90 cents at Goodwill, and what a deal. Average condition, but I made it sound fairly fresh from the press. This LP features 1953-1959 material by this great quartet (not counting three tracks that appear to be unique to this LP), and I only know this because I have this excellent discography to consult.
The previous owner had grease-penciled "Srn. Gospel" at the top of the jacket (as in, Southern Gospel), but I removed this, along with a bunch of album-wear marks. In other words, the image you see is semi-fake. But the music.... Nothing fake there, even if I did retouch it with audio filtering, click removal, etc. Removing unwanted details from sound is different from removing unwanted visual details. I don't know why, but trust me. We like to think it is, anyway.
Musician credits: Wally Varner, piano; J.D. Sumner, bass; James Blackwood, lead tenor; Bill Shaw, high tenor; and Cecil Blackwood, baritone. These are the masterful performers we're about to hear. The LP was released in 1964, and nothing beats finding a gem like this 1) cheap and 2) not in fake stereo. To the sounds:
Gloryland Jubilee--Blackwood Brothers Q.
TRACKLIST
A Wonderful Time Up There--1958
How About Your Heart--1954
Gloryland Jubilee--1953
I Can't Stand Up Alone--1959
I've Found the Way
The Touch of His Hand--1956
Something Old, Something New--1956
One Step (Toward the Lord)--1953
Good News
All Upon the Altar
Joy, Joy, Joy (To My Soul)--1953
Supper Time
Lee
7 comments:
Classic 4 part southern gospel. good stuff
The Blackwoods were SGM pioneers. I remember hearing them back in the early 70's when I was a child. My parents raised me listening to that sort of music. There's still something wonderful about that music and style.
Nothing like the Blackwoods (except for the Statesmen).
Thanks for the Blackwoods! I have several CDs from getting to see the current group live at a nearby Baptist church. Now: I also went to the Goodwill recently and found some less-common Christmas records which I would love to send to you if you would like. Here's the list.
Christmas in Cambridge - The Harvard University Choir/John R. Ferris
Festival of Lessons and Carols - King's College Chapel upon Christmas Eve MCMLXIV, Dir. David Willcocks
The Nativity to Candlemas - The King's College Choir, Dir. David Willcocks (Classical pieces)
I also got Larkin Singin', A Sing-up of Cockney Songs, by The Mike Sammes Singers. (The Larkins was apparently a British tv or radio show.)
Email me at auntieknickersATgmail.com with your snailmail address if you're interested in any of these. Thanks for all you do.
Auntie,
Glad you liked the BBs! And thanks for the LP offer, but those are a bit too high-brow for my holiday play-, er, sleigh-lists. Kiddie choirs, synchronized barks, and budget label knock-offs are more my speed. I try to keep things lowbrow to below-middlebrow. Appreciate the offer, though!
Thanks for the interesting background on this album. I noted your phrase "not in fake stereo." I've been trying to collect all of the stereo BB albums from Paradise Island until Sumner left. I was starting to think that none of the RCA Camdens were in stereo, just mono. Are you saying that you found a "Gloryland Jubilee" in stereo?
No, I haven't seen (or owned) a stereo edition of "Gloryland Jubilee." I was just expressing relief over finding mono material resissued *in mono* on RCA Camden, since I'm so accustomed to running into rechanneled-stereo LPs on buget reissues (including Harmony and Pickwick). But, no, I have no idea if a stereo version of this LP in fact exists. Sorry about that!
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