The Stanley Brothers - 20 Bluegrass Originals
(Gusto GD-5026) 1978
Average Album Rating: 3.33
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As Gusto 'best-of' compilations go this is perhaps one of the best, certainly one of the longest!.
It might be my hearing, but the drums on Five String Drag sound a bit louder than they do on The King Years, 1961-1965. Also, the fade at the end of Stone Walls And Steel Bars is slightly longer than normal...
The album has been reissued on CD (Deluxe DCD-7907) 1987.
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 86-88, 91-93, 100-105, 108-114, 116-118, 129-130, 137, 139-140, 142-144, 149-151, 159-160, 165-168, 171-173, 201 and 203-204.
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Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
Guitar: |
Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Mandolin: |
Bass: |
Lead Guitar: |
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| A-1 |
Love Me, Darling, Just Tonight |
02:15 |
30 Sep 1958 |
King 5165 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliot |
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| M.H. 'Red' Malone / Ruby Rakes |
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| A-2 |
Little Maggie |
02:47 |
?? May 1960 |
Starday 522 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Audie Webster |
Curley Lambert |
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| P.D. |
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| A-3 |
Holiday Pickin' |
02:12 |
Starday 413 | Starday 413 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Joe Meadows |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliot |
Gene Meadows |
| R. Stanley |
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| A-4 |
Tragic Romance |
03:01 |
14 Sep 1959 |
Sings Everybody's Country Favorites | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
George Shuffler |
Bill Napier |
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| Wiley Morris / Zeke Morris |
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| A-5 |
Five String Drag |
01:52 |
17 Sep 1963 |
America's Finest Five-String Banjo Hootenanny | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
George Shuffler |
George Shuffler |
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| R. Stanley / George Shuffler |
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| A-6 |
Old Love Letters |
02:36 |
11 Jul 1960 |
King 5415 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
George Shuffler |
Curley Lambert |
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| Johnny Bond |
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| A-7 |
Don't Go Out Tonight |
02:32 |
?? May 1960 |
Starday 546 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Audie Webster |
Curley Lambert |
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| G.B. Grayson |
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| A-8 |
Midnight Ramble |
02:06 |
01 Oct 1958 |
King 5165 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliot |
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| Ruby Rakes |
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| A-9 |
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
02:39 |
15 Sep 1959 |
King 5269 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
George Shuffler |
Bill Napier |
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| R.D. Burnett |
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| A-10 |
It's Raining Here This Morning |
02:26 |
14 Sep 1959 |
Sings Everybody's Country Favorites | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
George Shuffler |
Bill Napier |
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| Grandpa Jones |
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| B-1 |
Stone Walls And Steel Bars |
02:07 |
14 Aug 1963 |
King 5809 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Henry Dockery |
George Shuffler |
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| Ray Pennington / Roy E. Marcum |
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| B-2 |
Don't Step Over An Old Love |
02:42 |
17 Sep 1963 |
Country Folk Music Spotlight | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
George Shuffler |
George Shuffler |
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| Fred Stryker |
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| B-3 |
Still Trying To Get To Little Rock |
02:40 |
22 Sep 1961 |
Award Winners At The Folk Song Festival | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony |
Chubby Anthony |
George Shuffler |
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| R. Stanley |
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| B-4 |
Little Benny |
02:07 |
11 Jul 1960 |
King 5415 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
George Shuffler |
Curley Lambert |
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| P.D. |
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| B-5 |
Sunny Side Of The Mountain |
02:31 |
14 Sep 1959 |
King 5291 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
George Shuffler |
Bill Napier |
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| Harry C. McAuliffe / Bobby Gregory |
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| B-6 |
Sweeter Than The Flowers |
03:21 |
14 Sep 1959 |
King 5355 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
George Shuffler |
Bill Napier |
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| Ervin T. Rouse / Aubrey W. Mullican / Syd Nathan |
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| B-7 |
Just Because |
02:16 |
28 Jan 1963 |
Folk Concert | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Curley Lambert |
Vernon Derrick |
Ralph Mayo |
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| Joe Shelton / Bob Shelton / Sydney Robin |
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| B-8 |
Let Me Love You One More Time |
02:05 |
11 Jul 1960 |
In Person | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
George Shuffler |
Curley Lambert |
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| R. Stanley |
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| B-9 |
Daybreak In Dixie |
02:14 |
11 Jul 1960 |
King 5384 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
George Shuffler |
Curley Lambert |
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| Bill Napier |
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| B-10 |
The Wild Side Of Life |
02:14 |
15 Jan 1961 |
King 5460 | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Art Stamper |
Curley Lambert |
George Shuffler |
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| W. Warren / A. Carter |
