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The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: The Complete Mercury Recordings
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The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: The Complete Mercury Recordings
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
 
  •  Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (24) - Disc #2

After waxing their seminal Rich-R-Tone and Columbia recordings from 1947 to 1952, Carter and Ralph Stanley actually broke up their band; Carter even joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for a short stretch while Ralph recu...  more »

     
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All Artists: The Stanley Brothers
Title: The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: The Complete Mercury Recordings
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Mercury
Release Date: 8/26/2003
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
Styles: Bluegrass, Classic Country, Contemporary Folk
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 602498010365, 0602498010365

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After waxing their seminal Rich-R-Tone and Columbia recordings from 1947 to 1952, Carter and Ralph Stanley actually broke up their band; Carter even joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for a short stretch while Ralph recuperated from a car accident. By 1953, they were back recording for Mercury and for the most part continuing to fuse the raw mountain music they grew up on with Monroe's more progressive propulsive style--although the duo does branch out a bit stylistically across these 48 tracks. Still, when it comes to two-part bluegrass harmonies, the Stanleys were 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 imparted 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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The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: The Compl
M. Duncan | Peaks of Otter, Virginia | 12/25/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this as a download from Napster and when I bought a new computer the license wouldn't transfer. This is a definite must-have for anyone that has a bluegrass/old-time music collection. It's especially nice because it has so many of the old mountain-music gospel songs, which is sorta uncommon. Buy the disk so that you have a permanent copy. In summation; BUY IT, YOU WON"T BE DISAPPOINTED!!!"