Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 Feb 1972 - Steve Sparkman. Harlan, Kentucky.

04 Feb 1906 - Art Wooten. Born 'Arthur James Wooten' in Alleghany, North Carolina.

11 Feb 1960 - Junior Blankenship. Born at the old Grundy Hospital, Grundy, Va.

25 Feb 1927 - Ralph Stanley. Born 'Ralph Edmund Stanley' in Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, McClure, Virginia.

29 Feb 1932 - Jim Williams. Born 'James Lee Williams' in Wythe County, Virginia.


In Memoriam:

05 Feb 1980 - Chubby Anthony. Gainesville, Alachua, Florida.

08 Feb 2003 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland.

08 Feb 1987 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Fentress, Tennessee.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com

Spotlight on:-

Radio Series Vol. One
(Wango CD-109)


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The Stanley Brothers - I'm Dying A Sinner's Death / My Sinful Past // A Few More Years / Kneel At The Cross

(King KEP-480) c1961


EP Front Sleeve

This was the second 7" EP to be taken from the Stanley's Old Time Camp Meeting album. Curiously, the labels bear the title "Songs Of Sin"!

The cover for this EP is from the same photo as that used on the cover for the Sing The Songs They Like Best LP.

I'm Dying A Sinner's Death is credited to on the labels to Roy Acuff, but according to Gary Reid's book was written by Jack Anglin & subsequently bought by Roy Acuff. It had been recorded by Acuff in 1948[1] and Pappy 'Gube' Beaver in 1947.[2] There is also a 1944 Radio Transcription disc version by Charlie Monroe with Lester Flatt (& his future wife Gladys on vocals).[3]

All four tracks can now be found on The King Years 1961-1965 4xCD box set.

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 122-125 and 154-155.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
My Sinful Past
02:19
08 Feb 1961
Old Time Camp Meeting

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Vcl - Fid Bt Vcl - Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
Chick Stripling
 
 
A-2
Kneel At The Cross
02:19
08 Feb 1961
Old Time Camp Meeting

Charles Moody
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Vcl - Fid Bt Vcl - Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
Chick Stripling
 
 
B-1
I'm Dying A Sinner's Death
02:44
07 Feb 1961
Old Time Camp Meeting

Jim Anglin
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bt Vcl - Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
Chick Stripling
 
 
B-2
A Few More Years
02:56
08 Feb 1961
Old Time Camp Meeting

Horatius Bonar
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bt Vcl - Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
Chick Stripling
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two

[1] https://www.discogs.com/Roy-Acuff-And-His-Smoky-Mountain-Boys-A-Sinners-Death-The-Midnight-Train/release/6937132
[2] https://www.discogs.com/Pappy-Gube-Beaver-Im-Dying-A-Sinners-Death-The-Straight-And-Narrow-Way/release/9351730
[3] eg: https://youtu.be/O7oRX6dne-o

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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Vintage Years 1954 - 1956
(Collectors Classics CC-16)


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