The Stanley Brothers - Clinch Mountain Sunday

(Harmony 3001) c2006

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This is very dodgy CD-R compilation... The artwork looks like it's been printed on a colour copier/laser printer & the disc also has poor printing.

The artwork also doesn't have any contact info or date, but as the CD-R is available from an on-line Gospel outlet which started in 2006, I'm assuming it was released around that time.

Most of the tracks are taken from the Stanley Brothers recordings for King, with some from the Rimrock & Starday albums.

On the CD tray the song list omits Precious Memories which is track 17, and there are a couple of typo's like I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Mourning or missing line-breaks between song titles. Even worse is that This World Is Not My Home is included twice (track 2 & 20)...

The running order of tracks 13-18 and 20-22 are identical to the Collectors Edition, Vol. 2 compilation, which suggests that was probably one of the sources used for the release.

Sound quality isn't bad - and I've heard worse on some reissues of the Rimrock material.

Still I think this one is best avoided.

For detailed information on the songs/sessions check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book. For page references, see the Original Release entries.

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