• 1. Precious Lord, Hold My Hand – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 2. Take Rocks and Gravel to Build a Solid Road – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 3. Wild About My Daddy – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 4. Sun Gonna Shine in My Back Door Some Day – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 5. I'm Going On – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 6. O Lord Let Thy Will Be Done – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 7. Conversation Preaching Tonight on the Old Camp Ground – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 8. My Baby Gone and She Won't Be Back No More – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 9. Fare You Well Daddy, It's Your Time Now – The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass
      • 10. Sing On – The Lapsey Band
      • 11. Dixie – The Lapsey Band
      • 12. Going up the Country, Don't You Want to Go – The Lapsey Band
      • 13. I Shall Not Be Moved – The Lapsey Band
      • 14. The Ship is Over the Ocean – The Lapsey Band
      • 15. Mama, Don't You Tear My Clothes – The Lapsey Band
      • 16. Nearer My God to Thee – The Lapsey Band
      • 17. Like My Lord – The Lapsey Band
      • 18. I'm All Right Now Since I've Been Converted – The Lapsey Band
      • 19. Just Over in the Gloryland – The Lapsey Band
      • 20. When I Lay My Burden Down – The Lapsey Band

      The fieldwork for this album sought to explore sources that would lead listeners back to the decades between the emancipation of the slaves in 1863 and 1900. The collector, Frederick Ramsey, Jr., endeavored to find old artists who had not yet been recorded, and with the single exception of Elder David Ross of New Orleans, he succeeded.

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