Ralph Stanley - Classic Mountain Music:
Ralph Stanley With Roy Lee Centers, Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley
(Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD-649) 1996
Average Album Rating: 4.5
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The material on this and the Classic Gospel CD, had been released as a 2xCD set Classic Stanley. See that entry for further details.
The live material is drawn from recordings made at:
- Gettysburg, PA - 1970
- Carlton Haney's Labor Day Weekend festival at Camp Springs, Reidsville, NC - September 1971
- Unknown 'Festival Season' - 1971
- McClure, VA - May 1972
- Luray, VA - 5th May 1973
- McClure, VA - 25th May 1975
- Berryville, VA - 2nd July 1976
The version of Blue Yodel #3 is from a studio rehearsal in February 1971 which doesn't feature Ralph, but does have Roy Lee Centers on banjo.
Presumably the modus operandi for releasing the Gospel and secular material seperately was to cater for those who prefer one or the other, like that adopted for the Saturday Evening / Sunday Morning release.
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Title: |
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| CD: |
(42:41) |
| 1 |
Introduction by Bill Vernon |
| July 2, 1976 Berryville VA |
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| 2 |
Pig In A Pen |
| P.D. or Arthur Smith? |
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| Sept. 1971, Reidsville, North Carolina: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin |
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| 3 |
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine |
| C. Stanley |
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| Sept. 1971, Reidsville, North Carolina: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin |
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| 4 |
Black Mountain Rag |
| Arr. Bucke |
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| Sept. 1971, Reidsville, North Carolina: Keith Whitley - guitar; Ralph Stanley - banjo; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin |
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| 5 |
Little Glass Of Wine |
| C. Stanley |
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| McClure, VA May 1972, Reidsville, North Carolina: Leslie Keith - introduction, fiddle; Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin, tenor vocal |
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| 6 |
Clinch Mountain Backstep |
| Ruby Rakes |
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| Festival Season 1971: Keith Whitley - lead guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin; Roy Lee Centers - guitar |
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| 7 |
Blue Yodel #3 |
| Jimmy Rodgers |
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| Studio Recording 29 June 1971: Keith Whitley - guitar; Roy Lee Centers - banjo; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin, lead vocal |
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| 8 |
I Think I'll Just Go Away |
| C. Stanley |
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| 2 July 1976, Berryville VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Renfro Profitt - lead guitar |
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| 9 |
Stone Walls And Steel Bars |
| Ray Pennington / Roy E. Marcum |
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| 2 July, Berryville VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Renfro Profitt - lead guitar |
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| 10 |
The Kitten And The Cat |
| C. Stanley / R. Stanley |
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| 1970 Gettysburg PA: Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Lee - guitar?? |
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| 11 |
Love Me Darling, Just Tonight |
| M.H. 'Red' Malone / Ruby Rakes |
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| 1970 Gettysburg PA: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ron Thomason - mandolin |
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| 12 |
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms |
| T. LaRue |
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| Festival Season 1971: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Keith Whitley - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin, tenor vocal |
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| 13 |
Let's Go To The Fair |
| R. Stanley |
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| Festival Season 1971: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Keith Whitley - guitar; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Skaggs - mandolin |
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| 14 |
Ricky's Record Commercial |
| Festival Season 1971: Dialog with Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Roy Lee Centers and Keith Whitley |
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| 15 |
Pretty Little Indian |
| R. Stanley |
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| 1970 Gettysburg, PA: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ron Thomason - mandolin |
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| 16 |
Little Maggie / Pretty Polly |
| P.D. |
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| 2 July 1976, Berryville VA: Keith Whitley - guitar; Ralph Stanley - banjo, lead vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Renfro Profitt - guitar |
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| 17 |
Why Me Ralph? |
| Keith Whitley |
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| 2 July 1976, Berryville VA: Keith Whitley - guitar, tenor vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle, lead vocal; Jack Cooke - bass, baritone vocal; Renfro Profitt - lead guitar, vocal at end |
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| 18 |
Katy Daley |
| Eamon O'Shea arr Paul Mullins |
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| 5 May 1973, Luray Virginia: Roy Lee Centers - guitar, lead vocal; Ralph Stanley - banjo, tenor vocal; Curly Ray Cline - fiddle; Jack Cooke - bass; Ricky Lee - guitar |
