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 - Songs Of Mother And Home

(Wango LP-106) c1965


Side One

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I'm not sure whether the Wango 105 and 106 albums were released in 1965 or 66, but both were recorded at Ray Davis' studio at Johnny's Used Cars in November 1964.[1]

Jack Cooke who played guitar on the album recalled:- "While I was in Baltimore, Carter and Ralph, I'd always do shows with them. They'd come through and they'd always call me. We recorded some stuff for John's Gospel Quartet. It's a used car lt there in Baltimore. Johnny's Used Car Lot, 4801 Harford Road. I never will forget that. Johnny was sponsoring the show and Ray Davis, he was the announcer, the MC on the radio station. And we recorded those albums up over (the) top of the car lot, in a building up over top of the sales department. We had a little studio up there. And we done, I guess it was about four albums of that, John's Gosepl Quartet. And Carter and Ralph, they was tied up with a record company, you know, so that's the reason they called it John's Gospel Quartet."[2]

Originally Ray Davis sold the 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 106 being reissued as Stanley Brothers Of Virginia, Vol. 1: That Little Old Country Church House.

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

  • Carter Stanley: guitar, vocals
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Jack Cooke: guitar
  • Barry Glickman: bass
  • 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
That Little Old Country Church House
02:54
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Connie Leigh
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
A-2
Nobody Answered Me
04:16
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Albert E. Brumley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
A-3
Shake My Mother's Hand For Me
02:31
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Thomas A. Dorsey
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
A-4
I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer
02:12
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Eugene M. Bartlett
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
A-5
Mother's Only Sleeping
03:22
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Maynard Spencer / Lance Spencer
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
A-6
Shake Hands With Mother Again
03:17
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

W.A. Berry
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-1
Hide Ye In The Blood
02:15
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

P.D. ?
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-2
Give Me Your Hand
01:47
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Johnson Oatman Jr.
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-3
Where We'll Never Grow Old
02:18
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

James C. Moore
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-4
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
02:35
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Elisha A. Hoffman / Anthony J. Showalter
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-5
Angel Band
02:16
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Jefferson Hascall / William B. Bradbury
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-6
Are You Washed In The Blood?
03:00
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

Elisha Hoffman
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
B-7
Farther Along
03:30
Nov 1964
Songs Of Mother And Home

W.B. Stevens
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Gtr Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Jack Cooke
Harold 'Red' Stanley
Barry Glickman
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Side Two

[1] Gary B. Reid's "The Music Of The Stanley Brothers" book (p.186-189)
[2] John Wright's book "Traveling The High Way Home" (p.136)

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