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Date recorded: October 4, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Reverend Reynolds; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: preaching, sacred speech, spoken
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: New Browns Chapel (temporary home of Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church)
Location: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T903
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T903R03
Note: Alan Lomax: "He's a Chicago man who told me he hates the old time emotional style. Last 3 minutes are pretty good. Theme: Paul in Philippi prison. 'I don't care what you say, singing Zion's songs will disturb heaven.'"
Transcript:
Belongs to: Memphis IV 10/59
About the session: Spirituals and preaching at a service of the Great Harvest Missionary Baptist Church, at their temporary home at the New Browns Chapel in Memphis. According to the announcement made by the "narrator" in the middle of T904.1, the congregation choir is under the direction of Mrs. Lulabelle Johnson. Other credits she gives, including her own, are indecipherable.
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