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The Half Ain't Never Been Told, Vol. 1
Early American Rural Religious Music
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s
Yazoo 2049; Ordering Information; Volume
2
"The music possesses
a raw immediate and undiluted
emotional charge - contains the cream of both the
black and white gospel music of the era." - CMJ
Report
"A fascinating
overview ... It's the next
best thingto a time machine." - Youthworker
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| A powerful
and deeply moving overview of Early American religious music and
song from the white and black rural countryside. highlights the
fascinating panorama of American religious music styles from archaic
fundamentalist modal hymns, to gospel quartets, to Pentecostal bands,
to songsters accompanying themselves on guitars, banjos, and fiddles,
to snippets of Church services including some preaching, and much,
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Religious Sampler, 1794
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Religious Sampler, 1808
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1.ALFRED
G. KARNES,
I Am Bound For The Promised Land
2.FA SOL LA SINGERS,
Happy On The Way
3.VIRGINIA DANDIES,
There's A Beautiful City Called Heaven
4. ROOSEVELT GRAVES & BROTHER,
I'll Be Rested
5. HENDERSONVILLE DOUBLE QUARTET,
I Want My Life to Testify
6. WASHINGTON PHILLIPS,
A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter
7. UNCLE DAVE MACON & HIS FRUIT
JAR DRINKERS,
Shall We Gather At The River
8. ALABAMA
SACRED HARP SINGERS,
Religion Is A Fortune
9. REV. H. B. JACKSON,
He's The One
10. ERNEST PHIPPS & HIS HOLINESS
SINGERS ,
I Know That Jesus Set Me Free
11. MRS. L. REED & MRS. T. A.
DUNCAN ,
Don't Make It Too Late
12. PACE JUBILEE SINGERS,
Certainly Lord
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JONES BROTHERS TRIO,
I'm Gonna Sail Away
14. ELDER CURRY AND CONGREGATION,
The Good Lord Has Set Me Free
15. LUBBOCK TEXAS QUARTET,
Turn Away
16. KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN CHORUSTERS,
We'll Understand It Better Bye And Bye
17. PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHOIR OF NORTH
CAROLINA ,
Blessed Be The Tie That Binds
18. BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON,
Let Your Light Shine On Me
19. BYRANT'S JUBILLE QUARTETTE,
I'll Be Satisfied
20. GOLDEN P. HARRIS,
I'll Lead A Christian Life
21. REV. B. J. HILL,
Lower My Dying Head
22. LEE WELLS & HIS JASPER, ALABAMA
SACRED HARP SINGERS,
The Christian's Fight
23. REV. WM. MCKINLEY DAWKINS,
Is Not this The Land Of Beulah |
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