(No Label No #) c199?
According to Gary B. Reid this show was never commercially released, but as it is listed on Hank The Smoker's website and MP3 copies have circulated on the internet, so I think it's still worth mentioning here.
The 320k MP3's I have, indicate that it was a 2xCD set, although Rovin' Gambler and Carter's introduction of the instruments is missing. Both are however on Sugarmegs[1] at a poorer quality / lower bit-rate, but the accompaying text file indicates that Hard Times should also be present... (Anyone who has a complete 320k copy - please get in touch!)
Interestingly, Carter's introduction of the instruments includes references to Ralph's "Flathead" Gibson... According to Gary B. Reid's book The Music Of The Stanley Brothers (p.134) Ralph acquired his famed Gibson Granada "Archtop" shortly afterwards when they played in Sacramento.
On my MP3's the quality is fairly decent, definitely listenable, but not quite as good as the 'Stanley Series'. The show sounds more like a college or auditorium, judging by the song intro's and polite but enthusastic applause.
Also, I think some of the songs may be more or less unique to this recording. eg. I don't think Fast Express, Mastertone March or Dear Old Dixie have appeared on any of the other live recordings; and I certainly haven't heard Vernon Derrick's impersonations of Elvis etc! No More The Moon Shines On Lorena is also pretty rare, although it was performed at least once in Jan. 1965 at the University of Chicago's Folk Festival.[2]
This recording is said to date from 21st Sept 1962, following on from the Stanley's long running engagement at the Ash Grove in Hollywood (see Stanley Series Vol. 2 No. 4 and Vol. 3 No. 2). Again Gary B. Reid has confirmed that it was part of a three-week tour of the West Coast, and that although advertised as at the Little Theatre in Berkeley, at least two people who attended recall the location as Garfield Junior High School.[3]
Track: |
Title: |
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CD One: |
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1 |
Watermelon On The Vine |
P.D. |
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2 |
I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome |
Lesley Riddle |
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3 |
Cumberland Gap |
P.D. |
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4 |
Let Me Love You One More Time |
R. Stanley |
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5 |
Old Love Letters |
Johnny Bond |
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6 |
Fast Express |
Alton Delmore |
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7 |
Orange Blossom Special |
Ervin T. Rouse |
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8 |
Rovin' Gambler |
P.D. |
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9 |
Carter Introduces the Instruments |
N/A |
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10 |
Daybreak In Dixie |
Bill Napier |
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11 |
The Wreck Of The Old '97 |
?? |
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12 |
Six Month's Ain't Long |
Dick Burnett / Leonard Rutherford ? |
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13 |
Nine Pound Hammer |
P.D. |
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14 |
Rank Stranger |
Albert E. Brumley |
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15 |
Cripple Creek (Theme) |
P.D. |
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CD Two: |
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1 |
Salty Dog Blues |
Wiley Morris / Zeke Morris |
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2 |
Hills Of Roane County |
Willis Maberry |
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3 |
Big Tilda |
R. Stanley |
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4 |
No More The Moon Shines On Lorena |
A.P. Carter |
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5 |
White Dove |
C. Stanley |
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6 |
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet |
Marvin E. Baumgardner |
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7 |
Mountain Dew |
Bascom Lamar Lunsford / Scotty Wiseman |
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8 |
Vernon Derrick doing impersonations |
N/A |
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9 |
Little Maggie |
P.D. |
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10 |
True Life Blues |
Pete Pyle |
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11 |
Back Up And Push |
P.D. |
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12 |
Little Glass Of Wine |
C. Stanley |
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13 |
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
R.D. Burnett |
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14 |
Mother's Not Dead |
Maynard Spencer / Lance Spencer |
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15 |
Old Daniel Prayed |
G.T. Speer |
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16 |
Mastertone March |
Ruby Rakes |
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17 |
Dear Old Dixie |
George Thomas Stoddard |
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18 |
Maple On The Hill |
Gussie L. Davis |
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19 |
Cripple Creek (Theme) |
P.D. |
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20 |
Lonesome Road Blues |
P.D. |
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21 |
This Wicked Path Of Sin |
Bill Monroe |