Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

01 Apr 1939 - Cullen Galyean. Born Willie Cullen Galyean in Surry County, NC.

05 Apr 1930 - Bill Lowe. Born 'William Harold Lowe' Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia.

11 Apr 1925 - George Shuffler. Born 'George Saunders Shuffler' in Burke, North Carolina.


In Memoriam:

07 Apr 2014 - George Shuffler. Valdese, Burke, North Carolina.

10 Apr 2018 - Ernie Thacker. Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky.


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

Ralph II ralph2.com


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Clinch Mountain Echo

The Stanley Brothers - Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / The White Dove //
The Fields Have Turned Brown / The Old Home

(Columbia Hall Of Fame B-2833) 1958


Front Cover

This picture sleeve 7" EP is a reissue of the Stanley's The White Dove / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet (Columbia 20577) and The Old Home / The Fields Have Turned Brown (Columbia 20667) singles from 1949/50.

All four cuts can be found on The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers CD.

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 23-28 and 36-37.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
02:48
01 Mar 1949
Columbia 20577

M.E. Baumgardner
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Robert 'Bobby' Sumner
James 'Jay' hughes
   
A-2
The White Dove
03:12
01 Mar 1949
Columbia 20577

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Robert 'Bobby' Sumner
James 'Jay' hughes
   
B-1
The Fields Have Turned Brown
02:30
20 Nov 1949
Columbia 20667

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Hi Bt Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
B-2
The Old Home
02:17
20 Nov 1949
Columbia 20667

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Bjo Tn Vcl - Mnd Fid Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Lambert
Les Woodie
Ernest 'Ernie' Newton
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover With Original Polythene jacket Side One Side Two

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

Ralph II ralph2.com

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(Rebel REB-CD-1775)


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