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Date recorded: May 17, 1936
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified men; Recordist: Lomax, John A.
Subject(s):
Genre: sacred song
Setting: State Penitentiary
Location: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States
Physical form: Acetate Disc
Tape number: 710
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: 710A2
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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