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> Stanley Brothers Discography

Various Artists - Newport Folk Festival:

Best Of Bluegrass 1959-66

(Vanguard 3VCD-187/89-2) 2001

This 3xCD compilation includes four tracks from the Stanley Brothers performance at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. All have more recently been included on the Clinch Mountain Bluegrass CD. See that entry for further details.

Of the other material by Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Jim & Jesse, The Lilly Brothers, Don Stover, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard and Hylo Brown (with Earl Scruggs), only the Bill Monroe set duplicates material found on the Various Artists - Bluegrass Breakdown CD.

Carter Stanley: guitar, vocals
Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
Chubby Anthony: fiddle
Lindy Clear: bass

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's set, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 100 and 142.

Track:	Artist:			Title:		Time:	Date:
A-1	Hylo Brown & The Timberliners with Earl Scruggs			John Henry		02:35	?? Jul 1959
	P.D.
A-2	Hylo Brown & The Timberliners with Earl Scruggs			Gathering Flowers From The Hillside		02:23	?? Jul 1959
	A.P. Carter
A-3	Hylo Brown & The Timberliners with Earl Scruggs			Love And Wealth		03:05	?? Jul 1959
	Ira Louvin
A-4	Hylo Brown & The Timberliners with Earl Scruggs			Orange Blossom Special		02:11	?? Jul 1959
	Ervin T. Rouse
A-5	Hylo Brown & The Timberliners with Earl Scruggs			The Prisoner Song		02:36	?? Jul 1959
	Guy Massey
A-6	Stanley Brothers			How Mountain Girls Can Love		02:06	?? Jul 1959
	Ruby Rakes
	Gtr	Bjo	Fid		Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Chubby Anthony		Lindy Clear
A-7	Stanley Brothers			Man Of Constant Sorrow		03:13	?? Jul 1959
	R.D. Burnett
	Gtr	Bjo	Fid		Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Chubby Anthony		Lindy Clear
A-8	Stanley Brothers			Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet		02:48	?? Jul 1959
	Marvin E. Baumgardner
	Gtr	Bjo	Fid		Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Chubby Anthony		Lindy Clear
A-9	Stanley Brothers			Choo Choo Coming		01:47	?? Jul 1959
	Corbet 'Cuddles' Newsome
	Gtr	Bjo	Fid		Bs
	Carter Stanley	Ralph Stanley	Chubby Anthony		Lindy Clear
A-10	Flatt & Scruggs			Salty Dog Blues		01:59	?? Jul 1960
	Wiley Morris / Zeke Morris
A-11	Flatt & Scruggs			Before I Met You		02:43	?? Jul 1960
	C. Seitz / C. Lewis / E. Radar
A-12	Flatt & Scruggs			Cabin On The Hill		02:34	?? Jul 1960
	B.L. Shook
A-13	Flatt & Scruggs			Jimmy Brown The Newsboy		03:11	?? Jul 1960
	A.P. Carter
A-14	Jim & Jesse			Border Ride		02:17	?? Jul 1963
	Jesse McReynolds / Jim McReynolds
A-15	Jim & Jesse			Gosh I Miss You All The Time		02:09	?? Jul 1963
	Jimmy Long
A-16	Jim & Jesse			Dill Pickle Rag		01:30	?? Jul 1963
	Charles L. Johnson
A-17	Jim & Jesse			She Left Me Standing On The Mountain		02:12	?? Jul 1963
	Alton Delmore
A-18	Jim & Jesse			Pardon Me		02:15	?? Jul 1963
	Jesse McReynolds / Jim McReynolds
A-19	Jim & Jesse			Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes		01:59	?? Jul 1963
	Don Helms / B. Taylor

B-1	Don Stover			Kansas City Railroad Blues		04:15	?? Jul 1965
	George Walburn
B-2	Don Stover			Rabbit Soup		02:25	?? Jul 1965
	??
B-3	Don Stover			Flint Hill Special		02:30	?? Jul 1965
	Earl Scruggs
B-4	Don Stover			Earl's Breakdown		01:23	?? Jul 1965
	Earl Scruggs
B-5	Lilly Brothers			Why Did You Wander?		04:12	?? Jul 1965
	Bill Monroe / Lester Flatt
B-6	Lilly Brothers			Bury Me Beneath The Willow		03:33	?? Jul 1965
	P.D.
B-7	Lilly Brothers			Billy In The Lowground		02:20	?? Jul 1965
	P.D.
B-8	Lilly Brothers			Little Annie		03:17	?? Jul 1965
	Stephen Foster
B-9	Lilly Brothers			I'll Live On		02:04	?? Jul 1965
	P.D.
B-10	Bill Monroe			Walls Of Time		05:00	?? Jul 1965
	Bill Monroe / Peter Rowan
B-11	Bill Monroe			Grey Eagle		01:49	?? Jul 1965
	P.D.
B-12	Bill Monroe			Cotton-Eyed Joe		04:54	?? Jul 1965
	P.D.
B-13	Bill Monroe			Shady Grove		01:55	?? Jul 1965
	P.D.
B-14	Bill Monroe			Blue Yodel #4		03:03	?? Jul 1965
	Jimmy Rodgers
B-15	Bill Monroe			Molly And Tenbrooks		02:38	?? Jul 1965
	Bill Monroe
B-16	Bill Monroe			Bluegrass Breakdown		02:19	?? Jul 1965
	Bill Monroe

C-1	Jim & Jesse			Alabam'		02:45	?? Jul 1966
	Lloyd Copas
C-2	Jim & Jesse			Memphis, Tennessee		02:29	?? Jul 1966
	Chuck Berry
C-3	Jim & Jesse			Airmail Special		01:56	?? Jul 1966
	Benny Goodman
C-4	Jim & Jesse			Better Times A-Comin'		02:29	?? Jul 1966
	??
C-5	Jim & Jesse			Bill Cheatam		02:07	?? Jul 1966
	P.D.
C-6	Jim & Jesse			The Grave In The Valley		03:10	?? Jul 1966
	Don McHan
C-7	Jim & Jesse			Sugarfoot Rag		01:34	?? Jul 1966
	H. Garland / G. Vaughn
C-8	Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard			Walking In My Sleep		02:56	?? Jul 1966
	P.D.
C-9	Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard			A Tiny Broken Heart		03:08	?? Jul 1966
	Charlie Louvin / Ira Louvin / Ed Hill
C-10	Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard			The One I Love Is Gone		03:03	?? Jul 1966
	Bill Monroe
C-11	Flatt & Scruggs			Maiden's Prayer		2:23	?? Jul 1966
	Tekla Badarzewska-Baranowska
C-12	Flatt & Scruggs			Will You Be Lonesome Too?		2:42	?? Jul 1966
	Alton Delmore
C-13	Flatt & Scruggs			Foggy Mountain Chimes		2:45	?? Jul 1966
	Earl Scruggs
C-14	Flatt & Scruggs			Wabash Cannonball		2:56	?? Jul 1966
	A.P. Carter
C-15	Flatt & Scruggs			When The Saints Go Marching In		2:42	?? Jul 1966
	R.E. Winsett
C-16	Flatt & Scruggs			The Ballad Of Jed Clampett		2:20	?? Jul 1966
	P. Henning

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