Clinch Mountain Echo

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04 Jan 1930 - Ralph Mayo. Born 'Ralph Eugene Mayo' in Surgeonsville, Tennessee.

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16 Jan 1931 - John Shuffler. Valdese, North Carolina.

24 Jan 1947 - Joe Isaacs. Born in Big Hill, Kentucky.


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04 Jan 2008 - Vernon Derrick. Marshall, Alabama.

23 Jan 2005 - Art Stamper. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.


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Clinch Mountain Echo

The Stanley Brothers - The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1949-52

(Bear BCD-15564) 1991


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This German compilation is similar to the later The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers CD, with both containing all 22 tracks The Stanley Brothers recorded for Columbia, but with an additional alternate takes of The Fields Have Turned Brown and Little Glass Of Wine...

The alt take of The Fields Have Turned Brown has a different fiddle kick-off/intro, a slightly different mandolin break and different vocal phrasing on the first verse by Carter. Ralph's banjo is also less prominent in places.

The CD comes with a 20 page booklet by Gary B. Reid, and like the Columbia release, is sequenced in the order the tracks were recorded.

Thanks to Chris Wing for the CD scans.

 

For detailed information on these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 20-29, 32-33, and 36-38.

 

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
   
A-7
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
   
A-8
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
   
A-9
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
   
A-10
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
   
A-11
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
   
A-12
The Old Home
02:17
20 Nov 1949
Columbia 20667

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Bjo Tn Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
A-13
The Drunkard's Hell
02:36
20 Nov 1949
Columbia 20735

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
A-14
The Fields Have Turned Brown
02:34
20 Nov 1949
Columbia 20667

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
A-15
Hey! Hey! Hey!
02:41
03 Nov 1950
Columbia 20770

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Bjo Tn Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
A-16
The Lonesome River
02:43
03 Nov 1950
Columbia 20816

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
A-17
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
02:55
03 Nov 1950
Columbia 20816

R.D. Burnett
  Gtr Ld Vcl - Bjo Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
A-18
Pretty Polly
02:49
03 Nov 1950
Columbia 20770

P.D.
  Gtr Ld Vcl - Bjo Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
A-19
A Life Of Sorrow
02:42
11 Apr 1952
The Stanley Brothers

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bt Vcl - Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Wooten
George Shuffler
 
   
A-20
Sweetest Love
02:21
11 Apr 1952
Columbia 20953

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Wooten
George Shuffler
 
   
A-21
The Wandering Boy
02:13
11 Apr 1952
Columbia 20953

R.S. Hanna
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Bjo Fid Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Wooten
George Shuffler
 
   
A-22
Let's Part The Best Of Friends
02:19
11 Apr 1952
Stanley Brothers Vol. 2

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Wooten
George Shuffler
 
   
A-23
The Fields Have Turned Brown (Alt. Take)
02:35
20 Nov 1949
Stanley Bros & Clinch Mtn Boys 1949-52

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
A-24
Little Glass Of Wine (Alt. Take)
02:54
01 Mar 1949
Stanley Bros & Clinch Mtn Boys 1949-52

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
   
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