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Title Velvet voices.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, ℗1997.

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  CD MISC VELVET VOICES  V. 8    Check Shelf
Description 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Series Southern journey ; v. 8
The Alan Lomax collection
Southern journey ; v. 8.
Alan Lomax collection.
Note Principally African-American songs, spirituals, and gospel music.
Performer Various performers.
Event Field recordings made by Alan Lomax, Apr.-May 1960, in Norfolk, Belleville, Ark, Weems, and Williamsburg, Va., and on St. Simon's Island, Ga.
Note "Remastered to 20-bit digital from the original field recordings"--Container.
Originally released in 1961 as The Eastern shores, Prestige International [INT-DS-]25008; includes 6 previously unreleased selections.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Matthew Barton, after Lomax, texts, and bibliography ([32] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents Run to Jesus for refuge (Charles Barnett) -- Joe Turner (Ed Young & Hobart Smith) -- The Titanic (Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith & the Georgia Sea Island Singers) -- Witness for my Lord (Silver Leaf Quartet) -- Dark day (Silver Leaf Quartet) -- The very same God (Silver Leaf Quartet) -- Gospel train (Silver Leaf Quartet) -- I got a home (Nat Rahmings, Hobart Smith & Ed Young) -- Hey, hey, honey (Bright Light Quartet) -- Menhaden chanteys (Bright Light Quartet) -- Walk on the bay (Nat Rahmings with Hobart Smith & Ed Young) -- I'm tired (Bright Light Quartet) -- Just beyond the river (Bright Light Quartet) -- Christian automobile (Bright Light Quartet) -- John the revelator (Belleville A Cappella Choir) -- Walk, Billy Abbott (Willis Proctor & the Georgia Sea Island Singers) -- How could I live (Peerless Four) -- Noah (Peerless Four) -- Trouble in my way (Peerless Four) -- I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord (Peerless Four).
Subject Spirituals (Songs) -- Virginia.
Gospel music -- Virginia.
African Americans -- Virginia -- Music.
Work songs -- Virginia.
Folk songs, English -- Virginia.
Field recordings -- Virginia.
African Americans -- Georgia -- Saint Simons Island -- Music.
Ballads, English -- Georgia -- Saint Simons Island.
Folk songs, English -- Georgia -- Saint Simons Island.
Field recordings -- Georgia -- Saint Simons Island.
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Ballads, English. (OCoLC)fst00825896
Field recordings. (OCoLC)fst00923912
Folk songs, English. (OCoLC)fst00929875
Gospel music. (OCoLC)fst00945026
Spirituals (Songs) (OCoLC)fst01130204
Work songs. (OCoLC)fst01180333
Georgia -- Saint Simons Island. (OCoLC)fst01218385
Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01204597
Genre/Form Music. (OCoLC)fst01423855
Added Author Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
Barnett, Charles, 1875 or 1876- Performer.
Young, Ed, 1908-1974. Performer.
Smith, Hobart, 1897-1965. Performer.
Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984. Performer.
Rahmings, Nat. Performer.
Proctor, Willis. Performer.
Sea Island Singers. Performer.
Silver Leaf Quartette of Norfolk. Performer.
Bright Light Quartet. Performer.
Belleville A Cappella Choir. Performer.
Peerless Four (Musical group) Performer.
Note Subtitle on container: Eastern shores choirs, quartets, and Colonial era music
Standard No. 011661170827
Music No. CD 1708 Rounder
INT-DS-25008 Prestige International
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