(Stanley Tone RSR 1154) 1980
This Gospel album was recorded at Lowell Varney's Riverside Recording Studios in Crum, Va on the 27th Feb 1980. Sadly, it hasn't been issued on CD...
Wreck On The Highway (aka I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray) was written by Dorsey Dixon in 1937 after a serious road accident in Rockingham, Nc.[1] I had thought that The Stanley Brothers had recorded it, but apparently not... The Louvin Brothers, Roy Acuff, Carl Story, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper did though.
Snow Covered Mound, Go Down Moses and Tarry With Me Oh My Saviour are performed a cappella, with the latter track 'lined' by Ralph. Snow Covered Mound had previously been recorded by Ralph, with fiddle/bass accompaniment and at a much faster tempo on his King Over The Sunset Hill LP.
Tarry With Me Oh My Saviour has a lovely rich vocal blend, including David and Chester Marshall of The Marshall Family. It sounds archaic.
Guide Me Through Great Jehova is also interesting as it's set to the melody/chord structure of Man Of Constant Sorrow (or is it the other way 'round?).
A version of Harbor Of Love, the old Carter Stanley chestnut, closes the album.
Originally issued on Ralph's "Stanley Tone" label, the album was later reissued in a new cover by Rebel (Rebel REB 1613) 1984.
NB: (*) vocal on the a cappella Tarry With Me Oh My Saviour.
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A-1 |
Wreck On The Highway |
02:41 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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Rev. Dorsey Murdoch Dixon Jr. |
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Tn Vcl - Bjo | Ld Vcl - Gtr | Fid | Ld Gtr | Bs | Hr | ||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
Chester 'Pop' Marshall |
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A-2 |
Troublesome Water |
03:09 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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J.B. Karnes / Ernest Rippetoe |
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Ld Vcl - Bjo | Hrmy Vcl - Gtr | Fid | Ld Gtr | Bs | |||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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A-3 |
God Who Never Fails |
01:57 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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David Marshall |
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Tn Vcl - Bjo | Ld Vcl - Gtr | Fid | Ld Gtr | Bs | Hr | ||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
Chester 'Pop' Marshall |
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A-4 |
On Heaven's Bright Shore |
03:24 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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Roscoe Reed |
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Ld Vcl | Hrmny Vcl - Gtr | Hrmny Vcl - Ld Gtr | Hrmny Vcl - Bs | ||||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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A-5 |
Dip Your Fingers In Some Water |
02:07 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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Tn Vcl - Bjo | Ld Vcl - Gtr | Fid | Ld Gtr | Bs | |||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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A-6 |
Snow Covered Mound |
03:20 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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A.L. Walker |
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Tn Vcl | Ld Vcl | Gtr | Bt Vcl | Bs Vcl | |||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
Chester 'Pop' Marshall |
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B-1 |
Keys To The Kingdom |
01:48 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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Tn Vcl - Bjo | Ld Vcl - Gtr | Fid | Ld Gtr | Bs | |||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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B-2 |
Will They Miss Me |
03:23 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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Tn Vcl - Bjo | Ld Vcl - Gtr | Fid | Ld Gtr | Bs | |||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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B-3 |
Go Down Moses |
01:36 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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P.D. |
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Ld Vcl | Bt Vcl | Gtr | Tn Vcl | ||||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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B-4 |
Guide Me Through Great Jehova |
03:07 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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Ld Vcl - Bjo | Gtr | Fid | Ld Gtr | Bs | |||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
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B-5 |
Tarry With Me Oh My Saviour |
05:38 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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P.D. arr R. Stanley |
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Ld Vcl | Hrmny Vcl | Hrmny Vcl | Hrmny Vcl | Hrmny Vcl | Hrmny Vcl | ||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
David Marshall |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
Chester 'Pop' Marshall |
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B-6 |
Harbor Of Love |
05:38 |
27 Feb 1980 |
Snow Covered Mound |
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C. Stanley |
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Tn Vcl - Bjo | Ld Vcl - Gtr | Fid | Hrmny Vcl - Ld Gtr | Hrmny Vcl - Bs | Hrmny Vcl | ||||||||||||||||
Ralph Stanley |
Charlie Sizemore |
Curly Ray Cline |
Junior Blankenship |
Jack Cooke |
Chester 'Pop' Marshall |
NB: Liner notes don't specify instruments/vocal parts for individual tracks, so the above breakdown may not be correct.