Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 May 1922 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Born 'Harold Oplis Stanley' in Fentress, Tennessee.

18 May 1938 - Henry Dockery. Walnut Marsh, North Carolina.

28 May 1956 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. Born 'Ralph Dewayne Smith' in Elliott County, Kentucky.


In Memoriam:

02 May 1974 - Roy Lee Centers. Breathitt County, Kentucky.

03 May 2000 - Bill Napier. Johnson City, Tennessee.

09 May 1989 - Keith Whitley. Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

23 May 2022 - James Price. Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia.


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The Stanley Brothers - Vintage Years Vol. 2

(Collectors Classics CC LP 12) 1977


Vintage Years Vol. 2

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This German compilation along with Vintage Years Vol. 1 collects together all the recordings The Stanley Brothers made for Columbia.

Nowadays probably the best way to get all the Columbia material, is on the 2xCD 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 26-30, 32-33, and 37-38.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
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-2
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-3
The Fields Have Turned Brown
02:30
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-4
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-5
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-6
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
   
B-1
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
   
B-2
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
 
   
B-3
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
 
   
B-4
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
 
   
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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