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.


For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

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Clinch Mountain Echo

The Stanley Brothers - Recorded 1956-57

(Collectors Classics CC-LP-7) 1976


Recorded 1956-57

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This German compilation draws on the Stanley Brothers period with Mercury. It was also issued in Canada (Jewel LPS-650) 19??.

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 43-44, 49-51, 57-58, 60-61, 64, 66-68, 71-74, 78, and 81-83.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Orange Blossom Special
02:29
05 Apr 1955
Mercury 70663

Ervin T. Rouse
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
A-2
Who Will Call You Sweetheart
02:56
16 Jul 1956
Country Pickin' & Singin'

C. Stanley / Bill Monroe
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Fid Vcl - Mnd Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Ralph Mayo Curley Lambert
Doug Morris
 
A-3
A Voice From On High
02:35
25 Nov 1953
Mercury 70340

Bill Monroe / Bessie Maudlin
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Jim Williams
John Shuffler
   
A-4
Big Tilda
02:03
19 Dec 1955
Mercury 70789

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Curley Lambert
Bill Lowe
   
A-5
Angel Band
02:18
19 Dec 1955
Country Pickin' & Singin'

Jefferson Hascall / William B. Bradbury
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Vcl - Mnd Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Curley Lambert
Bill Lowe
   
A-6
Clinch Mountain Blues
02:04
19 Dec 1955
Country Pickin And Singin'

Leslie Keith
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Art Stamper
Curley Lambert
Bill Lowe
   
B-1
The Flood
03:10
1 Feb 1957
Mercury 71064

C. Stanley / R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
George Shuffler Red Malone
 
 
B-2
Poison Lies
02:42
25 Nov 1953
Mercury 70437

C. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Jim Williams
John Shuffler
   
B-3
You're Still On My Mind
02:02
28 Nov 1954
Country Pickin' & Singin'

R. Stanley
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Vcl - Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Bill Lowe
Lightning Chance
   
B-4
The Cry From The Cross
02:53
16 Jul 1956
Mercury 71135

Johnnie Masters
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Fid Vcl - Mnd Bs  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Ralph Mayo Curley Lambert
Doug Morris
 
B-5
Tragic Love
02:29
05 Apr 1955
Country Pickin' & Singin'

Buddy Dee
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph 'Joe' Meadows
Jim Williams
Bill Lowe
   
B-6
Fling Ding
02:09
27 Feb 1957
Mercury-Starday 71207

R. Stanley
  Gtr Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
George Shuffler
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover

For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

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