Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 May 1922 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Born 'Harold Oplis Stanley' in Fentress, Tennessee.

18 May 1938 - Henry Dockery. Walnut Marsh, North Carolina.

28 May 1956 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. Born 'Ralph Dewayne Smith' in Elliott County, Kentucky.


In Memoriam:

02 May 1974 - Roy Lee Centers. Breathitt County, Kentucky.

03 May 2000 - Bill Napier. Johnson City, Tennessee.

09 May 1989 - Keith Whitley. Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

23 May 2022 - James Price. Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia.


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 - 16 Greatest Hits

(Gusto SD-3003) 1978


16 Greatest Hits

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I don't have a copy of this compilation, the first of many re-packages on the Gusto label. From on-line listings, it looks like the first version of How Mountain Girls Can Love and Train 45 have been used, but I could be wrong.

The album has been reissued on CD (Hollywood HCD-133) 1987 and (Gusto/King KG 2001-2) 2004. The 2004 reissue substitutes I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow with Don't Cheat In Our Hometown.

Nowadays probably the best way to get all the King / Starday material, is on the two 4xCD set's The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961 and The King Years, 1961-1965.

 

For a detailed breakdown and background to these sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 91, 100-105, 108-114, 128-129, 139, 142-144, 149-150, 158, 165-172, and 201-203.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
How Mountain Girls Can Love
02:08
30 Sep 1958
Stanley Bros. & The Clinch Mtn Boys

Ruby Rakes
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bt Vcl - Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Al Elliot
 
 
A-2
I Don't Want Your Rambling Letters
02:29
28 Jan 1963
Folk Concert

Nathaniel Nathan / Ray Starr / Gene C. Redd
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Vernon Derrick
Curley Lambert
 
 
A-3
Train 45
02:43
13 Aug 1963
America's Finest 5-String Banjo Hootenanny

G.B. Grayson
  Gtr Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Henry Dockery
George Shuffler
 
 
A-4
There Is A Trap
03:06
20 Jul 1961
King 5557

Bill J. Lindsey
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs Ld Gtr  
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Chubby Anthony
Al Elliot
George Shuffler
George Shuffler
 
A-5
Mountain Dew
02:44
14 Sep 1959
King 5347

Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Scotty Wiseman
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl Bt Vcl - Bs Bs Vcl - Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
A-6
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
02:39
15 Sep 1959
King 5269

R.D. Burnett
  Ld Vcl (v) & Tn (c) - Gtr Ld Vcl (c) - Bjo Bs Vcl - Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
A-7
Little Birdie
01:59
29 Jan 1963
Folk Concert

P.D.
  Gtr Ld Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Vernon Derrick
 
 
A-8
How Far To Little Rock
02:40
15 Sep 1959
King 5306

Ruby Rakes
  Vcl - Gtr Vcl - Bjo Bs Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
B-1
Love Me, Darling, Just Tonight
02:15
30 Sep 1958
King 5165

M.H. 'Red' Malone / Ruby Rakes
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Bill Napier
Al Elliot
 
 
B-2
Sunny Side Of The Mountain
02:31
14 Sep 1959
King 5291

Harry C. McAuliffe / Bobby Gregory
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
B-3
Shout Little Lulie
01:51
13 Aug 1963
America's Finest 5-String Banjo Hootenanny

P.D.
  Gtr Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Henry Dockery
George Shuffler
 
 
B-4
Stone Walls And Steel Bars
02:07
14 Aug 1963
King 5809

Ray Pennington / Roy E. Marcum
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bt Vcl - Fid Bs Bs Vcl - Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Henry Dockery
George Shuffler
 
 
B-5
Little Maggie
02:47
?? May 1960
Starday 522

P.D.
  Gtr Ld Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Audie Webster
Curley Lambert
 
 
B-6
Old Love Letters
02:36
11 Jul 1960
King 5415

Johnny Bond
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Vernon Derrick
George Shuffler
Curley Lambert
 
 
B-7
Next Sunday, Darling, Is My Birthday
02:12
14 Sep 1959
King 5355

Syd Nathan / Arthur Q. Smith
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bs Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Bill Napier
 
 
 
B-8
Hills Of Roane County
04:35
28 Jan 1963
Folk Concert

Willis Maberry
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Mnd Bs    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Curley Lambert
Vernon Derrick
 
 
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Ralph II ralph2.com

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