Encore (Unheard Recordings Of Bahamian Guitar And Singing)

[Sleeve text] ℗© 2021 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Descriptive Notes And Photos Are Inside. [Booklet text] ℗© 2021 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Recorded (1965) and Produced (2020) by Peter K. Siegel Recording data: Track A4 "Bimini Gal" previously released as part of the Smithsonian Folkways box set Friends of Old Time Music. Tracks A1, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5 recorded May 14, 1965, at the home of Peter K. Siegel, New York, NY Tracks A2, A4, A5, A7, B4 recorded May 16, 1965 at a concert presented by the Friends of Old Time Music and the Newport Folk Foundation at the New School, New York, NY Track B2 recorded June 1965, at the home of Joseph and Louise Spence, Nassau, Bahamas Track B6 recorded June 1965, at the home of Edith, Raymond and Geneva Pinder, Nassau, Bahamas Recorded on a Nagra III-B tape recorder with a Sony C37-A microphone Annotated by Peter K. Siegel and Guy Droussart Music and culture advisor: Guy Droussart [Tracklist info] A6. New Spring Publishing, Inc., ASCAP B3. Music Sales Corporation o/b/o Campbell Connely & Co. Ltd., ASCAP B4. Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc., ASCAP [Info from Song Notes in booklet] A1. came from the two shape-note hymnals published by James D. Vaughan of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: Harmony Heaven (1934) and Crowning Harmony (1940.) A3. text derived from the Old Testament book of the prophet Isaiah (2:4) A7. performed here by Spence and his sister Edith B1. is a widely disseminated American traditional spiritual dating to the 19th century. It was published as "Tis the Old Time Religion" in the hymnal Crowning Glory No. 2 (Bilhorn 1891, 191). B5. is a hymn sung in Bahamian churches during Advent in the weeks before Christmas. B6. written by the prolific hymn composer Adger M. Pace (1882-1959), appears in the shapenote hymnal Crowning Harmony (1940). Here it is performed by Spence and his relatives, Edith, Raymond and Geneva Pinder. [Label text] ℗© 2021 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Pressing details] Pressing Ring: 1 17/64" Outer rim emboss side A: none Outer rim emboss side B: ca. 2 3/4" Hand etched runouts;