(Mad Bag MB-288/289) 1977
This is a various artists 2xLP set, with both albums being housed in a single non-gatefold jacket. It was released by the New York based Mad-Bag Productions label who seem to have specialised in budget releases. The material all seems to be from mid-60s recordings made by Alex Campbell & Ola Belle Read including their own band The New River Boys & Dobro player Deacon Brumfield. The Stanley Brothers tracks are taken from the Bluegrass Gospel Favorites album which was released after Carter's death, and the Don Reno & Benny Martin cuts are similarly from their 'Bluegrass Gospel Favorites' (Cabin Creek 204) 1967.
I'm not sure how the two tracks from Jack Cooke's 45 I've Always Been A Rambler / Virginia Mountain Banjo (Gambler 1641) link with Alex Campbell, but presumably they do...
The material on the album has been "Electronically altered to simulate stereo", but it remains the only reissue to feature Virginia Mountain Banjo. (Both tracks are however on youtube).
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| A-1 |
Don Reno & Benny Martin |
Keep On The Sunny Side |
01:25 |
19 Apr 1965 |
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| A.P. Carter |
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| A-2 |
Deacon Brumfield |
I'll Be All Smiles Tonight |
02:46 |
196? |
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| T.B. Ransom |
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| A-3 |
The New River Boys |
Travel On |
02:50 |
196? |
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| L.C. Presley |
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| A-4 |
Deacon Brumfield |
Kentucky |
02:15 |
196? |
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| Karl Davis |
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| A-5 |
The New River Boys |
Steel Guitar Rag |
02:55 |
196? |
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| Leon McAuliffe |
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| A-6 |
Deacon Brumfield |
Dobro Chimes |
02:02 |
196? |
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| ?? |
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| B-1 |
Stanley Brothers |
Dust On The Bible |
01:13 |
05 Jun 1965 |
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| J. Bailes / W. Bailes |
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| B-2 |
Jack Cooke |
Virginia Mountain Banjo |
02:06 |
Oct 1963 |
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| Bobby Diamond |
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| B-3 |
The New River Boys |
Oloha |
02:28 |
196? |
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| ?? |
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| B-4 |
The New River Boys |
The Grey Eagle Hornpipe |
01:40 |
196? |
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| P.D. |
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| B-5 |
Stanley Brothers |
In The Sweet Bye & Bye |
01:25 |
05 Jun 1965 |
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| Sanford Fillmore Bennett / Jospeh P. Webster |
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| B-6 |
The New River Boys |
Steel Guitar Chimes |
01:58 |
196? |
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| P.D. |
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| B-7 |
Stanley Brothers |
Where The Soul Never Dies |
01:01 |
05 Jun 1965 |
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| William M. Golden |
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| B-8 |
Jack Cooke |
I've Always Been A Rambler |
02:22 |
Oct 1963 |
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| G.B. Grayson |
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| C-1 |
The New River Boys |
Bringin' In The Georgia Mail |
02:05 |
196? |
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| Fred Rose |
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| C-2 |
Stanley Brothers |
Lonesome Valley |
01:10 |
05 Jun 1965 |
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| P.D. ? |
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| C-3 |
The New River Boys |
Roll On Buddy, Roll On |
01:53 |
196? |
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| P.D. |
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| C-4 |
Alex Campbell |
Handsome Molly |
02:36 |
196? |
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| P.D. |
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| C-5 |
The New River Boys |
John Henry |
01:19 |
196? |
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| P.D. |
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| C-6 |
The New River Boys |
Little Darlin' |
02:41 |
196? |
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| ?? |
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| C-7 |
The New River Boys |
Georgia Steel Guitar |
02:33 |
196? |
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| ?? |
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| D-1 |
The New River Boys |
Cumberland Gap |
01:08 |
196? |
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| P.D. |
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| D-2 |
The New River Boys |
Sourwood Mountain |
01:12 |
196? |
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| P.D. |
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| D-3 |
Don Reno & Benny Martin |
I'll Fly Away |
02:10 |
19 Apr 1965 |
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| Albert E. Brumley |
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| D-4 |
Stanley Brothers |
Lord, I'm Coming Home |
01:27 |
05 Jun 1965 |
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| William J. Fitzpatrick |
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| D-5 |
Don Reno & Benny Martin |
Swing Low Sweet Chariot |
01:35 |
19 Apr 1965 |
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| P.D. |
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| D-6 |
Deacon Brumfield |
Wildwood Flower |
02:17 |
196? |
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| A.P. Carter |
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| D-7 |
Don Reno & Benny Martin |
The Old Rugged Cross |
01:12 |
19 Apr 1965 |
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| George Bennard |
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| D-8 |
The New River Boys |
Me & My Fiddle |
01:55 |
196? |
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| T. Hill / L. Fike |
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| D-9 |
The New River Boys |
New River Train |
01:30 |
196? |
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| P.D. |
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