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.


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The Stanley Brothers - Mountain Music Sound Of The Stanley Brothers

(Starday SLP-201) Dec 1962


Mountain Music Sound Of The Stanley Brothers

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This was a real hodge-podge of an album, gathering together six recordings that Starday had released on singles, and filling the remainder of the album with tracks by other artists, but with cover artwork that indicated it was a Stanley Brothers album...

Of the Stanley Brothers tracks, Rank Stranger had previously appeared on the Sacred Songs From The Hills LP and (Starday 506) single; Little Maggie and God Gave You To Me had been released on a single (Starday 522) Oct 1960; If I Lose and Don't Go Out Tonight had been released on a single (Starday 546) Apr 1961; and Come All Ye Tenderhearted had been released on a single with Choo Choo Comin' (Starday 587) Apr 1962.

Come All Ye Tenderhearted wasn't even intended for release.... and is pretty dire. The band had cut it after the sessions for In Person, when visiting WCKY DJ Wayne Raney.

In the 'Masters Of The Five-String Banjo' book Ralph said:- "I recorded one album with a flathead banjo. There's a difference in tone. The archtop has a more brighter, crisp, sharper sound than a flathead. I prefer the archtop, myself." Asked what album featured the flathead, he replied:- "It was a Stanley Brothers record for Starday. It had 'Little Maggie' on it."

The cover looks like it was taken at the same May 1962 photo session as that used for the Good Old Camp Meeting Songs and Jacob's Vision albums.

Nowadays The Stanley material is probably best found on The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961 4xCD box set, which also includes an unreleased lacklustre version of Rank Stranger from Wayne Raney's 11 Jul 1960 session. The accompanying booklet (at least the long-box version) includes a photo from the same session, with Carter goofing - sticking his tongue at the photographer!

 

For detailed information on these songs / sessions, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 108-110 115-116, 149 and 150.

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
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
 
 
A-2
Come All Ye Tenderhearted
03:22
11 Jul 1960
Starday 587

P.D.
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl (c) Bs Vcl - Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr      
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
George Shuffler
Curley Lambert
 
 
 
A-3
Vern & Ray - Bluegrass Style
 
 
 

 
A-4
Hylo Brown - Handsome Molly
 
 
 

P.D.
A-5
God Gave You To Me
02:06
?? May 1960
Starday 522

R. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Audie Webster
Curley Lambert
 
 
A-6
Country Gentlemen - Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
 
 
 

 
A-7
Red Allen - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
 
 
 

 
B-1
Rank Stranger
03:09
?? May 1960
Starday 506

Albert E. Brumley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Bt Vcl - Mnd Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Curley Lambert
Audie Webster
Ralph Mayo
 
 
B-2
Red Allen - Mountain Strings
 
 
 

 
B-3
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers - Little Glass Of Wine
 
 
 

 
B-4
If I Lose
02:10
?? May 1960
Starday 546

R. Stanley
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Bt Vcl - Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Audie Webster
Curley Lambert
 
 
B-5
Red Allen - Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
 
 
 

 
B-6
Ronnie Stoneman - Lonesome Banjo
 
 
 

 
B-7
Don't Go Out Tonight
02:32
?? May 1960
Starday 546

G.B. Grayson
  Ld Vcl - Gtr Tn Vcl - Bjo Fid Bs Ld Gtr    
  Carter Stanley
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Mayo
Audie Webster
Curley Lambert
 
 
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side 1 Side 2 Carter goofing at the photo session

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