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.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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The Stanley Brothers - The Stanley Brothers Vol. 1

(CBS/Sony 20AP-13) 1976


The Stanley Brothers Vol. 1

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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
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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