Cat. No. VV 1449: CHARLIE MOORE & BILL NAPIER ~ THE BEST OF CHARLIE MOORE & BILL NAPIER. GUSTO RECORDS SLP-963.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
BILL NAPIER STARTED OUT WITH THE STANLEY BROTHERS IN THE LATE 1950s, PLAYING MANDOLIN, PERFORMING COMEDY AS "DAD" NAPIER AND CUTTING SOME OF THE STANLEY'S LAST MERCURY RECORDS. BILL SWITCHED TO LEAD GUITAR WHEN THEY WENT WITH KING RECORDS IN CINCINATTI AND SYD NATHAN WANTED A NEW DISTINCTIVE SOUND FOR THE BAND. BILL PARTNERED WITH CHARLIE MOORE IN 1960 AND PLAYED BOTH LEAD GUITAR AND BANJO. THEY RELEASED ONE SINGLE, "BIG DADDY OF THE BLUES" ON WAYNE RANEY'S AMERICAN LABEL AND THEN WENT WITH KING RECORDS WHERE THEY RECORDED OVER 100 SONGS AND AT LEAST NINE ALBUMS. BETWEEN 1962-1967. THE RECORDINGS ENSHRINED IN THIS ALBUM WERE LIFTED FROM BILL AND CHARLIE'S TENURE WITH KING RECORDS. ABSOLUTELY SUPERB FOOT-TAPPING BLUEGRASS.
THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1975. THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF HEAVY CARDBOARD AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH MOSTLY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR, HOWEVER, THERE IS A SMALL TEAR IN BOTH THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE OPEN SIDE OF THE SLEEVE WHICH HAVE BEEN TAPED UP WITH INVISIBLE TAPE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - I'm just Your Steppin' Stone / Goodbye And So Long To You / Chain Gang / No One As Sweet As You / Down The Road . Side 2 - I've Got Over You / Johnny On The Spot / I'm Giving You Your Freedom / Whitrock / Down South.
12" VINYL RECORD