Fasola: 53 Shape Note Folk Hymns

All Day Sacred Harp Singing at Stewart's Chapel in Houston, Mississippi

Asch Mankind Series – AHM 4151

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Sacred
[Tracklist]
A01 Liverpool (1:40)
A02 Delight (1:30)
A03 Schenectady (1:58)
A04 Bear Creek (1:53)
A05 Harmony (1:30)
A06 World Unknown (1:40)
A07 Stratfield (1:41)
A08 Arbacoochee (1:40)
A09 Save, Lord, or We Perish (1:55)
A10 Soar Away (2:00)
A11 Cusseta (1:41)
A12 Traveling On (1:43)
A13 Fillmore (1:58)
B01 Gospel Trumpet (1:30)
B02 Providence (1:49)
B03 Florida (1:39)
B04 Columbiana (1:04)
B05 Happy Home (1:23)
B06 Southwell (2:40)
B07 Concord (1:28)
B08 Rees (2:06)
B09 New Hope (1:54)
B10 The Resurrection Day (1:48)
B11 Idumea (1:20)
B12 Mear (1:30)
B13 My Brightest Days - My Brightest Day (1:43)
C01 New Jordan (2:13)
C02 Alabama (1:45)
C03 Morning Sun (1:58)
C04 Exhortation (1:21)
C05 Sinners Friend (0:59)
C06 Coston (1:28)
C07 Georgia (1:28)
C08 Cheves (1:35)
C09 Invitation (1:28)
C10 Eternal Home (1:28)
C11 Green Street (0:39)
C12 The Spirit Shall Return (2:22)
C13 Christian Soldier (1:35)
C14 The Good Old Way / Cowper (1:22)
D01 Christmas Anthem (2:32)
D02 Jerusalem (2:00)
D03 Exhilaration (2:03)
D04 Canaan's Land (1:46)
D05 Sweet Rivers (1:40)
D06 Easter Anthem (1:55)
D07 Notes Almost Divine (1:58)
D08 Manchester (2:01)
D09 O Come Away (1:00)
D10 Murillo's Lesson (2:13)
D11 Calvary (1:24)
D12 Nashville (1:13)
[Credits]
Male and female singers (choral) Shape-note singers (choral)
Producer and Recorder: Frederic Ramsey and Amelia J. Ramsey, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This 1970 release records the shape note singing convention in Houston, Mississippi. As is the tradition with shape note signing, songs are first sung using notes "fa-so-la-mi," then with lyrics. Each voice part is equally balanced, consequently submerging the tune because all parts (except bass) are sung by both men and women. Liner notes compiled by Amelia Ramsey include a history of shape note singing and background on each song. An illustrated essay by Frederic Ramsey Jr. provides more information on the Mississippi community.