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

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(Copper Creek CCSS-V3N1)


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Curly Ray Cline - ...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

(Melody MLP-17) 1969


...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle (First Pressing)

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Curly Ray's first solo album, was recorded 15th Feb 1969 and released initally on William M. Jones' 'Melody' label.

As Ralph recalls in his book, he underwrote the first pressing as Curly was extremely reluctant to take the risk.[1]

Unlike most of the later albums, this is a pretty much a pure fiddle album. The exception being Kentucky Fox Race which mixes in a recording of Cury's foxhounds with the band. Not entirely successful, but an interesting experiment nonetheless. Ralph later recalled, how whilst on a fox hunt "Curly Ray stopped to catch his breath and rest up a while and then pulled on my arm. 'Lord won't you listen to that music?'. 'Well", I said, "I don't hear nothing but them dogs a-barking. But it was music to his ears".[2]

The album was issued on the Melody label in two covers - red and green, with the green version being more common. I think that the red cover was the first pressing, as it looks like a printing mistake was made with the size of the front cover photo which wasn't cropped properly. i.e. the left/right hand sides are printed as photo-'screen' rather than the background red ink, suggesting perhaps that a different photo (or different aspect ratio) was originally intended. This was corrected for the green cover, which the photo cropped correctly. My red cover copy is also stamped "JUL 31 1969" on the rear cover & paper inner record-jacket. The front cover also has the 'Pine Tree' with background mountains clouds in white, whilst the green cover just has the 'Pine Tree' in black.

The green label cover layout was retained when the album was later reissued by William M. Jones' on his Pine Tree imprint (Pine Tree PTSLP 553) c1979. This version has the 'Pine Tree' logo/text added to the bottom right hand corner of the front cover, and is re-mastered with different dead-wax markings to the Melody version(s).

A couple of years later, the album was reissued again in a yellow cover (Old Homestead OHS 90142) 1981. The master here too is re-cut.

Sound wise: My Melody label copy (Green sleeve) has some nasty looking warp marks and dimples on the vinyl, but they don't significantly affect play.

  • Curly Ray Cline: fiddle, vocals
  • Melvin Goins: bass
  • Larry Sparks: guitar
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Kentucky Fox Race
02:20
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Curly Ray Cline (?)
  Fid Bjo Gtr Recitation / Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
A-2
Black Mountain Blues
01:23
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Leslie Keith
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
A-3
Mocking Bird
01:48
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
A-4
Cripple Creek
02:06
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
A-5
Golden Slippers
02:08
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

James A. Bland
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
A-6
Sweet By And Bye
02:57
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Samuel Fillmore Bennet / Joseph P. Webster
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
B-1
Curly Ray
02:07
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Curly Ray Cline
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
B-2
Sourwood Mountain
02:11
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
B-3
Wednesday Night Waltz
03:02
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
B-4
Orange Blossom Special
02:11
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Ervin T. Rouse
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
B-5
Red Dog
02:06
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Curly Ray Cline
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
B-6
What A Friend
02:44
15 Feb 1969
...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle

Joseph Scriven
  Fid Bjo Gtr Bs      
  Curly Ray Cline
Ralph Stanley
Larry Sparks
Melvin Goins
 
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Red Cover Red Cover Side One Red Cover Side Two
Green Cover Rear Green Cover Green Cover Side One Green Cover Side Two
Pine Tree Records Cover Rear Pine Tree Records Cover Pine Tree Records Side One Pine Tree Records Side Two
Old Homestead Records Cover Rear Old Homestead Records Cover Old Homestead Records Side One Old Homestead Records Side Two

[1] Ralph Stanley / Eddie Dean's book "Man Of Constant Sorrow" (p. 345-346)
[2] Ralph Stanley / Eddie Dean's book "Man Of Constant Sorrow" (p. 339)

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