Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Sacred Harp Singing
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Artist: Alabama Sacred Harp SingersEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-01-13
Music Label: Rounder Select
Soundtracks:
- Windham
- Mear
- Wondrous Love
- Lover of the Lord
- Lover of the Lord [Version 2]
- Montgomery
- Northfield
- Mount Zion
- Milford
- Stratfield
- Evening Shade
- Ballstown
- Edom
- Fillmore
- Sardis
- Mission
- Vain World Adieu
- Heavenly Vision
- David's Lamentation
- Sherburne
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Free Music Review: music to move you...
Hit: 5 Stars
While the three-star reviewer does have a point (the recording quality on this disc is not as clear as say the southern journey recordings), this should only be of minor consequence. Alan Lomax himself stated that this attempt at recording a sacred harp singing was not as successful as his later attempts in stereo (refer once again to southern journey). However, the recordings are not necessarily unclear or "muddy" as the aforementioned reviewer put it. They are quite clear enough to hear just how emotional and moving these renditions are. While the recording quality is not as good as some other discs, I prefer versions of songs on this disc to others I've heard (David's Lamentation, Wondrous Love, etc.) It also contains the only recorded version I've heard of "Lover of the Lord", a wonderful sort of curiosity within this set, with a sound all its own. For the historical value and notable renditions contained on this disc, it is more than worth your investment. The only prerequisite is that you know what you're getting into: This is some of the most authentic, unabashed and powerful music you're likely to hear, regardless of when or how it was recorded.
Sacred Harp Singing Poster
The sound may not be up to contemporary standards on this disc, but historically it is perhaps the most important recording ever released of Sacred Harp singing. Part of the Library of Congress's Archive of Folk Culture series, this was the first recording to be created "in the raw," from an entire singing convention, replete with the heart-rending testimonials and the sound of singers getting into pitch. Folklorist Alan Lomax with George Pullen Jackson (at the time the foremost authority on Sacred Harp singing) recorded this fascinating document. Jackson authored several works and did extensive research on the often secular roots of Sacred Harp songs and delved into the lives of important original composers such as Billings, Read, and Ingalls. Since its release, Sacred Harp Singing has become a Rosetta stone of sorts for contemporary singers, who can compare their sound against that of the first authentic recording of a convention, the Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention of August 1942. --Mike McGonigalBlues Music CDs
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