Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys 
June 19, 1998 afternoon set 
23rd Annual California Bluegrass Assocication Bluegrass Festival 
Grass Valley, CA

stealth soundboard recording by Easy Ed

record: soundboard > Sony PCM-501 (44.056kHz, 16 bit digital recording)

playback: Sony PCM-601esD > coax digital out (44.1kHz, 16 bit) > Sek'd Prodif Plus > Sound Forge 8 (24 bit, normalize, tracking) > 16 bit .wav files > FLAC level 8 encoding align on sector boundaries. Not burned to cdr - no EAC. 

1. (introduction by MC Don Evans)
2. Katy Daly
3. I Just Think I'll Go Away
4. Sittin' On Top Of The World
5. Pretty Little Indian
6. (introductions)
7. If I Lose
8. "I'm gonna tell you about the man"
9. Man Of Constant Sorrow > Little Maggie
10. Gloryland
11. Mary, Merry Christmas
12. Hard Times
13. Folsom Prison
14. You Were Always On My Mind
15. Love Me Darling Just Tonight 
16. (instrumental - title?) 
(encores) 
17. Orange Blossom Special 
18. Hear That Choo Choo Comin' 
51m52s

Includes seven songs not in the previous day's set, which is being torrented here.

A scan of the poster for the show is included in the torrent.

This is an ocassion where my stealth recording was abruptly ended - my plugs were pulled on the second day of the festival, shortly after this set. Fortunately my tapes were not taken, I wasn't kicked out of the festival, and nobody yelled at me (I certainly got the cold shoulder!), but I sure didn't get to do any more soundboard recording that weekend.

Cautionary notes: 1) Ralph has a young banjo player in his band who doubles Ralph banjo playing, pretty much note for note, which produces a strange effect that reminds me of phase shifting. Fortunately this is a stereo recording so there is some separation between the banjos. 2) Ralph's son sings lead vocals on many songs. 

This recording was made without the knowledge or consent of Ralph Stanley or of The California Bluegrass Association. 

This is not some multigenerational copy of indeterminate lineage acquired through trading that's been on everybody's tapelist for years. This is straight from the person who recorded it- me!

Ralph Stanley has about sixty million cds out, including a live one from 2001, and there's bound to be some you'd like, so maybe you'll want to buy some! His website is www.drralphstanley.com

NOT FOR SALE, BROADCAST OR COMMERCIAL REPRODUCTION