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Table of Contents:

• CD one. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (3:00) ; Witness (Paul Robeson) (2:25)
• Joshua fit the battle of Jericho (Dixie Jubilee Singers) (2:41)
• Blow, Gabriel, blow (Fisk University Jubilee Singers) (2:07)
• Deep river (Marian Anderson) (3:16)
• Go down Moses (Roland Hayes) (2:19)
• Nobody knows the trouble I've seen (Dorothy Maynor) (3:16)
• God shall wipe all tears away (Mahalia Jackson) (3:04)
• If you see my saviour (Thomas A. Dorsey) (2:51)
• Twelve gates to the city (Rev. Gary Davis) (3:08)
• Wade in the water (Charioteers) (2:44)
• Let your light shine on me (Blind Willie Johnson) (3:11)
• I stood on de ribber ob Jerdan (Ellabelle Davis) (3:03)
• Climbing Jacob's ladder (New Orleans University Glee Club) (3:03)
• Let the church roll on (Southern University Quartet) (2:28)
• Old ship of Zion (Kenneth Spencer/Hall Johnson Negro Choir) (3:08)
• Hear de lambs a cryin'/Plenty good room (Roland Hayes) (4:43)
• The prodigal son (Heavenly Gospel Singers) (2:47)
• Crucifixion (Marian Anderson) (4:37)
• The black diamond express to hell (Rev. A.W. Nix) (5:52).
• CD two. Precious lord, take my hand (Heavenly Gospel Singers) (3:01)

• Swing low, sweet chariot (Jules Bledsoe) (2:42)
• Moan, you moaners (Bessie Smith) (3:14)
• Lit'l boy (Christ in the temple before the scribes) (Roland Hayes) (2:12)
• I've heard of a city called Heaven (Hall Negro Quartet) (3:17)
• Mary don't you weep (Utica Institute Jubilee Singers) (2:35)
• De ole ark's a-movering/Ezekiel saw de wheel (Paul Robeson) (2:22)
• My lord, what a morning (Marian Anderson) (3:16)
• No hiding place (Norfolk Jubilee Quartet) (3:16)
• I want Jesus to walk around my bedside (Selah Jubilee Singers) (3:20)
• Goin' on to Jesus in the sanctified way (Sister Cally Fancy) (3:07)
• Steal away to Jesus (Dorothy Maynor) (3:40)
• De blind man stood on the road and cried (Morris Brown Quartet) (2:55)
• Send one angel down (Dixie Jubilee Singers) (2:46)
• Were you there when they crucified my lord? (Paul Robeson) (2:44)
• 'Roun' 'bout de mountain (Roland Hayes) (2:54)
• Do lord send me (Georgia Peach) (2:49)
• True friendship (Rev. J. C. Burnett) (2:49)
• He got better things for you (Bessie Johnson) (2:56)
• Take your burden to the lord and leave it there (Washington Phillips) (3:10).

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Contributors:

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

Hayes, Roland, 1887-1977

Maynor, Dorothy

Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972

Dorsey, Thomas Andrew

Davis, Gary, 1896-1972

Johnson, Blind Willie

Davis, Ellabelle, 1907-1960

Nix, A. W.

Bledsoe, Jules, 1898-1943

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937

Fancy, Cally

Georgia Peach (Singer)

Burnett, J. C.

Phillips, Washington

Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)

Charioteers (Musical group)

New Orleans University > Glee Club

Southern University Quartet

Hall Johnson Choir

Heavenly Gospel Singers

Hall Negro Quartette

Utica Normal and Industrial Institute of Mississippi > Jubilee Singers

Norfolk Jubilee Quartet

Selah Jubilee Singers

Morris Brown College > Morris Brown Quartet

Dixie Jubilee Singers

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Gospel music

Spirituals (Songs)

United States

Performers:

Various artists.

General Notes:

Recorded 1922-1948.
Program notes (1 folded leaf) inserted.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 105,622- 105,623

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 805520090384
Publisher Number, Primo Collection: PRMCD6038

OCLC Numbers:

1053036301
187319185 [Invalid]