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1. Morning Prayer, Tom Owen

2. Exhortation

3. Welcome, Linton Ballinger

4. Bear Creek

5. The Last Words of Copernicus

6. Gospel Trumpet

7. Detroit

8. Ocean

9. Showers of Blessing

10. White

11. Redemption

12. Delight

13. Save, Lord, Or We Perish

14. Holy Manna

15. Commentary, Richard DeLong

16. Sherburne

17. Saints Bound for Heaven

18. Harmony

19. Morning Sun

20. Mount Pleasant

21. Announcement, David Ivey

22. The Hill of Zion

23. Fillmore

24. I'm On My Journey Home

25. King of Peace

26. Confidence

27. Travelling Pilgrim

28. Sardis

29. The Golden Harp

30. A Thankful Heart

31. Logan

32. I Want To Go To Heaven

33. Peace And Joy

34. Stratfield

35. Present Joys

36. Jerusalem

37. Announcement, David Ivey

38. Morning Prayer, Louis Hughes, Sr

39. Canaan's Land

40. Kelley

41. Passing Away

42. Eternal Day

43. The Better Land

44. Panting For Heaven

45. Christian Soldier

46. Schenectady

47. Travelling On

48. Lloyd

49. Return Again

50. Primrose

51. Sabbath Morning

52. Sawyer's Exit

53. Memorial Lesson, Marcia Johnson

54. Ortonville

55. Bridgewater

56. The Resurrection Day

57. A Glad New Song

58. Liberty

59. Idumea

60. Windham

61. Jasper

62. Desire For Piety

63. Arbacoochee

64. Villulia

65. I'll Seek His Blessings

66. Alabama

67. The Young Convert

68. Heavenly Port

69. Parting Hand

70. Closing Prayer, B. J. Harris

MP3 United Sacred Harp Musical Association - In Sweetest Union Join

8.99 USD

A live field recording of shape note singing at the 96th session of the United Sacred Harp Convention in Henagar, Alabama.

70 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Traditional Folk, COUNTRY: Traditional Country



Details:
This double CD field recording of the 1999 United Sacred Harp Convention comes as close as possible to capturing the awesome energy, intense feeling and powerful harmonies of live shape note singing. Over 200 singers were present, many of them lifelong singers in the tradition.

Recording was done at Liberty Baptist Church in Henagar, Alabama, where the two shape note songs found on the soundtrack of the major motion picture "Cold Mountain"
were also recorded.

The album commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1959 United Sacred Harp Convention (held in nearby Fyffe, Alabama) famously recorded by Alan Lomax, legendary music collector and archivist for the Library of Congress. The 1959 recording sparked nationwide interest in this music for the first time. Amazingly, more than 20 singers recorded in 1959 were still singing in 1999! This CD contains a beautiful full-color booklet that tells their story. Rare historic photos included.

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