The Stanley Brothers - The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1949-1952

Title: The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1949-1952 Artist: The Stanley Brothers Release Date: 1991 Re-Released On: 10/3/1994 Label: Bear Family Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 4000127155641, 790051155643 Genre: Country Styles: Traditional Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Close Harmony Moods: Exuberant, Organic, Rousing, Amiable/Good-Natured, Bittersweet, Rustic, Earnest, Spiritual, Yearning, Earthy, Intimate, Passionate, Plaintive, Reverent, Summery, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. A Vision of Mother
2. The White Dove
3. Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet
4. The Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight)
5. It's Never Too Late to Start Over
6. Have You Someone (In Heaven Awaiting)
7. Little Glass of Wine [Alternate Take]
8. Let Me Be Your Friend
9. We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven
10. I Love No One But You
11. Too Late to Cry
12. The Old Home
13. The Drunkard's Hell
14. The Fields Have Turned Brown [Alternate Take]
15. Hey! hey! hey!
16. The Lonesome River
17. I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
18. Pretty Polly
19. A Life of Sorrow
20. Sweetest Love
21. The Wandering Boy
22. Let's Part the Best of Friends
23. The Fields Have Turned Brown [Alternative]
24. Little Glass of Wine [Alternative]

Year Type Label Catalog # 1994 CD Bear Family 15564 1994 CD Bear Family 15564

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This is it, the absolute perfect starting point for neophyte fans who want to discover the Stanley Brothers. The years between 1949 and 1952, when the Virginia brothers were signed to Columbia Records, are largely considered their most fruitful period. Certainly this lineup of their backing band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, was the strongest; besides Carter Stanley's assured leads and Ralph Stanley's heartbreaking tenor, these recordings introduced mandolin player Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert and his one-of-a-kind high-baritone harmonies, the secret ingredient that made the Stanley Brothers' recordings from this era sound like nothing that had come before in bluegrass. As usual with Bear Family reissues, this set contains every note from the brothers' Columbia sessions, including previously unreleased alternate takes of "The Fields Have Turned Brown" and "Little Glass of Wine," along with full session notes and illuminating liner notes courtesy of historian Gary B. Reid. Yes, it has the original "I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow" for all of you O Brother Where Art Thou fans, but the 23 other tracks are every bit as vital, imaginative, and pure. This, in its purest and most graceful form, is what bluegrass is all about. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Name Credits Art Satherly Producer, Producer Art Wooten Fiddle Carter Stanley Vocals, Guitar Colin Escott Illustrations, Photography Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert Tenor (Vocal), Mandolin, Baritone (Vocal) David Freeman Illustrations, Photography Don Law Producer Ernest Ernie Newton Bass Gary B. Reid Discography, Liner Notes George Shuffler Bass, Baritone (Vocal) James Hughes Bass Lester Woodie Fiddle Mark Wilder Disc Dub Ralph Stanley Banjo, Tenor (Vocal) Richard Weize Discography, Reissue Producer, Liner Notes Robert "Bobby" Sumner Fiddle