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03 Mar 23 - 06:44 PM (#4166804) Subject: The Tell Tale Singers From: GUEST,D. Kingsley Hahn Anybody know anything about an early 1960s folk group called The Tell Tale Singers? I have two albums by them (one on Vox, & one on Aravel); but there are no liner notes on either album, nor any names of the performers. Half of the Vox album is performed by a gospel group called The Goldenaires; but the Aravel album is entirely performed by The Tell Tale Singers. Except for "Hard Ain't It Hard," all the songs are public domain. |
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03 Mar 23 - 10:34 PM (#4166822) Subject: RE: The Tell Tale Singers From: Joe Offer Discogs.com has pretty good information on the 1964 Vox Negro Spirituals album by the Tell Tale Singers and the Goldenaires Choir: The 1963 Aravel Sing Out America album by the Tell Tale Singers ishere: And then there's a 1963 Tell Tale Singers album titled Gospel Favorites. The label is Folkways Records – P4RM-9811, but I don't think that's the Moses Asch Folkways: |
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04 Mar 23 - 12:59 AM (#4166824) Subject: RE: The Tell Tale Singers From: GUEST Looks as if that "Gospel Favorites" album on the fake "folkways" label is the same as the Vox album, with the Goldenaires. The information on Discogs is mighty slim, unfortunately -- the Aravel album was released in 1963, and the Vox album in 1964; and the Production Manager on the Aravel album was Bob Borchardt, who had also worked on other Aravel releases featuring Pete Seeger, the New Lost City Ramblers, Los Indios Taba-Haras, plus a folk-blues compilation album. Interestingly, the Tell Tale Singers album is "Released by special arrangement with Folkways Records,"as is the Pete Seeger album and the folk-blues compilation. I'll have to check my copy of MAKING PEOPLE'S MUSIC to see if any mentions are made of the Tell Tale Singers. |