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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John's Gospel Quartet - John's Gospel Quartet

(Wango LP-105) c1965/6


Side One

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The third Wango LP was mainly recorded at the same Nov. 1964 sessions that also produced the John's Gospel Quartet - Songs Of Mother And Home LP. Recorded at Ray Davis' radio studio at Johnny's Used Cars in Baltimore,[1] the album features several Gospel favourites that The Stanley Brothers had recorded previously, or Ralph Stanley would go on to re-record throughout his long solo career.

not all of the songs were cut in the Nov. 1964 session. Will You Miss Me for instance is the same version as the one they recorded at the first Wango sessions in Dec. 1963, and which appeared on John's Country Quartet album. Gary Reid has also identified that the versions of Somebody Touched Me, Paul And Silas and I Saw The Light came from another Dec. 1963 radio session which was later used for the On The Air LP.

Of Will You Miss Me Ralph later commented:- "I could tell there was a bitter taste when he sang the words out, like the way old A.P. (Carter) sang 'It'll Aggravate Your Soul'. He was making it his song, like A.P.'s story had become his story, and it was like he already knew the ending... It was hard to watch Carter singing his own epitaph right there on-stage."[2]

Originally Ray Davis sold the Wango albums over the air, and they were housed in plain cardboard sleeves. I've seen copies go for $100 or so on ebay, but fortunately the albums have all been reissued, with Wango 105 being reissued as Stanley Brothers Of Virginia, Vol. 4 on LP.

It's a shame that all four albums haven't appeared on CD - they would after all easily fit on a double CD set.

The LP has at least two label variations with a different font for the band name. Both are the same burgundy colour (my camera messed up the 'alternate' label colours!).

Thanks to Todd Gracyk & Tom Payne for the corrections/additional info.

  • Carter Stanley: guitar, vocals
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Jack Cooke: guitar
  • Barry Glickman: bass
  • Harold 'Red' Stanley: fiddle

 

For much more detailed information on these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 186-189 and 215-216.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
02:49
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

Jennie B. Wilson
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
A-2
When I Lay My Burdens Down
02:32
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

P.D.
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
A-3
In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old
02:14
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

N.D. Johnson / L.D. Huffstutler
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
A-4
Somebody Touched Me
02:48
Dec 1963
John's Gospel Quartet

John Reedy
  Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Henry Dockery
 
 
 
A-5
Lord I'm Coming Home
02:52
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

William J. Fitzpatrick
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Ld/Tn Vcl Fid        
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Harold 'Red' Stanley
 
 
 
 
A-6
Give Me The Roses While I Live
02:09
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

James Rowe / R.H. Cornelius
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-1
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
02:22
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

P.D.
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-2
Paul And Silas
02:10
Dec 1963
John's Gospel Quartet

P.D.
  Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Henry Dockery
 
 
 
B-3
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
03:21
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

Marvin E. Baumgardner
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-4
The Old Country Church
01:13
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

J.W. Vaughan
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-5
Will You Miss Me
03:03
Dec 1963
John's Country Quartet

A.P. Carter
  Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Ld Gtr Vcl - Gtr Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Jack Cooke
Henry Dockery
 
 
B-6
I Saw The Light
02:01
Dec 1963
John's Gospel Quartet

Hank Williams
  Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Vcl - Ld Gtr Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Henry Dockery
 
 
 
B-7
Where Could I Go
02:41
Nov 1964
John's Gospel Quartet

J.B. Coats
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Side Two Side One (alternate label) Side Two (alternate label)

[1] Gary B. Reid's "The Music Of The Stanley Brothers" book (p. 186-189)
[2] Eddie Dean and Ralph Stanley's book 'Man Of Constant Sorrow' (p.235-237)

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