(Stanleytone ST-5003) 2001
This 2xCD set is another album sold by Ralph at gigs and via his fanclub. The material covers three sets from the inaugural University Of Chicago Folk Festival in Feb 1961, plus one set from the Jan 1965 festival.
The 1961 material is excellent quality, and apart from the opening 'Theme' to their last set, is complete with all dialogue etc intact.
Material from the 1961 festival has circulated in recent years on the internet, including selections by George Armstrong (a Bagpipe medley!), Frank Warner, Frank Proffitt, Horton Barker and The New Lost City Ramblers. Other performers on the bill included Roscoe Holcomb, Elizabeth Cotton, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon.
The programme of the event is also available on-line.[1]
According to Gary B. Reid's liner notes, the 1965 material was recorded for WMFT Radio and had been circulating on tape for some time. A second set was also in circulation, but when compiling the CD the master couldn't be found. And the existing tape copies were deemed to be too poor in quality to be released. One track from this second set, a rare version of No More The Moon Shines On Lorena can be found on youtube... If anyone has a copy of the complete second 1965 set, please get in touch!!
The 1965 show, although the quality is poor in comparison to the 1961 tapes, is of particular interest as it includes a young Larry Sparks on lead guitar, and there's also a version of Sharecropper's Son, which the Stanley's (despite Carter's on-stage comments) never recorded. The version here is also performed in 'G' unlike Ralph's recording which is in 'A'.
The CD comes with a 12-page booklet with copious notes by Gary B. Reid, but the printed track listing is slighly incorrect, as the second CD divides the music into 19 tracks, not 20 as listed. Gary recently gave us permission to add his notes for this CD to the site, which you can download here (14.7Mb).
Three tracks from the 1961 concert have also appeared on compilations, with Come All You Tenderhearted, Little Birdie and Rabbit In A Log on Folkways 1964 LP, Friends Of Old Time Music; and Little Birdie and Rabbit In A Log on Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways CD.
For more detailed breakdown and background to the shows, check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, pages 120-122, 152-154, 189-190 and 216.
Track: |
Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
Guitar: |
Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Mandolin: |
Bass: |
Lead Guitar |
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CD 1: |
(66:58) | |||||||||
1 |
Theme - Old Joe Clark |
00:54 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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2 |
Orange Blossom Special |
03:19 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Ervin T. Rouse |
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3 |
I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome |
03:14 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Lesley Riddle |
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4 |
Cripple Creek |
00:50 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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5 |
Gonna Paint The Town |
03:37 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
R. Stanley |
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6 |
The Window Up Above |
02:54 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
George Jones |
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7 |
Sunny Side Of The Mountain |
02:38 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Harry C. McAuliffe / Bobby Gregory |
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8 |
Comedy with Chick Stripling |
07:05 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
N/A |
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9 |
Chicken Reel |
03:19 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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10 |
Rank Stranger |
03:56 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Albert E. Brumley |
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11 |
How Far To Little Rock |
02:43 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Ruby Rakes |
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12 |
Theme - Old Joe Clark |
00:28 |
3 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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13 |
Theme - Turkey In The Straw |
00:53 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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14 |
Black Mountain Blues |
02:53 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Leslie Keith |
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15 |
Wreck Of The Old '97 |
02:14 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
?? |
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16 |
Jack And May (aka Lover's Quarrel) |
03:14 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Gussie Davis |
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17 |
Cumberland Gap |
01:37 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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18 |
Jenny Lynn |
01:05 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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19 |
The Story Of The Lawson Family |
03:09 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Walter 'Kid' Smith |
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20 |
Comedy with Chick Stripling |
02:13 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
N/A |
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21 |
Johnson Had An Old Gray Mule |
02:04 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
Thomas P. Westendorff |
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22 |
Chicken Reel |
03:07 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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23 |
Nine Pound Hammer |
02:23 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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24 |
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
02:57 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
R.D. Burnett |
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25 |
Come All You Tenderhearted |
04:12 |
4 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Chick Stripling |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
Track: |
Title: |
Time: |
Date: |
Original Release: |
Guitar: |
Banjo: |
Fiddle: |
Mandolin: |
Bass: |
Lead Guitar |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CD 2: |
(58:40) | |||||||||
1 |
Theme & Sally Goodin' |
01:44 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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2 |
Long Journey Home |
03:37 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
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3 |
East Virginia Blues |
03:47 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
A.P. Carter |
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4 |
Big Tilda |
02:31 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
R. Stanley |
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5 |
Dream Of A Miner's Child |
03:48 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
Robert Donnelly / Will Geddes |
||||||||||
6 |
Angel Band |
03:12 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
Jefferson Hascall / William B. Bradbury |
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7 |
This Wicked Path Of Sin |
02:42 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
Bill Monroe |
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8 |
Little Birdie |
03:10 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
P.D. |
||||||||||
9 |
How Far To Little Rock |
03:51 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
Ruby Rakes |
||||||||||
10 |
Rabbit In A Log |
02:53 |
5 Feb 1961 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Vernon Derrick |
Curley Lambert |
Mike Seeger |
George Shuffler |
Pete Kirby |
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11 |
How Mountain Girls Can Love |
03:29 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
Ruby Rakes |
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12 |
Cacklin' Hen |
01:32 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
P.D. |
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13 |
When You And I Were Young Maggie |
02:14 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
P.D. |
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14 |
Don't Go Out Tonight |
03:33 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
G.B. Grayson |
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15 |
Sharecropper's Son |
03:51 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
C. Stanley / R. Stanley |
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16 |
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
04:06 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
R.D. Burnett |
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17 |
Single Girl, Married Girl |
05:33 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
A.P. Carter |
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18 |
Shoutin' On The Hills Of Glory |
02:32 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
E.M. Bartlett |
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19 |
Theme - Cripple Creek |
00:32 |
? Jan 1965 |
University of Chicago Folk Festival |
Carter Stanley |
Ralph Stanley |
Red Stanley |
Ray Tate |
Larry Sparks |
|
P.D. |