The Early Starday/King Years 1958-1961

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Holiday Pickin'
  2:13
• 2
  Gonna Paint the Town
  2:21
• 3
  That Happy Night
  2:19
• 4
  Christmas Is Near
  2:06
• 5
  Love Me, Darling, Just Tonight
  2:15
• 6
  She's More to Be Pitied
  2:16
• 7
  Heaven Seemed So Near
  2:13
• 8
  Your Selfish Heart
  2:19
• 9
  How Mountain Girls Can Love
  2:08
• 10
  The Memory of Your Smile
  2:19
• 11
  Mastertone March
  2:24
• 12
  Clinch Mountain Backstep
  2:19
• 13
  Midnight Ramble
  2:06
• 14
  Train 45
  2:46
• 15
  Think of What You've Done
  2:07
• 16
  Keep a Memory
  2:42
• 17
  Old Daniel Prayed
  2:26
• 18
  He Said If I Be Lifted Up
  2:29
• 19
  This Wicked Path of Sin
  2:42
• 20
  Are You Afraid to Die
  2:54
• 21
  The White Dove
  3:02
• 22
  How Can We Thank Him for What He Has Done
  2:30
• 23
  Mother's Footsteps Guide Me On
  2:01
• 24
  That Home Far Away
  2:09
• 25
  My Lord's Gonna Set Me Free
  2:01
• 26
  The Angel of Death
  3:11
• 27
  Wings of Angels
  2:24
• 28
  Suwannee River Hoedown
  2:35
• CD 2
• 1
  Choo Choo Comin'
  2:34
• 2
  Carolina Mountain Home
  2:20
• 3
  Trust Each Other
  2:30
• 4
  Beneath the Maple
  2:46
• 5
  Highway of Regret
  2:04
• 6
  A Little at a Time
  2:27
• 7
  Another Night
  3:02
• 8
  Ridin' That Midnight Train
  2:04
• 9
  Mountain Dew
  2:44
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Sunny Side of the Mountain
  2:31
• 11
  Tragic Romance
  3:01
• 12
  Shenandoah Waltz
  2:20
• 13
  Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday
  2:13
• 14
  Sweet Thing
  2:44
• 15
  Sweeter Than the Flowers
  3:21
• 16
  It's Raining Here This Morning
  2:27
• 17
  Shackles and Chains
  2:28
• 18
  Weeping Willow
  2:25
• 19
  Old Rattler
  2:06
• 20
  I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
  2:39
• 21
  My Main Trial Is Yet to Come
  3:06
• 22
  Mother Left Me Her Bible
  2:25
• 23
  Jacob's Vision
  2:15
• 24
  I'll Not Be a Stranger
  3:08
• 25
  From the Manger to the Cross
  2:22
• CD 3
• 1
  Purple Robe
  2:41
• 2
  When Jesus Beckons Me Home
  2:08
• 3
  Jordan
  2:03
• 4
  Pass Me Not
  2:39
• 5
  Lonely Tombs
  3:00
• 6
  Over in the Gloryland
  2:31
• 7
  How Far to Little Rock
  2:40
• 8
  A Few More Seasons
  2:49
• 9
  Where We'll Never Die
  2:26
• 10
  In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old
  2:31
• 11
  Mother No Longer Awaits Me at Home
  3:04
• 12
  If I Lose
  2:10
• 13
  Little Maggie
  2:48
• 14
  God Gave You to Me
  2:06
• 15
  Don't Go Out Tonight
  2:32
• 16
  The Darkest Hour Is Just Before the Dawn
  2:56
• 17
  Rank Stranger
  3:08
• 18
  Let the Church Roll On
  2:11
• 19
  Rock of Ages
  2:50
• 20
  I Saw the Light
  2:13
• 21
  What a Friend
  3:35
• 22
  Gathering Flowers for the Master’s Bouquet
  2:30
• 23
  I'm Ready to Go
  2:14
• CD 4
• 1
  Let Me Love You One More Time
  2:05
• 2
  Little Bennie
  2:06
• 3
  Old Love Letters
  2:35
• 4
  Daybreak In Dixie (undubbed version)
  2:14
• 5
  Daybreak In Dixie (overdubbed version)
  2:13
• 6
  Wildwood Flower
  2:22
• 7
  Let Me Rest
  2:00
• 8
  Are You Tired Of Me My Darling
  2:13
• 9
  Finger Popping Time (undubbed version)
  2:14
• 10
  Finger Popping Time (overdubbed version)
  2:14
• 11
  Rank Stranger (previously unreleased)
  3:11
• 12
  Come All Ye Tenderhearted
  3:21
• 13
  Lover's Quarrel
  2:40
• 14
  The Story of the Lawson Family
  2:31
• 15
  Jenny Lynn
  2:07
• 16
  Little Willie
  2:38
• 17
  Big Tilda
  1:59
• 18
  Wild Bill Jones
  2:16
• 19
  You’re Still To Blame
  2:22
• 20
  I'll Take The Blame
  2:07
• 21
  I'll Just Go Away
  2:11
• 22
  Steel Guitar Rag (previously unissued)
  2:24
• 23
  I'd Worship You
  2:19
• 24
  Just Dreamin'
  2:18
• 25
  The Drunken Driver
  2:46
• 26
  Little Joe
  2:32
• 27
  Handsome Molly
  2:14

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Release credits

• Albert Elliott
  baritone vocals [1.3-4, 1.7-10, 1.15-19, 1.22-27, 2.4], double bass [1.1-16, 2.1-4], guitar [22], mandolin [17-21, 23-28], tenor vocals [2, 21]
• Art Stamper
  fiddle [13-27]
• Audie Webster
  double bass [12-23]
• Bill Napier
  baritone vocals [2.9, 2.15, 2.17-25, 3.1-9], guitar [2.9-25, 3.1-11], mandolin [1.1-16, 2.1-8]
• Bill Slaughter
  double bass [8-11]
• Carter Stanley
  guitar [1.1-21, 1.23-28, 3.8-23, 4.1-27, 2.1-25], lead vocals [3.1-6, 3.8-12, 3.14-23, 2.1-25, 1.2-10, 1.15-27, 4.1-3, 4.7-14, 4.19-21, 4.23-24, 4.26-27], spoken vocals [1.22, 3.7]
• Chubby Anthony
  fiddle [1.17-28, 2.1-8], tenor vocals [20]
• Curley Lambert
  baritone vocals [3.12, 3.14, 3.16-21, 3.23, 4.1, 4.7-8, 4.11-12, 4.19-21, 4.25-27], double bass [6, 10], guitar [4.1-5, 4.5, 4.7-9, 4.11-12, 3.12-16, 3.19-22], mandolin [4.13-27, 3.17-18, 3.23], tenor vocals [2, 24]
• Gene Meadows
  guitar [1-4]
• Gene Redd
  drums (drum set) [4-5, 10]
• George Shuffler
  bass vocals [1.17-19, 1.24-26, 2.9, 2.15-25, 3.1-7, 4.8, 4.11-12], double bass [3.1-7, 1.17-28, 4.1-5, 4.7-9, 4.11-18, 2.9-25], electric bass guitar [19-27], guitar [5-6, 10]
• Johnnie Bonds
  double bass [5-8]
• Ralph "Joe" Meadows
  fiddle [1-4]
• Ralph Mayo
  baritone vocals [9], bass vocals [8-9, 18-20], fiddle [3.8-16, 3.19-23, 1.5-16], guitar [17-18]
• Ralph Stanley
  banjo [3.8-23, 1.1-28, 4.1-10, 4.13-27, 2.1-25], baritone vocals [1.2, 1.20-21, 4.2, 4.24], lead vocals [2.20, 3.1-2, 3.10, 3.13, 4.16, 4.18, 4.25], spoken vocals [7], tenor vocals [2.1-25, 4.1, 4.3, 4.7-14, 4.19-21, 4.23, 1.3-10, 1.15-19, 1.22-27, 3.1-6, 3.8-12, 3.14-23]
• Vernon Derrick
  fiddle [1-10]
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Issues

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  T
  The Early Starday/King Years 1958-1961

  4x CD
  1993
• 

  T
  The Early Starday/King Years 1958-1961

  4x CD
  2003
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  T
  The Early Starday/King Years 1958-1961

  4x CD
  2011