I should have edited more carefully.

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Beginning in the early 1900's there were 3 different editions of the Sacred Harp in use: they were popularly called the James ed.; the Cooper ed. and the White Book (for J.L. White).

The James ed. was re-edited in the 1930's & became the Denson edition. Again re-edited & bound in maroon, it's now just called the 1991 ed. or the Red Book. This is the first edition that non-southerners are usually exposed to. The Cooper ed. is also widely used & is often called the Blue Book. Without the support of a group to keep the White Book in print, by the 1960's there were not a lot of groups still singing from it. There are now only a handful of singings devoted to singing from the White Book.

Babylon is Fallen is relatively late in composition (1878) and before 1991 had only been added to the White Book. It got somewhat wider distribution in photo-copies, but I think this is post 1970. (It might also be in the Christian Harmony, but I'm not sure.) Babylon is Fallen was added to the Red Book in 1991. I think the early 90's ed. of the Cooper Book also added it, but I'd have to check.

A field recording of Babylon is Fallen from the 1960's would almost have to be from a White Book singing. I've never heard of one, but would love to have it. There is no record of one in the extremely comprehensive Recordings Index. If you have details about it I'd like to know more about it.