Goodbye, Babylon (6-CD)
by Various Artists
Uncut: 5 stars out of 5 - "[A]cademically rigorous, artistically and emotionally staggering."
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 6
- Released: November 18, 2003
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Dust To Digital
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.154
Included in Rolling Stone's The 10 Best Reissues & Anthologies Of 2004 - "[H]eaven in every respect; seminal, sanctified performances by pillars of American song..."Spin - 3/04, p.94
"Five discs of ancient, mostly obscure fire-and-brimstone gospel, blues, country, jug-band, and sacred-harp tunes..."Entertainment Weekly - 2/13/04, p.73
"If O BROTHER was the 'coffee-table album' of its year, BABYLON feels like the coffee table itself." - Rating: B+Uncut - 2/04, p.87
5 stars out of 5 - "[A]cademically rigorous, artistically and emotionally staggering."The Wire - 1/04, p.56
"This utterly rapturous collection of 135 sacred songs and 25 sermons features many of the big names responsible, but too rarely credited, for creating the lingua franca of modern music..."Mojo (Publisher) - 2/04, p.104
5 stars out of 5 - "[T]his is beautiful music....It is deeply moving, and inspiring....There's nothing quite like it anywhere."Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Goodbye, Babylon - Rev. T.T. Rose
- 2.Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb - Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
- 3.Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus) - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- 4.Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- 5.All I Want Is That Pure Religion - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- 6.Satisfied - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
- 7.As the Life of a Flower - Chuck Wagon Gang
- 8.Thou Carest Lord, For Me - Rosie Hibler
- 9.Lift Him Up That's All - Blind Benny Paris and Wife
- 10.Rock My Soul - Golden Gate Quartet
- 11.There's a Light Lit Up in Galilee - Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers
- 12.Crucifixion - J.T. Allison Sacred Harp Singers
- 13.Crying Holy Unto the Lord - The Blue Chips
- 14.I'll Never Go Back - The Louvin Brothers
- 15.God's Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares - Huggins & Phillips Sacred Harp Singers
- 16.Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit - Luther Magby
- 17.I Belong to the Band - Hallelujah! - Rev. Gary Davis
- 18.River of Jordan - The Carter Family
- 19.Sow Good Seeds - Lil McClintock
- 20.I'll Be Satisfied - Bryant's Jubilee Quartet
- 21.Troubled 'Bout My Soul - Frank Palmes
- 22.Dry Bones - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- 23.Jesus My All - Rev. E.D. Campbell
- 24.Creep Along, Moses - Taskiana Four
- 25.Joy Bells - Tennessee Mountaineers
- 26.He Gave Me a Heart to Love - Rev. T.T. Rose
- 27.O Day - Rev. Anderson Johnson / Scruggs / Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down - Eldeen McIntosh
- 2.Memphis Flu - Elder Curry
- 3.Bible's Right, The - Tennessee Music And Printing Company Quartet
- 4.Standing in the Need of Prayer - The Stanley Brothers
- 5.Blood That Stained the Old Rugged Cross, The - Carl Smith
- 6.How About You - Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
- 7.Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader - Skip James
- 8.Murillo's Lesson - Charles Butts Sacred Harp Singers
- 9.Glory Glory Glory Glory to the Lamb - Kentucky Ramblers
- 10.Come Over Here - Elder Richard Bryant Sanctified Singers
- 11.I'm Gonna Cross the River of Jordan - Some O' These Days - Rev. Edward Clayborn
- 12.Milky White Way - The Trumpeteers
- 13.Deliverance Will Come - Johnson Family Singers
- 14.Daniel in the Den of Lions - North Canton Quartet
- 15.Goin' on to Heaven in the Sanctified Way - Cally Fancy
- 16.No More, My Lord - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- 17.This World Can't Stand Long - King's Sacred Quartette
- 18.God's Getting Worried - Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
- 19.Get Right Church - Empire Jubilee Quartet
- 20.Move Members Move - Laura Henton
- 21.Lover of the Lord - Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers
- 22.Old Ark's a Moving, The - Sea Island Singers / A.A. Gray
- 23.On My Way to Heaven - Golden P. Harris
- 24.Bible's True, The - Uncle Dave Macon
- 25.Ship of Glory - Price Family Sacred Singers
- 26.Since I Laid My Burden Down - Elder Edwards / The Elders McIntorsh
- 27.Precious Lord, Hold My Hand - Elder Effie Hall
- 28.When the Saints Go Marching In - Blind Willie Davis
- 29.Jonah, Come Out the Wilderness - Cyril Monrose / Ridgel's Fountain Citians / Roaring Lion
Tracks on Disc 3:
- 1.Down on the Old Camp Ground - Rev. Emmett Dickinson
- 2.My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race - Rev. A.W. Nix
- 3.Your Enemy Cannot Harm You (But Watch Your Close Friend) - Rev. Edward Clayborn
- 4.Ain't Gonna Lay My Armor Down - McVay / Jimpson / McVay & Johnson
- 5.I'll Fly Away - James Carson / Martha Carson / James Carson
- 6.Heavenly Vision - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- 7.Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying - Bessie Johnson Sanctified Singers
- 8.Lower My Dying Head - Rev. George and Congregation Jones
- 9.You've Got to Move - Trumpetters
- 10.That Home Above - Sancrified Congregation / Cally Fancy / Foggy Mountain Boys / Flatt & Scruggs
- 11.Golden Gate Gospel Train - Golden Gate Quartet
- 12.I'll Be Rested (When the Roll Is Called) - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- 13.Down on Me - Blind Roger Hays
- 14.Goin' to Rest Where Jesus Is - T.C.I. Women's Four
- 15.Got Heaven in My View - Louis Washington
- 16.Judgment - Rev. Sister Mary M. Nelson
- 17.I Want Two Wings to Veil My Face - Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
- 18.We Got the Same Kinda Power Over Here - David Ross / Rev. D.C. Rice
- 19.What Are They Doing in Heaven Today - George Washington Phillips
- 20.That Great Day - T.C.I. Women's Four
- 21.I'm Bound for Home - North Canton Quartet
- 22.I Am in the Heavenly Way - Washington White
- 23.Over in the Glory Land - Rev. E.S. "Shy" Moore
- 24.Death in the Morning - Rev. Anderson Johnson
- 25.In the Land Where We'll Never Grow Old - The Maddox Brothers & Rose
- 26.Bathe in That Beautiful Pool - Chuck Wagon Gang
- 27.I'll Have a New Body - The Drifting Cowboys / Hank Williams
Tracks on Disc 4:
- 1.Walking My Lord Up Calvary Hill - Bela Lam and His Greene Country Singers / Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers / Stoney Cooper
- 2.Christ Arose - Sheffield Quartet
- 3.If You See My Saviour - Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
- 4.Let Jesus Lead You - Jubilee Gospel Team & Deep River Plantation Singe
- 5.Found a Wonderful Savior - Golden Gate Quartet
- 6.He Is My Story - Arizona Dranes
- 7.I Remember Calvary - Ernest V. Stoneman
- 8.Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There - Blind Willie Johnson
- 9.If You Follow Jesus - Rev. W.M. Mosley
- 10.Hide Me in the Blood of Jesus - Blind Benny Paris and Wife
- 11.I'll Be a Friend to Jesus - Wade Mainer
- 12.Standing on the Promises - Taskiana Four
- 13.Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane - Rev. W.M. Mosley
- 14.I've Got Salvation in My Heart - Stovepipe No. 1
- 15.I Mean to Live for Jesus - Price Family Sacred Singers
- 16.When Was Jesus Born? - The Heavenly Gospel Singers
- 17.Come to the Savior - The Blue Sky Boys
- 18.I Want Jesus to Walk With Me - Dorothy Melton
- 19.He's Coming Soon - Laura Henton
- 20.Return Again - North Carolina Cooper Boys
- 21.I Am the True Vine - Rev. Gary Davis
- 22.Sweet Story of Old - King's Sacred Quartette
- 23.I'll Lead a Christian Life - Blind Willie Harris
- 24.I'm Leaning on the Lord - Empire Jubilee Quartet
- 25.Where He Leads Me I Will Follow - Hallelujah Joe
- 26.Jesus Is Getting Us Ready for the Great Day - Luther Magby
Tracks on Disc 5:
- 1.Daniel Saw the Stone - Rev. Isaiah Shelton
- 2.Called to the Foreign Field - Alfred G. Karnes
- 3.Hallelujah to the Lamb - Ridgel's Fountain Citians
- 4.You Need Jesus on Your Side - Deacon A. Wilson
- 5.You'd Better Mind - Pace Jubilee Singers
- 6.Exhilaration - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers
- 7.If the Light Has Gone Out of Your Soul - Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
- 8.Keep on the Firing Line - Brown's Ferry Four
- 9.Romans Ten and Nine - The Bailes Brothers
- 10.Standing Outside - Wade Mainer
- 11.Sinner You Better Get Ready - The Monroe Brothers
- 12.I Got to Cross the River of Jordan - Blind Willie McTell
- 13.Free at Last - Dock Reed / Elder Effie Hall / Vera Hall-Ward
- 14.Whole World in His Hands, The - Bessie Johnson Sanctified Singers
- 15.Amazing Grace - Mahalia Jackson
- 16.Honey in the Rock - Rev. Johnnie Blakey
- 17.On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand - Seventh Day Adventists Choir
- 18.My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- 19.I Don't Intend to Die in Egyptland - Joshua White
- 20.Primrose Hill - Virginia Dandies
- 21.Keep on the Sunny Side - The Carter Family
- 22.Light in the Valley - Mrs. T.A. Duncans / Mrs. L. Reed / Mrs. T.A. Duncans
- 23.When the Saints Go Marching In - H.C. "D.D.I.M.R.A." Gatewood
- 24.We Are Almost Down to the Shore - Jimmie Strothers
- 25.Strange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- 26.Goodbye, Babylon, Pt. II - Rev. T.T. Rose
Tracks on Disc 6:
- 1.Gettin' Ready for Christmas Day - Reverend J.M. Gates
- 2.Black Diamond Express to Hell, Pt.I - Rev. A.W. Nix
- 3.Black Diamond Express to Hell, Pt. II - Rev. A.W. Nix
- 4.Downfall of Nebuchadnezzar, The - Elder J.E. Burch
- 5.Liar, The - Sheffield Quartet
- 6.Hell and What It Is - Rev. Emmett Dickinson
- 7.Church and the Kingdom, The - Elder J.E. Burch
- 8.If I Have a Ticket Lord Can I Ride? - Louis Washington
- 9.You Must Be Born Again - Charles Butts Sacred Harp Singers
- 10.Take Me to the Water - Rev. E.D. Campbell
- 11.Oh Lord, Remember Me - Jubilee Gospel Team & Deep River Plantation Singe
- 12.Christ, The Teacher - Cyril String Orchestra Monrose
- 13.King of Kings - Rev. Johnny Blakey
- 14.O Lord I'm Your Child - Elder Otis Jones
- 15.Moses Was Rescued by a Negro Woman - Reverend Webb
- 16.That White Mule of Sin - Rev. George Jones and Congregation
- 17.Deacon's Prayer Services - Deacon Leon Davis
- 18.Prodigal Son, The - Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
- 19.Well of Salvation - M.L. (Reverend) Gipson & His Sanctified Congregation
- 20.Jonah in the Belly of the Whale - Rev. F.W. McGee
- 21.Gambler's Doom, The - Rev. J.C. Burnett
- 22.Prodigal's Return, The (The Things I USTA Do I Don't Do No More) - Hallelujah Joe
- 23.God Is Mad With Man - Rev. T.E. Weems
- 24.Black Camel of Death, The - Rev. J.M. Milton
- 25.Death Might Be Your Santa Claus - Reverend J.M. Gates
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