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 1954 - 1956

(Collectors Classics CC-16) 1981


Vintage Years 1954 - 1956

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This German compilation draws on the Mercury era, and duplicates many of the tracks on the earlier Collectors Classics The Stanley Brothers LP.

I'm not sure whether the Our Last Goodbye is the single (Mercury 70270) or Hard Times version.

Nowadays probably the best way to get all the Mercury material is on the 2xCD The Complete Mercury Recordings set.

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 41-50 and 71-72.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
(Say) Won't You Be Mine
02:49
09 Aug 1953
Mercury 70270

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Jim Williams
George Shuffler
   
A-2
This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)
02:41
09 Aug 1953
Mercury 70217

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Jim Williams
George Shuffler
   
A-3
I'm Lonesome Without You
02:33
09 Aug 1953
Mercury 70217

R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Jim Williams
George Shuffler
   
A-4
Our Last Goodbye
02:39
09 Aug 1953
Hard Times

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Jim Williams
George Shuffler
   
A-5
Dickenson County Breakdown
02:16
25 Nov 1953
Mercury 70437

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Jim Williams
John Shuffler
   
A-6
I Long To See The Old Folks
03:06
25 Nov 1953
Mercury 70340

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Jim Williams
John Shuffler
   
A-7
Memories Of Mother
02:23
30 May 1954
Mercury 70400

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Lightning Chance
   
A-8
Could You Love Me (One More Time)
02:37
30 May 1954
Mercury 70400

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Lightning Chance
   
B-1
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
02:29
30 May 1954
Mercury 70789

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Lightning Chance
   
B-2
I Just Got Wise
02:35
30 May 1954
Mercury 70453

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Lightning Chance
   
B-3
Close By
02:08
29 Aug 1954
Stanley Bros' & CMB's

Bill Monroe / Robert H. Van Winkle
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Ld Gtr Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Charlie Cline
Lightning Chance  
B-4
Calling From Heaven
02:19
29 Aug 1954
Mercury 70483

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Vcl - Mnd Ld Gtr Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Charlie Cline
Lightning Chance  
B-5
Harbor Of Love
02:20
29 Aug 1954
Mercury 70483

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Vcl - Mnd Ld Gtr Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Charlie Cline
Lightning Chance  
B-6
Hard Times
02:47
29 Aug 1954
Mercury 70546

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Ld Gtr Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Charlie Cline
Lightning Chance  
B-7
Baby Girl
02:20
28 Nov 1954
Mercury 70886

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Lightning Chance
   
B-8
Say You'll Take Me Back
02:00
28 Nov 1954
Mercury 70886

R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Lightning Chance
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover

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