- Various Artists
- Appalachia: Music from Home
- 2009
- Vocals
- Various Artists
- Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 1948
- 2008
- Banjo
- Various Artists
- Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 1949
- 2008
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- Various Artists
- Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 1950
- 2008
- Tenor (Vocal), Banjo
- Bob Dylan
- Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006
- 2008
- Banjo, Vocals
- Bob Dylan
- Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 (Deluxe Edition
- 2008
- Banjo
- Ralph Stanley
- Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection
- 2008
- Banjo, Banjolin, Arranger
- Bob Dylan
- Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 (Deluxe Edition
- 2008
- Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection
- 2008
- Tenor (Vocal), Vocals
- Various Artists
- Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields
- 2007
- Banjo, Harmony Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Mountain Preacher's Child
- 2007
- Arranger, Banjo, Tenor (Vocal), Vocals
- Bill Monroe
- My Last Days on Earth 1981-1994
- 2007
- Banjo, Vocals
- Alabama
- Songs of Inspiration
- 2006
- Vocals
- Various Artists
- Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival
- 2006
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- Various Artists
- Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective (Box Set)
- 2006
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- Paul Burch
- East to West
- 2006
- Vocals
- Various Artists
- Feel Like My Time Ain't Long
- 2006
- Arranger, Vocals
- Various Artists
- Bluegrass: Top 20 Gospel Songs of the Century
- 2006
- Arranger
- Christie Lynn
- Sings Country . Gospel . Bluegrass
- 2006
- Guest Appearance
- Jack Cooke
- Sittin' on Top of the World
- 2006
- Harmony Vocals
- Various Artists
- For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records
- 2005
- Vocals
- Various Artists
- Blazing Bluegrass
- 2005
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- The Stanley Brothers
- Essential Gospel Masters
- 2005
- Banjo
- Various Artists
- Strings and Things: The Best in Bluegrass, Vol. 1
- 2005
- Vocals
- Jeanie Stanley
- Baby Girl: A Tribute to My Father, Carter Stanley
- 2005
- Tenor (Vocal), Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Shine On
- 2005
- Vocals
- Curly Seckler
- 60 Years of Bluegrass With My Friends
- 2005
- Harmony Vocals
- The Stanley Brothers
- Earliest Recordings: Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947-1952) (Rounder)
- 2005
- Arranger, Banjo
- Larry Sparks
- 40
- 2005
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Ralph Stanley
- First Time Together
- 2005
- Main Performer
- Various Artists
- Best of King & Starday Bluegrass
- 2004
- Banjo, Vocals
- Various Artists
- Best Of You Can't Hear Me Callin' Bluegrass: 80 Years Of American Music
- 2004
- Banjo, Vocals
- Various Artists
- All-Star Bluegrass Celebration
- 2004
- Vocals
- Various Artists
- Plum Pitiful: 20 Sad and Tragic Bluegrass Songs
- 2004
- Arranger
- The Stanley Brothers
- Essential Masters
- 2004
- Banjo
- Various Artists
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music
- 2004
- Arranger, Banjo, Liner Notes
- Various Artists
- Goodbye, Babylon
- 2004
- Vocals
- Various Artists
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music
- 2004
- Vocals, Tenor (Vocal)
- Melvin Goins
- I Wouldn't Miss It
- 2004
- Author
- Various Artists
- Back Roads to Cold Mountain
- 2004
- Instrumentation, Vocals
- Ginny Hawker
- Draw Closer
- 2004
- Arranger
- Various Artists
- This Is Americana
- 2004
- Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Great High Mountain
- 2004
- Arranger, Tenor (Vocal), Vocals, Banjo
- James Alan Shelton
- Half Moon Bay
- 2004
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Ralph Stanley II
- Carrying On
- 2004
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Various Artists
- Merlefest Live! The Best of 2003
- 2004
- Vocals
- Various Artists
- Country's 20 Classic Gospel: Songs of the Century
- 2004
- Arranger
- Various Artists
- Bluegrass Express
- 2004
- Banjo, Group Member, Tenor (Vocal)
- Flatt & Scruggs
- Selected Sides 1947-1953: The Very Best of Bluegrass
- 2004
- Banjo, Vocals
- Various Artists
- Blue Grass Roots
- 2004
- Banjo, Vocals
- Various Artists
- 100% Handmade Bluegrass
- 2004
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- Ken Reynolds
- Great Things
- 2004
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Movie Soundtrack
- Cold Mountain
- 2003
- Arranger
- Various Artists
- American Folk and Country Music Festival
- 2003
- Banjo, Vocals
- Various Artists
- Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Vol. 1 (CD & DVD)
- 2003
- Arranger
- Various Artists
- Christmas in the Mountains
- 2003
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Ralph Stanley
- O Bluegrass Celebration
- 2003
- Main Performer
- The Stanley Brothers
- Complete Mercury Recordings
- 2003
- Banjo, Vocals
- The Stanley Brothers
- King Years 1961-1965
- 2003
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal), Spoken Word, Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Poor Rambler
- 2003
- Arranger, Banjo
- Various Artists
- O Brothers!
- 2003
- Banjo, Vocals
- Various Artists
- Treasury of Bluegrass: America's Music
- 2003
- Arranger
- David Grisman
- Life of Sorrow
- 2003
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal), Vocals
- The Stanley Brothers
- Echoes of Clinch Mountain
- 2002
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- Various Artists
- First Generation Blue Grass
- 2002
- Vocals, Banjo
- Ralph Stanley
- Very Best of Ralph Stanley
- 2002
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- Dwight Yoakam
- Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years
- 2002
- Vocals (Background)
- Ralph Stanley
- Live at the Smithsonian, Vol. 2
- 2002
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal), Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Ralph Stanley
- 2002
- Arranger, Main Performer, Vocals
- Jim Lauderdale
- Lost in the Lonesome Pines
- 2002
- Performer
- Various Artists
- Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top
- 2002
- Commentary
- Charlie Sizemore
- Story Is... The Songs of Tom T. Hall
- 2002
- Harmony Vocals
- Various Artists
- Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways
- 2002
- Vocals, Banjo
- Ralph Stanley
- Live at the Smithsonian
- 2002
- Banjo, Vocals, Main Performer, Tenor (Vocal)
- Various Artists
- Lonesome Valley (Manteca)
- 2002
- Banjo, Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop 2-11-01
- 2002
- Banjo, Vocals, Main Performer
- Various Artists
- Time-Life's Treasury of Bluegrass
- 2002
- Arranger
- Various Artists
- American Roots Music (Box Set)
- 2001
- Performer
- Ralph Stanley
- Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
- 2001
- Main Performer
- Wayfaring Strangers
- Shifting Sands of Time
- 2001
- Vocals
- Bill Clifton
- Around the World to Poor Valley
- 2001
- Banjo
- Ralph Stanley
- Cry from the Cross
- 2001
- Banjo
- Various Artists
- Festival con Dios: Sampler
- 2001
- Performer
- Ralph Stanley
- Cry from the Cross
- 2001
- Main Performer, Tenor (Vocal)
- Ralph Stanley
- Clinch Mountain Gospel
- 2001
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal), Main Performer, Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Echoes of the Stanley Brothers
- 2001
- Main Performer
- Ralph Stanley
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- 2001
- Banjo, Main Performer, Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Live in Japan!
- 2001
- Main Performer
- Various Artists
- Blue Trail of Sorrow: 16 Top Bluegrass Gems
- 2001
- Vocals, Tenor (Vocal), Banjo
- Movie Soundtrack
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- 2000
- Performer
- Ralph Stanley
- While the Ages Roll On
- 2000
- Arranger, Banjo, Producer, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal), Main Performer
- Ralph Stanley
- Songs of Love and Tragedy
- 2000
- Main Performer
- The Goins Brothers
- Run Satan Run
- 2000
- Vocals
- Ralph Stanley II
- Pretty Girls, City Lights
- 2000
- Banjo
- Lost Highway
- Lifetime of Sorrow
- 2000
- Tenor (Vocal), Guest Appearance
- Ralph Stanley II
- Pretty Girls, City Lights
- 2000
- Performer, Tenor (Vocal)
- Various Artists
- Country: The American Tradition
- 1999
- Banjo, Vocals
- Various Artists
- Sacred Voices: An A Capella Gospel Collection
- 1999
- Performer, Vocals
- Ricky Skaggs
- Soldier of the Cross
- 1999
- Harmony Vocals, Tenor (Vocal)
- Jim Lauderdale
- I Feel Like Singing Today
- 1999
- Performer
- Marty Stuart
- Pilgrim
- 1999
- Banjo, Vocals
- Hillbilly Boogiemen
- Rockin' & Cloggin'
- 1999
- Arranger
- Tara Nevins
- Mule to Ride
- 1999
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- Various Artists
- Appalachian Stomp: More Bluegrass Classics
- 1999
- Banjo, Vocals, Performer
- Ralph Stanley II
- Listen to My Hammer Ring
- 1999
- Tenor (Vocal)
- The Stanley Brothers
- Bluegrass Salvation: I'm Ready to Go
- 1998
- Banjo, Vocals
- James Alan Shelton
- Clinch Mountain Guitar
- 1998
- Banjo
- Dwight Yoakam
- Long Way Home
- 1998
- Banjo, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Ralph Stanley
- Clinch Mountain Country
- 1998
- Main Performer
- Ralph Stanley
- Songs My Mother Taught Me & More: Clawhammer Style Banjo
- 1998
- Main Performer
- Various Artists
- CRFRC Bluegrass Sampler, Vol. 1
- 1998
- Performer
- Mark Newton
- Living a Dream
- 1998
- Vocals
- Jim Lauderdale
- Whisper
- 1998
- Guitar (Rhythm), Performer, Vocals
- Don Rigsby
- Vision
- 1998
- Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Over The Sunset Hill
- 1998
- Banjo, Main Performer, Vocals
- Various Artists
- Live Again: WCYB Farm & Fun Time
- 1997
- Banjo, Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Memory of Your Smile
- 1997
- Banjo, Main Performer, Vocals
- Various Artists
- Vanguard Collector's Edition
- 1997
- Banjo, Vocals
- Dwight Yoakam
- Under the Covers
- 1997
- Banjo, Vocals (Background)
- The Stanley Brothers
- Earliest Recordings: Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947-1952) (Revenant)
- 1997
- Banjo, Tenor (Vocal)
- Ralph Stanley
- My All and All
- 1997
- Arranger, Banjo, Producer, Main Performer, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal)
- Various Artists
- Mystery Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 2
- 1997
- Banjo
- Rick Stanley
- You Can't Smoke the Bluegrass
- 1997
- Harmony Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Down Where the River Bends
- 1996
- Banjo, Main Performer, Vocals
- Ralph Stanley II
- Clinch Mountain Echoes: Songs in the Stanley Tradition
- 1996
- Banjo, Main Performer, Tenor (Vocal)
- Ralph Stanley
- I Want to Preach the Gospel
- 1996
- Banjo, Main Performer, Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Short Life of Trouble: Songs of Grayson and Whitter
- 1996
- Banjo, Guitar (Rhythm), Main Performer, Producer, Vocals
- Ralph Stanley
- Classic Mountain Music
- 1996
- Banjo, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal), Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part, Main Performer, Choir, Chorus, Dialogue
- Various Artists
- Rebel Records: 35 Years of the Best in Bluegrass (1960-1995)
- 1996
- Banjo, Vocals























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