4x CD

The Early Starday/King Years 1958-1961

Compilation by The Stanley Brothers

Released 1993

bluegrass bluegrass gospel country

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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
I’ll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning
3:05
21
Are You Afraid to Die
2:54
22
The White Dove
3:02
23
How Can We Thank Him for What He Has Done
2:30
24
Mother’s Footsteps Guide Me On
2:01
25
That Home Far Away
2:09
26
My Lord’s Gonna Set Me Free
2:01
27
The Angel of Death
3:11
28
Wings of Angels
2:24
29
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
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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
26
Four Books in the Bible
2:17
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 Poppin’ Time (undubbed version)
2:14
10
Finger Poppin’ Time (overdubbed version)
2:14
11
Rank Stranger (previously unreleased)
3:11
12
Come All Ye Tenderhearted
3:21
13
The Window Up Above
2:29
14
Lover’s Quarrel
2:40
15
The Story of the Lawson Family
2:31
16
Hey, Hey, Hey
2:03
17
The Wild Side of Life
2:13
18
Jenny Lynn
2:07
19
What About You
2:34
20
Little Willie
2:38
21
Big Tilda
1:59
22
Wild Bill Jones
2:16
23
You’re Still to Blame
2:22
24
I’ll Take the Blame
2:07
25
I’ll Just Go Away
2:11
26
Steel Guitar Rag (previously unissued)
2:24
27
I’d Worship You
2:19
28
Just Dreamin’
2:18
29
The Drunken Driver
2:46
30
Little Joe
2:32
31
Handsome Molly
2:14

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Release credits

Albert Elliott
baritone vocals [2.4, 1.3-4, 1.7-10, 1.15-20, 1.23-28], double bass [1.1-16, 2.1-4], guitar [23], mandolin [17-22, 24-29], tenor vocals [2, 22]
Art Stamper
fiddle [13-31]
Audie Webster
double bass [12-23]
Bill Napier
baritone vocals [2.9, 2.15, 2.17-26, 3.1-9], guitar [2.9-26, 3.1-11], mandolin [1.1-16, 2.1-8]
Bill Slaughter
double bass [8-11]
Carter Stanley
guitar [1.1-22, 1.24-29, 4.1-31, 2.1-26, 3.8-23], lead vocals [3.1-6, 3.8-12, 3.14-23, 1.2-10, 1.15-28, 4.1-3, 4.7-17, 4.19, 4.23-25, 4.27-28, 4.30-31, 2.1-26], spoken vocals [1.23, 3.7]
Chubby Anthony
fiddle [2.1-8, 1.17-29], tenor vocals [21]
Curley Lambert
baritone vocals [4.1, 4.7-8, 4.11-12, 4.23-25, 4.29-31, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-21, 3.23], double bass [6, 10], guitar [3.12-16, 3.19-22, 4.1-5, 4.5, 4.7-9, 4.11-13], mandolin [4.14-31, 3.17-18, 3.23], tenor vocals [2, 28]
Gene Meadows
guitar [1-4]
Gene Redd
drums (drum set) [4-5, 10]
George Shuffler
bass vocals [1.17-20, 1.25-27, 2.9, 2.15-26, 4.8, 4.11-12, 3.1-7], double bass [4.1-5, 4.7-9, 4.11-22, 1.17-29, 2.9-26, 3.1-7], electric bass guitar [23-31], 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 [1.5-16, 3.8-16, 3.19-23], guitar [17-18]
Ralph Stanley
banjo [3.8-23, 1.1-29, 2.1-26, 4.1-10, 4.13-31], baritone vocals [1.2, 1.21-22, 4.2, 4.28], lead vocals [3.1-2, 3.10, 3.13, 4.20, 4.22, 4.29, 2.20], spoken vocals [7], tenor vocals [3.1-6, 3.8-12, 3.14-23, 1.3-10, 1.15-20, 1.23-28, 4.1, 4.3, 4.7-17, 4.19, 4.23-25, 4.27, 2.1-26]
Vernon Derrick
fiddle [1-10]

Issues

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The Early Starday/King Years 1958-1961
4x CD
1993
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The Early Starday/King Years 1958-1961
4x CD
2003
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The Early Starday/King Years 1958-1961
4x CD
2011