Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

06 Dec 1936 - Jack Cooke. Born 'Vernon Crawford Cooke' in Dorchester, Wise, Virginia.

07 Dec 1955 - Sammy Adkins.

07 Dec 1931 - Bobby Osborne. Hyden, Kentucky.

16 Dec 1923 - Jay Hughes. St. Paul, Virginia.

17 Dec 1935 - Bill Napier. Born 'Billy Edward Napier' in Wise, Virginia.

20 Dec 1935 - Chubby Anthony. Born 'Donald Lee Anthony' in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

25 Dec 1919 - Curly Seckler. Born 'John Ray Sechler' in China Grove, North Carolina.

30 Dec 1933 - Melvin Goins. Born 'Melvin Glen Goins' in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia.

30 Dec 1943 - Claude 'Buddy' Moore. Born Claude Moore in Pike, Kentucky.

31 Dec 1934 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Born 'Ralph Joe Meadows' in Basin, Wyoming County, West Virginia.


In Memoriam:

01 Dec 1966 - Carter Stanley. Bristol, Virginia.

01 Dec 2009 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. West Liberty, Kentucky.

02 Dec 2009 - Jack Cooke. Norton, Virginia.

15 Dec 1990 - Henry Dockery. South Carolina.

27 Dec 2013 - Al Elliott. Kingsport, Tennessee.

27 Dec 2017 - Curly Seckler. Nashville, Tennessee.

28 Dec 1977 - Leslie Keith. Tucson, Pima, Arizona.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com

Spotlight on:-

Living A Dream
(Rebel REB-CD-1744)


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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

Spotlight on:-

Live At The Greenwich Coonhunters Club
(Stanley Family Records SFR-006)


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