The Stanley Sound Today cover

The Stanley Sound Today was released by Rebel Records in 1981 (REB 1601). Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys recorded all twelve tracks in one day, 4 February 1981, at Riverside Sound Studios in Ashland, Kentucky. The band was Stanley on banjo, Charlie Sizemore and Junior Blankenship on guitars, Curly Ray Cline on fiddle and Jack Cooke on bass.

Four songs — “Your Worries and Troubles Are Mine,” “Jealousy,” “How Could I Dream Such a Dream” and “The Letter I Never Mailed” — are credited to Candace (Candie) Randolph and Ralph Stanley. Three more are credited to the Stanleys: “Could You Love Me One More Time” and “No Schoolbus in Heaven” to Carter Stanley, and “The Darkest Hour” to Carter and Ralph. Junior Blankenship takes the lead vocal on “Jimmie Brown the Newsboy,” and Jack Cooke sings lead on “Sitting on Top of the World.”

Tracklist

  1. 1 Love Me Darling Just Tonight alt version 2:13
  2. 2 Could You Love Me One More Time alt version 2:38
  3. 3 Flood Of 57 2:59
  4. 4 The Fields Have Turned Brown alt version 2:48
  5. 5 A Little Boy Called Joe 3:04
  6. 6 Loving You Too Well 1:52
  7. 7 Reuben alt version 2:53
  8. 8 Poor Rambler 2:50
  9. 9 Old Richmond Prison 2:16
  10. 10 No Schoolbus In Heaven 2:40
  11. 11 John Henry alt version 3:12
  12. 12 Little Maggie alt version 2:44
  13. 13 Your Worries & Troubles Are Mine 2:35
  14. 14 Rank Stranger alt version 3:08
  15. 15 Lonesome and Blue 2:16
  16. 16 Poison Love alt version 2:18
  17. 17 Little Glass of Wine alt version 2:56
  18. 18 On and On alt version 2:46
  19. 19 I’m Lonesome Without You alt version 3:21
  20. 20 Gonna Paint the Town alt version 1:49
  21. 21 Jimmie Brown the Newsboy alt version

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