Hi everyone. I'm wondering any of you can help me. Years ago I had a 2-album set of gospel/hymns, but I've long since lost that wonderful set. Anyway, on those albums, there was a song called The Old Gospel Ship, and from my vague memory of reading the group's name years ago I'm pretty sure it was an all-black quartet -- something like The Southern Sons (original group), or maybe The Five Blind Boys from Alabama -- but I can't remember exactly the name of the group. It was the best version of that song that I've ever heard -- sort of bouncy and perky and the lead singer had a very bassy-type voice, and it must have been recorded in the 30s or 40s, so it was before the Gaither / Red Smiley / Joan Biaz / Happy Goodman versions.

The 2-record set was a compilation of many other gospel songs and hymns. The cover was yellow (I'm pretty sure), and I think it had a outline sketch of a church drawn in green. Thanks to all who read this and are interested. I've been searching for that 2-record set for ages and I've searched the Internet but I can't find that particular version of that particular song sung by that particular group. :-)