Description
This is an entertaining and enlightening showcase for two of the finest exponents of the bluegrass idiom.
Man Of Constant Sorrow: The Singles Collection 1946–1958 chronicles the formative years of bluegrass pioneers The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys through fifty-eight recordings spanning their influential work for Rich-R-Tone, Columbia, and Mercury Records. Brothers Carter and Ralph Stanley emerged from Virginia in the immediate postwar years, drawing inspiration from Bill Monroe while forging a distinctive vocal harmony style and instrumental approach that helped establish bluegrass as one of America's defining musical traditions. This comprehensive two-CD anthology captures the recordings that built their enduring legacy.
The collection gathers essential A- and B-sides alongside selections from landmark albums including The Stanley Brothers, The Angels Are Singing, Country Pickin' And Singin', and Hard Times. Classic performances such as 'Little Maggie,' 'Pretty Polly,' 'Blue Moon Of Kentucky,' 'Orange Blossom Special,' and the iconic 'I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow' illustrate the group's mastery of traditional mountain music, gospel harmonies, and driving bluegrass instrumentation during one of the most important periods of their career.
Presented across two CDs, Man Of Constant Sorrow: The Singles Collection 1946–1958 serves as both an outstanding introduction and an essential historical document, preserving the recordings that established The Stanley Brothers among the greatest architects of bluegrass music.
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Death Is Only A Dream
- I Can Tell You The Time
- The Rambler's Blues
- Molly And Tenbrooks (The Racehorse Song)
- Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home
- The Girl Behind The Bar
- Little Maggie
- The Little Glass Of Wine
- The Jealous Lover
- Our Darling's Gone
- The White Dove
- Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
- Let Me Be Your Friend
- Vision Of Mother
- Have You Someone
- Fields Have Turned Brown
- The Old Home
- Too Late To Cry
- I Love No One But You
- We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven
- The Drunkard's Hell
- Pretty Polly
- The Lonesome River
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- The Wandering Boy
- Sweetest Love
- The Angels Are Singing In Heaven Tonight
- Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake
- Are You Waiting Just For Me
- Little Birdie
- The Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart
- I'm Lonesome Without You
- Say Won't You Be Mine
- Our Last Goodbye
- I Long To See The Old Folks
- A Voice From On High
- Could You Love Me?
- Poison Lies
- Dickson County Breakdown
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- I Just Got Wise
- Harbour Of Love
- Hard Times
- So Blue
- You'd Better Get It Right
- Lonesome And Blue
- Orange Blossom Special
- I Hear My Savior Calling
- Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
- Big Tilda
- Say You'll Take Me Back
- The Flood
- I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
- The Cry From The Cross
- Fling Ding
- If That's The Way You Feel
- I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
- Clinch Mountain Blues
Additional Details
Label: Acrobat
Genre: Country
Language: English
Run Time: 141 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 09/04/26
UPC: 824046360924