckwheat
01:49
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

Curly Ray Cline / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-6
Rock Bottom
02:51
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

Gene Duty / R. Stanley
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
A-7
Master's Bouquet
02:19
03 Oct 1971
Gospel Echoes Of...

Marvin E. Baumgardner
  Bjo Gtr Fid Mnd Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
 
A-8
Ain't It Hard
01:53
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

P.D.
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
B-1
Are You Proud Of America
02:41
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

Gene Duty / R. Stanley
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
B-2
Another Song, Another Drink
03:10
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

Joyce Morris
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
B-3
Wings Of Angels
02:18
03 Oct 1971
Gospel Echoes Of...

Ruby Rakes
  Bjo Gtr Fid Mnd Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-4
Shouting On The Hills Of Glory
02:51
03 Oct 1971
Gospel Echoes Of...

E.M. Bartlett
  Bjo Gtr Fid Mnd Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-5
Keep My Love With You
02:31
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Tn Vcl - Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
B-6
Hulla-Gull
02:22
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

Curly Ray Cline / R. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
B-7
White Dove
02:57
03 Oct 1971
Gospel Echoes Of...

C. Stanley
  Bjo Gtr Fid Mnd Bs    
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 
 
B-8
Let's Keep Old Glory Waving
01:45
30 Aug 1971
Sing Michigan Bluegrass

Gene Duty / R. Stanley
  Tn Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Roy Lee Centers
Curly Ray Cline
Keith Whitley
Ricky Skaggs
Jack Cooke
 

NB: Liner notes don't specify instruments/vocal parts for individual tracks.

Other artwork / related images:
Cassette Jacket

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

Spotlight on:-

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(River Track Studio RTS-1296)


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