Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 May 1922 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Born 'Harold Oplis Stanley' in Fentress, Tennessee.

18 May 1938 - Henry Dockery. Walnut Marsh, North Carolina.

28 May 1956 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. Born 'Ralph Dewayne Smith' in Elliott County, Kentucky.


In Memoriam:

02 May 1974 - Roy Lee Centers. Breathitt County, Kentucky.

03 May 2000 - Bill Napier. Johnson City, Tennessee.

09 May 1989 - Keith Whitley. Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

23 May 2022 - James Price. Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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Clinch Mountain Echo

John's Gospel Quartet - Life's Railway To Heaven / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again //
What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul / Hold Fast To The Right

(Wango 1784) c1965/66


Side A

The 4 songs on this rare EP all appear to have been recorded at the sesssion for the Wango John's Country Quartet (Wango 104) LP in Mid-1964.

All the material has also resurfaced on Wango Various Artists compilations: Life's Railway To Heaven on Freight Train Special, Vol. 2 and Freight Trains Ride Again, Vol. 2; If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again on Memories Of Mother; What Would You Give In Exchange on It's Hymn Time, Vol. 1; and Hold Fast To The Right on Wango EP-108, Memories Of Mother and It's Hymn Time, Vol. 1.

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 180-183, 211-212.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Life's Railway To Heaven
02:26
1964
Wango 1784

Charlie Davis Tillman / M.E. Abbey
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Bs        
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
 
 
 
 
A-2
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
02:14
1964
Wango 1784

John W. Vaughan
  Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Ld Gtr        
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
 
 
 
 
B-1
What Would You Give In Exchange
02:18
1964
Wango 1784

F.J. Berry / James J. Carr
  Gtr Bjo Ld Gtr        
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
 
 
 
 
B-2
Hold Fast To The Right
02:00
1964
Wango 1784

Peter P. Bilhorn
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Ld Gtr        
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
 
 
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Side Two

[1] https://www.discogs.com/Emry-Arthur-Six-Months-In-Jail-Aint-Long/release/7024159

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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