tracks

"I Guess You've Heard Of Professor John Work ..." (Interview Excerpt)
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
Old Black Joe
Roll Jordan Roll
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
There Is A Balm In Gilead
When Malindy Sings
Golden Slippers
Little David Play On Yo' Harp / Shout All Over God's Heaven
The Great Camp Meeting
"He Had One Of The Sweetest Tenor Voices ..." (Interview Excerpt)
Po' Mo'ner Got A Home At Last
In Bright Mansions Above
My Soul Is A Witness
Done What You Told Me To Do
I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me
Band Of Gideon
In The Morning
The Ole Ark / Brethren Rise, Shine
Good News / Wasn't That A Wide River
"We Made It Sound Like A Pipe Organ ..." (Interview Excerpt)
Crossing The Bar
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
All Over This World
Shout All Over God's Heaven / Little David
My Soul Is A Witness
Roll Jordan Roll
The Band Of Gideon
The Great Campmeeting
Peter On The Sea / The Ole Ark
Banjo Song
"Jubilee Hall Up There Is Called 'Frozen Music' ..." (Interview Excerpt)
Shout All Over God's Heaven
There Is A Light Shining For Me
Couldn't Here Nobody Pray
Steal Away To Jesus
River Of Jordan
Little David Play On Your Harp
"See, We Sang 'Spirituals' - Interpreted Them As Old Slaves Did ..." (Interview Excerpt)
The Old Tunes
O Mary, Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn
In That Great Gettin' Up Mawnin'
Brethren Rise!
Good News, The Chariot's Coming
The Great Camp Meeting
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
"These Students Are Far Removed From What We Were ..." (Interview Excerpt)
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
Shout All Over God's Heaven / Little David

notes

Historic recordings of spirituals from 1909 to 1916.

Tracks 1-01, 1-11, 1-21, 2-07, 2-14, 2-22 are excerpts from an interview with Jerome I. Wright (Former Member of Fisk Jubilee Quartet) in 1983.

Release comes as a CD-size book with circa 100 pages and CDs inside.

This compilation: © ℗ 2010 Archeophone Records, Illinois, US. Made in Canada.

credits

Compilation Producer – Ken Flaherty, Jr., Meagan Hennessey, Richard Martin (15)
Design – Meagan Hennessey, Richard Martin (15)
Directed By – John Work II,
Liner Notes – Tim Brooks (5)
Liner Notes [Historical Essay] – Doug Seroff
Performer – Fisk University Jubilee Quartet,
Remastered By – Richard Martin (15)

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