Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-58 & 1959 (2-CD)
- catalog number: BCD15681
- weight in Kg 0.21
Stanley Brothers: & Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-58 & 1959 (2-CD)
Carter and Ralph Stanley were Bill Monroe's first rivals in the 1940s. By the 1950s, their version of bluegrass was honed to razor-sharp perfection, and their 46 recordings for the Mercury label are among the high watermarks of classic bluegrass (even Ralph Stanley considers them their best work). Working with a variety of fine supporting players, among them fiddler Art Stamper and mandolinist Bill Napier, the Stanley Brothers vocal artistry (as well as Ralph's hard-hitting banjo picking) never sounded better. This collection of the complete Stanley Mercury recordings offers a previously unissued gem, A Lonesome Night, as well as others (among them Close By) previously available only on Japanese reissues of the 1970s. Gary Reid's authoritative notes frame the picture painted by the music, and two 1959 recordings for the Blue Ridge label round off a remarkable set.
Article properties: Stanley Brothers: & Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-58 & 1959 (2-CD)
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Interpret: Stanley Brothers
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Album titlle: & Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-58 & 1959 (2-CD)
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Genre Country
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Label Bear Family Records
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Artikelart CD
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EAN: 4000127156815
- weight in Kg 0.21
| Stanley Brothers - & Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-58 & 1959 (2-CD) CD 1 | ||||
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| 01 | (Say) Won't You Be Mine | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 02 | This Weary Heart You Stole Away | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 03 | I'm Lonesome Without You | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 04 | Our Last Goodbye (take 4) | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 05 | Poison Lies | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 06 | Dickson County Breakdown (instr.) | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 07 | I Long To See The Old Folks | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 08 | A Voice From On High | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 09 | Memories Of Mother | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 10 | Could You Love Me (One More Time) | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 11 | Nobody's Love Is Like Mine | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 12 | I Just Got Wise | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 13 | Blue Moon Of Kentucky | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 14 | Close By | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 15 | Calling From Heaven | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 16 | Harbor Love | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 17 | Hard Times (instr.) | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 18 | Baby Girl | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 19 | Say You'll Take Me Back | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 20 | I Worship You | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 21 | You're Still On My Mind | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 22 | I Hear My Savior Calling | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 23 | Just A Little Talk With Jesus | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 24 | So Blue | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 25 | Our Last Goodbye | Stanley Brothers | ||
| Stanley Brothers - & Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-58 & 1959 (2-CD) CD 2 | ||||
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| 01 | You'd Better Get Right | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 02 | Tragic Love | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 03 | Lonesome And Blue | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 04 | Orange Blossom Special | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 05 | Clinch Mountain Blues (instr.) | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 06 | Big Tilda (instr.) | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 07 | Will He Wait A Little Longer | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 08 | Angel Band | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 09 | The Cry From The Cross | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 10 | Who Will Call You Sweetheart | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 11 | I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 12 | Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 13 | A Lonesome Night | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 14 | The Flood | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 15 | Fling Ding (instr.) | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 16 | I'll Never Grow Tired Of You | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 17 | Loving You Too Well | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 18 | Daybreak In Dixie (instr.) | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 19 | If That's The Way You Feel | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 20 | A Life Of Sorrow | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 21 | I'd Rather Be Forgotton | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 22 | No School Bus In Heaven | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 23 | Meet Me Tonight | Stanley Brothers | ||
| 24 | Nobody's Business | Stanley Brothers | ||
Stanley Brothers
The Stanley Brothers are among the least likely candidates to try to rock. If Carter and Ralph Stanley appear here, can Pavarotti be far behind? The back story to this track is not clear. It's likely the recording took place sometime between the spring and summer of 1960, when this song by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters began a run on the 'Billboard Best Seller'list that lasted for half a year. The song was hugely popular. It likely would have been known to the Stanley Brothers without any help from King label boss Syd Nathan.
Nathan might have helped since he was fond of sharing copyrights between his artists, moving hits across genre lines. Hank Ballard and the Midnighters were King artists as were the Stanley Brothers and so it could have come to pass that the Stanleys took a shot at this, perhaps as a joke at the tail end of their session. It's hard to rule it out. We do know that the undubbed master of this song features Carter and Ralph Stanley singing with banjo, bass and acoustic guitar. The timing is ragged and it sounds quite demo-ish. The released version, which we have chosen here, features the addition of echoey finger snaps that provide a more commercial product and nudge the performance more decidedly in the direction of rock 'n' roll.
We don't know whose fingers were doing the snapping (one story on the web has James Brown doing it. It might just as easily have been Carter or Ralph, themselves). In any case, this track goes to show that even a 'pure' bluegrass act can be edged in the direction of rock 'n' roll. The distance is often shorter than you think.
Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-58 & 1959 (2-CD)
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