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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(Rebel REB-CD-1840)


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Ralph Stanley - Long Journey Home / Going Down Town

(Jalyn 45-323) c1967


Long Journey Home

This 7" was recorded at the Aug. 1967 sessions Ralph recorded at Jack Lynch's home studio in Dayton Ohio.[1]

I think it may have preceded the release of the Old Time Music album, as some copies have labels crediting The Stanley Brothers... and that somehow would seem to be even worse, if it had been released with that credit after the album.

It includes the same unadulterated mono mix of the songs, as found on the 'Cream' cover version of Old Time Music.

  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle
  • Melvin Goins: guitar
  • Curly Lambert: mandolin
  • Jack Lynch: bass
  • Larry Sparks: guitar, vocals

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Long Journey Home
02:57
Aug 1967
Old Time Music

P.D.
  Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Curly Ray Cline
Melvin Goins
Curly Lambert
Jack Lynch
 
B-1
Going Down Town
02:26
Aug 1967
Old Time Music

P.D.
  Bjo Ld Vcl - Gtr Fid Gtr Mnd Bs  
  Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Curly Ray Cline
Melvin Goins
Curly Lambert
Jack Lynch
 
Other artwork / related images:
Going Down Town Long Journey Home (Stanley Brothers) Going Down Town (Stanley Brothers)

[1] John Wright's "Travelling The High Way Home" book (p164/252).

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

Spotlight on:-

The Old Mountaineer
(Hay Holler HH-CD-106)


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