198x County Records 739 sealed 1973 vinyl reissue of Wango 104 release. Jacket is whole; seal tight; no bar code.

Item offered as Unplayed New Sealed. Vinyl pressed over 20 years ago.

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Album FeaturesArtist:The Stanley BrothersFormat:AlbumRelease Year:198x (1973)Record Label:CountyGenre:Bluegrass, Country

Track Listing
Side 1

1. Long Journey Home
2. Will You Miss Me?
3. I'll Be True to the One That I Love
4. No Letter in the Mail
5. Pretty Polly
6. Wildwood Flower
7. Two More Years (And I'll Be Free)
8. Ramshackle Shack on the Hill

Side 2

9. East Virginia Blues
10. Pig in a Pen
11. Your Saddle Is Empty Old Pal
12. Nine Pound Hammer
13. Cluck Old Hen
14. Wild and Reckless Hobo
15. Rabbit in a Log
16. Mountain Pickin'

DetailsPlaying Time:37 min.Producer:Ray DaviesDistributor:CountyRecording Type:StudioRecording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
Recorded in the early 1960s.Liner Note Author: Bill Vernon.Photographer: David Freeman.

In the early 1960s, when the Stanley Brothers were between record labels, they spent a week playing at Johnny's Used Cars near Baltimore. Johnny Wilbanks loved bluegrass music and used it as a sales device, paying bands to play in his lot and sponsoring a radio show that broadcast from his office. He also ran the small Wango label, for which the Stanleys recorded four albums after their parking lot engagement.

This is the second of those four, originally issued as Wango 104 and reissued on LP by County in 1973 and on CD by Rebel in 1990. The material is classic Stanley Brothers: "Pretty Polly," "Rabbit in a Log," and the well-known title track. The other three albums in the series focused on gospel material, but this one is strictly secular and prominently features Ralph Stanley's flying-ice-chips banjo style and, even better, the pioneering cross-picking of guitarist George Shuffler on excellent performances of "Wildwood Flower" and "Will You Miss Me." But, as always, the most powerful moments are those that find Ralph Stanley's melismatic mountain tenor taking center stage, as on "Pretty Polly." A must for Stanley fans. ~ Rick Anderson