The Stanley Brothers - Old Love Letters / Are You Tired Of Me Darling
(King S-7 1614) c1961
This is one of five 7" 33⅓ stereo singles that were taken from the Stanley Brothers' In Person LP, although Old Love Letters had been released on regular 45; just prior to the LP (King 5415).
The singles were created for juke box use[1] and issued together with juke-box strips and a reproduction of the In Person sleeve. Most copies I've seen have been offered for sale as individual discs, but recently a complete set went on ebay for $125.
Old Love Letters was first recorded by Joe Maphis & Rose Lee in 1955,[2] and was soon picked up by Jim Reeves who released it on his 'Singing Down The Lane' LP in 1956.[3] Three months after the Stanley's issued their version in Oct. 1960, Portner Wagnoner had a top 10 Country hit with it.[4] Ralph also later re-recorded the song as a duet with Laurie Lewis on his Clinch Mountain Country 2xCD.
Are You Tired Of Me, Darling is a song usually attributed to A.P. Carter, but actually dates back to c1877, with Minstrel song music "Sung with great success by Fred Walz of Sweatnam & Frazer's Minstrels", attributed to G.P. Cook and Ralph Roland.[5] Ralph later included a duet of the song with Sara Evans on his Clinch Mountain Sweethearts CD.
Both sides of the single can now be found on the The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961 4xCD set.
For a detailed breakdown and background to the Stanley's session, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 111-114 and 150.
| Track: |
Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
Guitar: |
Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Mandolin: |
Bass: |
Lead guitar: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-1 |
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-2 |
Are You Tired Of Me, Darling |
02:13 |
11 Jul 1960 |
In Person | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
George Shuffler |
Curley Lambert |
|
| G.P. Cook / Ralph Roland |
[1] See http://www.bsnpubs.com/stereoproject/stereo33s.html[2] See http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/21427
[3] See https://www.discogs.com/Jim-Reeves-Singing-Down-The-Lane/master/920869
[4] See http://www.45cat.com/record/477837 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98REWkLwnQM
[5] See https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1877.03501.0/