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Thread #64314   Message #1051112
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
10-Nov-03 - 11:43 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Let God Abide
Subject: RE: Lyrics: Let God Abide
Masato, and Susan:

Thanks, Masato... funny thing is, I realize that I have the CD you posted... bought it a while back and had misplaced it. But, I found it, and listened to it. The Harmonizing Four version is very smooth, with fine harmonies, as all of their stuff is, with a high tenor lead.
I haven't been able to play the other version you mentioned, Susan. The Robert Anderson version is on a CD from Specialty, which I highly recommend. It's called Greatest Gospel Gems, and is a Specialty Gospel Twofer, with two albums on one CD. The stock number is SP-2144 & 2145.

The CD often shows up on eBay, and I'm sure that you could pick it up at Amazon.com, or CDUniverse. It has several numbers by the Soul Stirrers, and other artists include Alex Bradford, Dorothy Love Coates and The Original Gospel Harmonettes, Brother Joe May, The Pilgrim Travelers, the Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama (who the Messengers are going to see, Dec. 1,) the Swan Silvertones and James Cleveland.

The Robert Anderson version is the one we'll build off of because it is at a slower pace, which allows the lead to do the song with a lot more freedom and power.

Jerry