(Seven Seas SR(M) 287-288) 1969
This is a Japanese double LP which was issued, I believe, shortly before the Rebel albums Legendary Stanley Brothers Recorded Live, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.
I had thought that it featured the same material... but it looks like there are seven tracks which aren't on the Rebel releases:- Little Glass Of Wine, Don't Go Out Tonight, Little Birdie, Are You Tired Of Me My Darling, How Mountain Girls Can Love and Bound To Ride; plus two cuts on the Rebel albums which aren't on this release (Working On A Building on Vol. 1 and Train 45 on Vol. 2)....
Of the additional material, some has also been released on the Live At New River Ranch CD, Live At Antioch College 1960 LP and Stanley Series, Vol. 3 No. 4, but I've been unable to find the same versions elsewhere of Are You Tired Of Me, Darling, How Mountain Girls Can Love and Bound To Ride.
Carter announces Are You Tired Of Me, Darling, saying "...and now we'd like to do another song here that goes back a long ways too. It was recorded 30 years ago I reckon, maybe more...".
And on How Mountain Girls Can Love Carter introduces the song as "Well somebody said tell us about those gals down in Dickenson County... we're gonna leave you with that tonight, one called 'How Mountain Girls Can Love', and we ought to know...".
Thanks to Gary B. Reid, we now know that these two cuts are respectively from the 31 Aug 1962 Ash Grove, Hollywood and the 18 Jun 1961, Watermelon Park, Warrenton tapes.
It also transpires that the version of Bound To Ride is different to the one featured on the Rebel Vol. 2 LP, and is in fact from 4th March 1962 at Glen Echo Park in Charlottesville, VA. Thanks to Todd Gracyk & Gary Reid for that info!
Another oddity which I originally thought was from a different show is Nobody's Business which has a busy mandolin intro... Again Gary B. Reid has helpfully identified this as the same version as on the Stanley Series, Vol. 3 No. 4, except that Dick Freeland has replaced Ralph's slightly flubbed banjo introduction with a copy of Bill Napier's mandolin break from later in the song...
The album comes in a gatefold sleeve, with a two-page insert glued to the centre of the gatefold, which contains lyrics in English. The artwork also mentions that it was "Recorded by Rebel, USA" and has a copyright date of 1969. Sound quality is varible, perhaps slightly worse than the Rebel albums, which overlap considerably. The live pictures are by Walt Saunders from the American Legion Park, Culpepper, Va. 26th June 1966.[2]
For more information on these live recordings, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 52-55, 59-60, 76-78, 89-90, 107-108, 127, 129-130, 135, 137-139, 146-149, 157, 160 and 163-164.
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Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Mandolin: |
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Lead Guitar: |
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A-1 |
Intro, Little Glass Of Wine |
03:19 |
15 May 1960 |
New River Ranch, Rising Son, Md. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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C. Stanley |
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A-2 |
Banks Of The Ohio |
04:10 |
31 Aug 1962 |
Ash Grove, Hollywood, Ca. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Roger Bush |
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P.D. |
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A-3 |
Rabbit In The Log (Feast Here Tonight) |
02:16 |
03 Jun 1956 |
Shenandoah Valley Bowl, Edinburg, Va | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony |
Curley Lambert |
Doug Morris |
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P.D. |
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A-4 |
East Virginia Blues |
03:14 |
07 Sep 1958 |
New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Md. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Pete Kuykendall |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliott |
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A.P. Carter |
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A-5 |
Don't Go Out Tonight |
02:52 |
15 May 1960 |
New River Ranch, Rising Son, Md | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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G.B. Grayson |
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A-6 |
Knoxville Girl |
03:52 |
15 May 1960 |
New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Md. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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P.D. |
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A-7 |
Little Birdie |
01:58 |
14 May 1960 |
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Oh. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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P.D. |
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B-1 |
Man Of Constant Sorrow |
02:13 |
18 Jun 1961 |
Watermelon Park, Warrenton, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Al Elliott |
?? |
George Shuffler |
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R.D. Burnett |
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B-2 |
Cluck Old Hen |
01:29 |
30 Aug 1962 |
Ash Grove, Hollywood, Ca. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Roger Bush |
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P.D. |
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B-3 |
Bound To Ride |
02:31 |
4 March 1962 |
Glen Echo, nr Charlottesville, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
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Arthur Leroy Smith |
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B-4 |
If I Lose |
01:58 |
18 Jun 1961 |
Watermelon Park, Warrenton, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Al Elliott |
?? |
George Shuffler |
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R. Stanley |
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B-5 |
Are You Waiting Just For Me |
03:03 |
08 Jul 1956 |
Shipp's Park, Morrisville, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony |
Doug Morris |
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Ernest Tubb |
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B-6 |
Little Bennie |
02:48 |
18 Jun 1961 |
Watermelon Park, Warrenton, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Al Elliott |
?? |
George Shuffler |
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P.D. |
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B-7 |
Think Of What You've Done |
02:23 |
07 Sep 1958 |
New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Md | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Pete Kuykendall |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliott |
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C. Stanley |
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C-1 |
Intro, Dream Of A Miner's Child |
03:33 |
04 Mar 1962 |
Glen Echo, nr Charlottesville, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
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Robert Donnelly / Will Geddes |
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C-2 |
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms |
02:51 |
15 May 1960 |
New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Md. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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P.D. |
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C-3 |
Rovin Gambler |
03:17 |
08 Jul 1956 |
Shipp's Park, Morrisville, Va | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chubby Anthony |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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P.D. |
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C-4 |
Are You Tired Of Me, Darling |
02:46 |
31 Aug 1962 |
Ash Grove, Hollywood | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Roger Bush |
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G.P. Cook / Ralph Roland |
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C-5 |
Nobody's Business |
01:57 |
07 Sep 1958 |
New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Md. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliott |
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Porter Grainger / Everett Robbins ? |
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C-6 |
Let Us Be Lovers Again (aka Lover's Quarrel) |
02:56 |
04 Mar 1962 |
Glen Echo, nr Charlottesville, Va | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
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Gussie Davis |
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C-7 |
How Mountain Girls Can Love |
02:06 |
18 Jun 1961 |
Watermelon Park, Warrenton, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Al Elliott |
?? |
George Shuffler |
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Ruby Rakes |
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D-1 |
Intro, Bile Them Cabbage Down |
02:09 |
07 Sep 1958 |
New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Md. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Bill Napier |
Al Elliott |
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P.D. |
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D-2 |
Mother's Not Dead |
03:01 |
15 May 1960 |
New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Md. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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Maynard Spencer / Lance Spencer |
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D-3 |
Shake My Mother's hand For Me |
02:52 |
14 May 1960 |
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Oh. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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Thomas A. Dorsey |
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D-4 |
Wash Me In That Precious Blood (A Few More Years) |
02:47 |
18 Jun 1961 |
Watermelon Park, Warrenton, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Al Elliott |
??? |
George Shuffler |
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Horatius Bonar |
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D-5 |
Rank Stranger |
02:53 |
18 Jun 1961 |
Watermelon Park, Warrenton, Va. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Al Elliott |
?? |
George Shuffler |
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Albert E. Brumley |
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D-6 |
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire |
03:04 |
15 May 1960 |
New River Ranch, Rising Sun, Md. | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Ralph Mayo |
Curley Lambert |
Lindy Clear |
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P.D. |
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D-7 |
Drifting Too Far From The Shore |
02:17 |
?? ??? 19?? |
unknown | Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
?? |
?? |
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Charles E. Moody |