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Flatt & Scruggs and The Stanley Brothers [Box]

Flatt & Scruggs/The Stanley Brothers
4 discs

0. DISC 1: FLATT & SCRUGGS 1952-1955:
1. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
2. Dear Old Dixie
3. Reunion in Heaven
4. Pray for the Boys
5. I'll Go Steppin' Too
6. I'd Rather Be Alone
7. Foggy Mountain Chimes
8. Someone Took My Place with You
9. Mother Prays Loud in Her Sleep
10. That Old Book of Mine
11. Your Life Is Like a Flower
12. Be Ready for Tomorrow May Never Come
13. Till the End of the World Rolls Around
14. You're Not a Drop in the Bucket
15. Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky
16. Foggy Mountain Special
17. You Can Feel It in Your Soul
18. Old Fashioned Preacher
19. Before I Met You
20. I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open
21. Randy Lynn Rag
22. On My Mind
23. Blue Ridge Cabin Home
24. Some Old Day
25. It Won't Be Long
0. DISC 2: FLATT & SCRUGGS 1955-1959:
1. Gone Home
2. Bubbling in My Soul
3. Joy Bells
4. What's Good for You
5. No Doubt About It
6. Who Will Sing for Me
7. Give Mother My Crown
8. Six White Horses
9. Shuckin' the Corn
10. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
11. Hundred Years from Now, A
12. Give Me Flowers While I'm Living
13. Is There Room for Me?
14. Let Those Brown Eyes Smile at Me
15. I Won't Be Hanging Around
16. I Don't Care Any More
17. Big Black Train
18. Mama and Daddy's Little Girl
19. Crying Alone
20. Million Years in Glory, A
21. Heaven
22. Building on Sand
23. Jesus Savior Pilot Me
24. Crying My Heart out Over You
25. Ground Speed
0. DISC 3: THE STANLEY BROTHERS 1955-1956:
1. Memories of Mother
2. Could You Love Me (One More Time)
3. Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
4. I Just Got Wise
5. Harbor of Love
6. Blue Moon of Kentucky
7. Calling from Heaven
8. Close By
9. Hard Times
10. Baby Girl
11. Say You'll Take Me Back
12. I Worship You
13. You're Still on My Mind
14. I Hear My Savior Calling
15. Just a Little Talk with Jesus
16. So Blue
17. You'd Better Get Right
18. Tragic Love
19. Lonesome and Blue
20. Orange Blossom Special
21. Clinch Mountain Blues
22. Will He Wait a Little Longer
23. Big Tilda
24. Angel Band
25. Who Will Call You Sweetheart
0. DISC 4: THE STANLEY BROTHERS 1956-1959:
1. Cry from the Cross, The
2. I'm Lost, I'll Never Find the Way
3. Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side
4. Lonesome Night, A
5. Fling Ding
6. I'll Never Grow Tired of You
7. Loving You Too Well
8. Daybreak in Dixie
9. If That's the Way You Feel
10. Life of Sorrow, A
11. I'd Rather Be Forgotten
12. Flood, The
13. No School Bus in Heaven
14. Maple on the Hill
15. Little Maggie
16. Gonna Paint the Town
17. That Happy Night
18. Holiday Pickin'
19. Train 45
20. She's More to Be Pitied
21. Love Me Darling Just Tonight
22. Trust Each Other
23. How Mountain Girls Can Love
24. Memory of Your Smile, The
25. I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): JSP77128
Credits

Producer
Engineer
Liner Note Author: Pat Harrison.
Recording information: Cincinnati, OH (01/14/1958); Nashville, TN (01/14/1958); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (01/14/1958); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (01/14/1958); Cincinnati, OH (01/23/1955); Nashville, TN (01/23/1955); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (01/23/1955); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (01/23/1955); Cincinnati, OH (01/23/1959); Nashville, TN (01/23/1959); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (01/23/1959); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (01/23/1959); Cincinnati, OH (01/27/1957); Nashville, TN (01/27/1957); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (01/27/1957); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (01/27/1957); Cincinnati, OH (02/1957); Nashville, TN (02/1957); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (02/1957); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (02/1957); Cincinnati, OH (02/27/1957); Nashville, TN (02/27/1957); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (02/27/1957); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (02/27/1957); Cincinnati, OH (03/24/1957); Nashville, TN (03/24/1957); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (03/24/1957); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (03/24/1957); Cincinnati, OH (04/05/1955); Nashville, TN (04/05/1955); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (04/05/1955); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (04/05/1955); Cincinnati, OH (04/26/1958); Nashville, TN (04/26/1958); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (04/26/1958); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (04/26/1958); Cincinnati, OH (05/06/1956); Nashville, TN (05/06/1956); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (05/06/1956); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (05/06/1956); Cincinnati, OH (05/19/1954); Nashville, TN (05/19/1954); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (05/19/1954); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (05/19/1954); Cincinnati, OH (05/30/1954); Nashville, TN (05/30/1954); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (05/30/1954); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (05/30/1954); Cincinnati, OH (06/03/1956); Nashville, TN (06/03/1956); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (06/03/1956); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (06/03/1956); Cincinnati, OH (07/11/1957); Nashville, TN (07/11/1957); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (07/11/1957); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (07/11/1957); Cincinnati, OH (07/16/1956); Nashville, TN (07/16/1956); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (07/16/1956); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (07/16/1956); Cincinnati, OH (08/29/1953); Nashville, TN (08/29/1953); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (08/29/1953); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (08/29/1953); Cincinnati, OH (08/29/1954); Nashville, TN (08/29/1954); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (08/29/1954); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (08/29/1954); Cincinnati, OH (08/30/1953); Nashville, TN (08/30/1953); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (08/30/1953); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (08/30/1953); Cincinnati, OH (09/02/1955); Nashville, TN (09/02/1955); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (09/02/1955); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (09/02/1955); Cincinnati, OH (09/03/1955); Nashville, TN (09/03/1955); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (09/03/1955); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (09/03/1955); Cincinnati, OH (09/15/1959); Nashville, TN (09/15/1959); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (09/15/1959); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (09/15/1959); Cincinnati, OH (09/30/1958); Nashville, TN (09/30/1958); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (09/30/1958); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (09/30/1958); Cincinnati, OH (10/01/1958); Nashville, TN (10/01/1958); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (10/01/1958); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (10/01/1958); Cincinnati, OH (11/09/1952); Nashville, TN (11/09/1952); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (11/09/1952); WCYB Radio Station, Bristol, TN (11/09/1952); Cincinnati, OH (11/15/1957); Nashville, TN (11/15/1957); Radio Station WNER, Live Oak, FL (11/15/1957).
This combination of sides from bluegrass duos Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers is the second of the four-disc offering assembled by Great Britain's JSP imprint, who is famous for its well-compiled and annotated, budget-priced box sets. The first volume dealt with cuts issued by Flatt & Scruggs between 1948 and 1952, while the Stanleys' offerings were assembled from those recorded between 1947 and to 1953. This set picks up with 50 songs by each act. In the case of the former, the recorded discography is from 1952 to 1959 and the latter is between 1955 and 1959.
Flatt & Scruggs laid down classics during these years including "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke," "Foggy Mountain Chimes," "Six White Horses," "Give Mother My Crown," "Randy Lynn Rag," "Foggy Mountain Special," and dozens of gospel tunes. Ralph and Carter Stanley were on a run as well, with "Orange Blossom Special," "Angel Band," "Say You'll Take Me Back," "So Blue," "Daybreak in Dixie," "Little Maggie," and, of course, the original version of "I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow," along with a slew of moving country-gospel numbers. Bluegrass aficionados probably have all of this material, but for those who don't, and began their interest in either or both groups with volume one, this second set burns just as hard and just as long; it presents a solid look, rather than a glimpse, of a magical period in country music history and into the development of bluegrass itself. Each CD's booklet gives another chapter in the story, the sound is excellent, and there is complete personnel information listed for music history buffs. ~ Thom Jurek