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No.	Title:	Score
1	Cry From The Cross	5.00
2	Classic Stanley	5.00
3	Live In Japan	4.92
4	The Stanley Sound Around The World	4.91
5	Poor Rambler: His Complete King and Gusto Recordings	4.91
6	Live At The Smithsonian Institution	4.91
7	A Man And His Music	4.89
8	1971 - 1973	4.85
9	Something Old, Something New	4.82
10	The Stanley Sound Today	4.78

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1	The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1953 - 1958 & 1959	5.00
2	The Definitive Collection (1947 - 1966)	5.00
3	The Stanley Brothers And The Clinch Mountain Boys	4.93
4	The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1949-52	4.93
5	The King Years, 1961-1965	4.92
6	The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961	4.92
7	Mountain Song Favorites	4.92
8	On Radio	4.91
9	Folk Festival	4.82
10	Riding That New River Train	4.82

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.

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The Stanley Brothers - The Stanley Brothers Vol. 1

(CBS/Sony 20AP-13) 1976

This Japanese compilation contains the first eleven songs The Stanley Brothers recorded for Columbia. The remainder of the Columbia sides plus one unreleased cut, were included on Vol. 2. Both album's also came with a lyric sheet, and were sequenced in the order the songs were recorded.

More recently all the Columbia material can be found on The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers CD.

For a detailed breakdown and background to these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 23-28 and 36-37.

Track:	Title:		Time:	Date:		Original Release:
A-1	A Vision Of Mother		02:58	01 Mar 1949		Columbia 20647
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Robert 'Bobby' Sumner	James 'Jay' hughes
A-2	The White Dove		03:12	01 Mar 1949		Columbia 20577
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Robert 'Bobby' Sumner	James 'Jay' hughes
A-3	Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet		02:48	01 Mar 1949		Columbia 20577
	M.E. Baumgardner
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Robert 'Bobby' Sumner	James 'Jay' hughes
A-4	Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight)		03:02	01 Mar 1949		Columbia 20617
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Robert 'Bobby' Sumner	James 'Jay' hughes
A-5	It's Never Too Late To Start Over		02:30	01 Mar 1949		Columbia 20617
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Robert 'Bobby' Sumner	James 'Jay' hughes
A-6	Have You Someone (In Heaven Waiting)		02:40	01 Mar 1949		Columbia 20647
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Robert 'Bobby' Sumner	James 'Jay' hughes
B-1	Little Glass Of Wine		02:57	01 Mar 1949		Columbia 20590
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Robert 'Bobby' Sumner	James 'Jay' hughes
B-2	Let Me Be Your Friend		02:42	01 Mar 1949		Columbia 20590
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Robert 'Bobby' Sumner	James 'Jay' hughes
B-3	We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven		02:37	20 Nov 1949		Columbia 20735
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Les Woodie	Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
B-4	I Love No One But You		02:36	20 Nov 1949		Columbia 20697
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Les Woodie	Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
B-5	Too Late To Cry		02:57	20 Nov 1949		Columbia 20697
	C. Stanley
	Ld Vcl - Gtr	Tn Vcl - Bjo	Mnd	Fid	Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert	Les Woodie	Ernest 'Ernie' Newton

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