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Date recorded: May 18, 1936
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified men; Performer: Chestnut, Sam; Recordist: Lomax, John A.
Subject(s):
Genre: sacred song
Instruments: voice
Setting: State Penitentiary
Location: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States
Physical form: Acetate Disc
Tape number: 720
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: 720B2
Transcript:
Belongs to: Columbia 5/36
About the session: Recordings of sacred material and work songs at the State Penitentiary, plus one performance by an unaccompanied quartet identified as employees of the Capitol City Laundry. Unfortunately quite a few performances of the prisoner groups are marred by disc skips.
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