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Stanley Brothers
Angel Band: Classic Mercury Recordings
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. (Say) Won't You Be Mine
2. I Long To See The Old Folks
3. This Weary Heart You Stole Away
4. Memories Of Mother
5. A Voice From On High
6. Could You Love Me (One More Time)
7. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
8. Close By
9. Just A Little Talk With Jesus
10. I Worship You
11. Daybreak In Dixie (Instrumental)
12. Tragic Love
13. Calling From Heaven
14. Life Of Sorrow
15. Baby Girl
16. Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side
17. Will He Wait A Little Longer
18. Angel Band

CD Details

All Artists: Stanley Brothers
Title: Angel Band: Classic Mercury Recordings
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Original Release Date: 6/6/1995
Release Date: 6/6/1995
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
Styles: Bluegrass, Classic Country, Contemporary Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 731452819123, 731452819147

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

After waxing their seminal Rich-R-Tone and Columbia recordings from 1947 to 1952, Carter and Ralph Stanley actually broke up their band, even joining Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for a short stretch. By 1953, they were back recording for Mercury and continuing to fuse raw, mountain music with Monroe's urgent, propulsive style. When it comes to two-part bluegrass harmonies, the Stanleys are without question the pair to beat: The blend of Carter's rich, warm voice with Ralph's crude, coarse moans stands as one of bluegrass's most distinctive sounds. Whether singing about the home folks (both living and deceased), the Lord, or the lover (both faithful and not), the Stanleys impart a blunt, emotionally honest, soul-baring intensity. Along with the Rich-R-Tone and Columbia sets, this record is an essential collection of not only the Stanley Brothers' work, but of bluegrass in general. --Marc Greilsamer

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CD Reviews

An incomplete dose of mountain soul.

Gerald M. Vrooman | Chenango Forks, NY USA | 06/01/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you are on a budget and you can afford only one Stanley Brothers album this is probably the best one to buy. The Stanley Brothers Mercury recordings are widely considered to be some of the best Bluegrass ever recorded. My biggest complaint about this album is that, with the exception of Daybreak In Dixie, they left out all the instrumentals. So you don't get to hear what Ralph really could do with a banjo. If you can afford it, buy the Bear Family import, 1953-58/59. It has everything the Stanley Brothers did for Mercury along with good liner notes."