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

(Collectors Classics CC-17) 1981


Vintage Years

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This German compilation draws on the Mercury era, and includes all of the tracks on the earlier Collectors Classics The Stanley Brothers LP, plus four additional cuts:- I Worship You, I Hear My Savior Calling, Daybreak In Dixie and Little Maggie.

Nowadays, however, 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 49-51, 57-58, 60-61, 64, 66-69, 72-74, 78, 81-83, 108-111 and 149.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
I Worship You
02:27
28 Nov 1954
Mercury 70546

R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Lightning Chance
   
A-2
I Hear My Savior Calling
02:12
05 Apr 1955
Mercury 70718

Bill Monroe
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-3
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
02:17
05 Apr 1955
Mercury 70718

Cleavant Derricks
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-4
You'd Better Get Right
02:26
05 Apr 1955
Mercury 70612

Bill Monroe
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-5
Lonesome And Blue
02:19
05 Apr 1955
Mercury 70663

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-6
Will He Wait A Little Longer
02:24
19 Dec 1955
Stanley Bros' & CMB's

C. Stanley / R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Vcl - Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Curley Lambert
Bill Lowe
   
A-7
I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
01:59
16 Jul 1956
Mercury 71064

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Fid Vcl - Mnd Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Ralph Mayo Curley Lambert
Doug Morris
 
A-8
Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side
02:53
16 Jul 1956
Mercury 71135

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Fid Vcl - Mnd Bs Bs Vcl
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Ralph Mayo Curley Lambert
Doug Morris
Unknown
B-1
I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
02:12
27 Feb 1957
Mercury 71302

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
George Shuffler
   
B-2
Loving You Too Well
02:13
27 Feb 1957
Mercury-Starday 71207

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
George Shuffler
   
B-3
If That's The Way You Feel
02:33
15 Nov 1957
Stanley Bros' & CMB's

R. Stanley / Peggy Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs Steel Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Benny Martin/Howard Forrester
Bill Napier Curley Lambert
Roy Wiggins
 
B-4
A Life Of Sorrow
02:34
15 Nov 1957
Mercury-Starday 71258

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs Steel Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Benny Martin/Howard Forrester
Bill Napier Curley Lambert
Roy Wiggins
 
B-5
I'd Rather Be Forgotten
02:19
15 Nov 1957
Mercury-Starday 71258

E.P. Williams
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs Steel Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Benny Martin/Howard Forrester
Bill Napier Curley Lambert
Roy Wiggins
 
B-6
Daybreak In Dixie
02:00
15 Nov 1957
Banjo In The Hills

Bill Napier
  Gtr Bjo Fid Fid Mnd Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Benny Martin
Howard Forrester Bill Napier
Curley Lambert
 
B-7
Little Maggie
02:44
?? Jun 1960
Starday 522

P.D.
  Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Ld Gtr Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert James Austin 'Audie' Webster
 
 
B-8
No School Bus In Heaven
02:51
?? Mar 1958
Mercury 71302

Jack Adkins / Buddy Dee
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier Curley King
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover

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