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.


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The Stanley Brothers - Together For The Last Time

(Joy 10329) 1971. Reissued (Rebel SLP-1512) 1972.


Together For The Last Time (Joy)

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This live collection was initially released by Ralph on his 'Joy' label, which included a picture of a baby[1] on the labels and front sleeve. The Joy version has eight tracks from the Brown County 1966 show on side one, which at about 24:24 mins, is mastered at low volume to squeeze all the music onto the disc. The Rebel reissue, shifts the last two cuts (Take Me Home and Stone Walls And Steel Bars) onto the end of Side Two, and consequently is much better sound quality.

The Rebel 1972 reissue appears to have come about because Ralph couldn't keep up with demand for the LP.[2] The following year it was also issued in Japan (Seven Seas SR-832) 1973. The Japanese release includes a 12" double-sided lyric insert.

The set from the Brown County, Bean Blossom was later reissued in a more complete form by Ralph on CD as Brown County Jamboree in 2004. This is again much better quality, but omits Boat Of Love which was performed by The Stanleys with Birch Monroe (Bill's Brother). On both LP versions, there is a quiet but annoying delayed 'echo' of a few seconds, which is most noticeable in the in between song banter.

The Bean Blossom performance on 16th October 1966 was one of Carter's last appearances on stage, and is from afternoon sets which differ to the evening performance found on Stanley Series Vol. 1 No. 4.

The other two sources of material, have also been reissued in much more extended form. The 1956 Shenandoah Valley Bowl, Edinburg, Va set is featured on Stanley Series Vol. 2 No. 1 and Shipp's Park, Morrisville, Va on Stanley Series Vol. 2 No. 3.

The version of Meet Me By The Moonlight (aka Meet Me Tonight) was also featured on Rachael Liebling's excellent High Lonesome - The Story Of Bluegrass film and soundtrack CD.

 

For more information on these live recordings, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 59-60, 76-78, 197-200 and 222-223.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Source:
A-1
Nobody's Business
01:46
16 Oct 1966
Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, In.

Porter Grainger / Everett Robbins ?
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Melvin Goins
 
 
 
A-2
Somebody Loves You Darling
04:05
16 Oct 1966
Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, In.

Wiley Morris / Zeke Morris
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Melvin Goins
 
 
 
A-3
Boat Of Love
02:40
16 Oct 1966
Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, In.

Bill Monroe
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Melvin Goins
 
 
 
A-4
Little Birdie
02:31
16 Oct 1966
Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, In.

P.D.
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Melvin Goins
 
 
 
A-5
Single Girl
03:35
16 Oct 1966
Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, In.

A.P. Carter
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Melvin Goins
 
 
 
A-6
Takes A Worried Man
05:16
16 Oct 1966
Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, In.

A.P. Carter
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Melvin Goins
 
 
 
A-7
Take Me Home Savior
02:29
16 Oct 1966
Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, In.

P.D.
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Melvin Goins
 
 
 
A-8
Stone Walls And Steel Bars
01:58
16 Oct 1966
Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom, In.

Ray Pennington / Roy E. Marcum
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Melvin Goins
 
 
 
B-1
I Believed In You Darling
02:38
03 Jun 1956
Shenandoah Valley Bowl, Edinburg, Va.

Bill Monroe
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Curley Lambert
Doug Morris
 
 
B-2
Meet Me By The Moonlight
02:45
03 Jun 1956
Shenandoah Valley Bowl, Edinburg, Va.

Joseph Augustine Wade
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Curley Lambert
Doug Morris
 
 
B-3
Rovin' Gambler
03:09
08 Jul 1956
Shipp's Park, Morrisville, Va.

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
 
 
B-4
I Just Got Wise
02:29
08 Jul 1956
Shipp's Park, Morrisville, Va.

C. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
 
 
B-5
Who'll Call You Sweetheart
03:05
08 Jul 1956
Shipp's Park, Morrisville, Va.

C. Stanley / Bill Monroe
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
 
 
B-6
Wait A Little Longer
02:04
08 Jul 1956
Shipp's Park, Morrisville, Va.

Hazel Houser / Chester Smith
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Curley Lambert
Lindy Clear
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover (Joy) Side 1 (Joy) Side 2 (Joy) Signature
L-R: William Edmond Stanley, Mr. Peppers and Carter Stanley.
Front Cover (Rebel) Rear Cover (Later Rebel) Side 1 (Later Rebel) Side 2 (Later Rebel)
Front Cover (Japan) Rear Cover (Japan) Side 1 (Japan) Side 2 (Japan)

[1] presumably Ralph and Jimmie's firstborn daughter Lisa, who also had Ralph's instrumental Lisa's Joy named after her (on his Play Requests LP).
[2] See the Dec 1972 Ralph Stanley Fan Club newsletter (p5). A pdf copy can be found linked from the Song & Memory book page.

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