(Cabin Creek CC-203) 1967
Recorded on 5th June 1965, this was another 'quickie' album that didn't see the light of day until 1967.
With 22 songs featured and only a 30min playing time, the average track length on the album is about 1min 20sec, giving just enough time for a quick verse and chorus of each song.
According to Gary B. Reid's liner notes to the Rebel cassette reissue, the LPs were sold on Alex and Ola Belle Reed's radio show on WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia, and were only available for a limited time.
A second album by Don Reno and Benny Martin is also entitled 'Bluegrass Gospel Favorites' (Cabin Creek 204) 1967, and features similar artwork except it is printed in blue rather than orange.
Jack Cooke: "... we recorded some for Alex Campbell, was on Cabin Creek. I believe. That album was kindly mixed, we wanted to mix it up. Probably some of us didn't know all of the songs, maybe a couple of verses of each one. That's a collector, now you know. Cabin Creek, you can't get that any more..."[1]
This is another $100 plus item, and has only been reissued on cassette as 'Gospel Songs From Cabin Creek' (Rebel C-4303) 1990. The cassette too is also quite hard to find.
Five tracks from the album (Dust On The Bible, In The Sweet Bye & Bye, Where The Soul Never Dies, Lonesome Valley and Lord I'm Comin' Home) were reissued as part of the 'Country Blue Grass Jamboree' 2xLP (Mad-Bag Productions MB-288-289) 1977.
Thanks to Chris Wing for the scans of the cassette cover.
For detailed information on these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 190-191 and 217-218.
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A-1 |
Where Could I Go |
01:15 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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J.B. Coats |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-2 |
An Empty Mansion |
01:17 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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Clarence A. Luttrell / Beuna Ora Bryant Karnes |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-3 |
Where The Soul Never Dies |
01:03 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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William M. Golden |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-4 |
Dust On The Bible |
01:17 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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J. Bailes / W. Bailes |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-5 |
Farther Along |
01:59 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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W.B. Stevens |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-6 |
I Feel Like Traveling On |
01:22 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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William Hunter |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-7 |
I Need The Prayers |
01:40 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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James D. Vaughan |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-8 |
Softly And Tenderly |
01:39 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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Will L. Thompson |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-9 |
When The Saints Go Marching In |
01:01 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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R.E. Winsett |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-10 |
The Sweet Bye And Bye |
01:30 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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Sanford Fillmore Bennett / Jospeh P. Webster |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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A-11 |
Take My Hand Precious Lord |
01:33 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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Thomas A. Dorsey |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-1 |
When I Reach That City |
01:20 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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Johnson Oatman |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-2 |
Won't It Be Wonderful There |
01:13 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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James Rowe |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-3 |
Hold Fast To The Right |
01:37 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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Peter P. Bilhorn |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-4 |
Matthew 24 |
01:09 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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?? |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-5 |
Lonesome Valley |
01:14 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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P.D. ? |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-6 |
Keep On The Sunny Side |
01:10 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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A.P. Carter |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-7 |
How About You |
01:37 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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Thomas A. Dorsey |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-8 |
The Gloryland Way |
01:15 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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J. S. Torbett |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-9 |
Precious Memories |
01:14 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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Johnnie Wright |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-10 |
Heaven's Light Is Shining On Me |
01:04 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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P.D.? |
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Vcl - Gtr | Vcl - Bjo | Gtr | Mnd | Fid | |||||||||||||||||
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
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B-11 |
Lord, I'm Coming Home |
01:21 |
05 Jun 1965 |
Bluegrass Gospel Favorites |
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William J. Fitzpatrick |
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Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Jack Cooke |
Curley Lambert |
Sonny Miller |
[1] John Wright's book "Traveling The High Way Home" (p. 136)