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    Audio Recording
    Amazing grace (used to be her favorite song) sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, stereo. ; 7 in. | Publisher: Fourth Floor Music, Inc. (ASCAP) ABC-12142-A. Mx: 45-14859-S (Source Note). 2 minutes (Extent). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Smith, H. R. - Abc Records - Amazing Rhythm Aces - Burton, Barry "Byrd"
    • Date: 1975
  • Audio Recording
    Speech by Paine Denson, excerpt from a field recording, "Speeches about The Sacred Harp sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. | Recorded at the Sacred Harp Singing Convention in Birmingham, Alabama (Venue). Recorded by Alan Lomax and George Pullen Jackson in August, 1942 (Date). Excerpt from Paine Denson's impromptu speech on Sacred Harp singing. (General). Forms part of the Alan Lomax and George Pullen Jackson Collection of Sacred Harp Music. (Source). Courtesy of Paine Denson...
    • Contributor: Denson, Paine - Lomax, Alan
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound reel : analog, stereo. | Recorded by Alan Lomax in 1959 (Date). Recorded at the Old Regular Baptist Church, Mayking, Kentucky (Venue). "Amazing Grace" by Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church from Southern Journey vol. 4: Brethren, We Meet Again, Rounder DC 1704. Courtesy of Rounder Records. (Copyright Notice). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church Congregation
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. | Recorded in Livingston, Alabama (Venue). Recorded by John A. Lomax and Ruby T. Lomax on May 26, 1939 (Date). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Allison, Jesse - Hall, Vera - Reed, Dock
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. | Recorded in Byhalia, Mississippi (Venue). Recorded by Herbert Halpert on May 13, 1939 (Date). Courtesy of Lavern Shipp Baldwin, LavBaldwin@aol.com. (Copyright Notice). Courtesy of Lavern Shipp Baldwin, LavBaldwin@aol.com. (Copyright Notice). Sound Recording (Form). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Shipp, Mary
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. | Recorded at a schoolhouse in Vancleave, Mississippi (Venue). Recorded by Herbert Halpert on June 9, 1939 (Date). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Group of Adults
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. | Recorded at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Manor, Texas (Venue). Recorded by John Henry Faulk on August 3, 1941 (Date). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Shilo Baptist Church Choir
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. | Recorded at the Sacred Harp Singing Convention in Birmingham, Alabama (Venue). Recorded by Alan Lomax and George Pullen Jackson in August, 1942 (Date). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Hardeman, Uncle Bill - Sacred Harp Singing Society
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : anaolog, mono. | Recorded in Allen, KY (Venue). Recorded by Margot Mayo, Stu Jamieson and Freyda Simon in 1946 (Date). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Mayo, Seymour
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. | Keith Underwood, recorder (Performers). Track 13 from the CD "The Quiet joys of Brotherhood" (Source Note). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Kuhn, Kevin - Saivetz, Wendy - Underwood, Keith - Abaca Productions
    • Date: 1991
  • Book/Printed Material
    Olney hymns in three books Hymnal. print | xxvii, [1], 427 p. : front. (ports.) ; 17 cm. | Preface signed: John Newton. 280 hymns by Newton, 68 by Cowper.--Cf. Dictionary of National Biography. Without music. Errata: p. [xxviii]; publisher's advertisement: p. [428]. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Printed and Sold by W. Oliver - Cowper, William - Pre- Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress - Newton, John - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1779

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    New Britain C. M. ("Original Sacred Harp") sound recording | 1 sound disc : anaolog, mono. ; 10 in. | "Mixed Choir" (Performers). Recorded in NYC c. July 1922 (Date). Brunswick 5150-A. Mx: 8418. (Source Note). 2 minutes (Extent). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Original Sacred Harp Choir - Brunswick
    • Date: 1922
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace compact disc | 1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. | First issued on Columbia KC 33087 "Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories" in 1975 (Date). Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, www.sonybmg.com. (Copyright). Recorded on June 17, 1974 (Date). Compact Disc (Form). Compact Disc (Form). Compact Disc (Form).
    • Contributor: Cash, Johnny - Columbia
    • Date: 1990

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  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. ; 10 in. | Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, www.sonybmg.com. (Copyright). "Sacred Singing with Instrumental Acc." (Content). Sound Recording (Form). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Smith, Carl - Columbia Records - [Carter], Mother Maybell - Carter Sisters
    • Date: 1952

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    Amazing grace sound recording | Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, www.sonybmg.com. (Copyright). Sound Recording (Form). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Golden Gate Quartet - Columbia Records
  • Audio Recording
    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, stereo. ; 12 in. | Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, www.sonybmg.com. (Copyright). Sound Recording (Form). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Geezenslaw Brothers - Columbia Records - Coe, C. J. - Coe, David Allen - Payne, Jody - Nelson, Willie
    • Date: 1976

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    Amazing grace sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. ; 10 in. | "Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lottie Henry and the Rosettes" (Performers). "Sacred Singing with Organ Accompaniment" (Performers). 2 minutes (Extent). 2 minutes (Extent). Sound Recording (Form). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Tharpe, Sister Rosetta - Henry, Lottie - Decca - Rosettes
    • Date: 1950
  • Audio Recording
    Jewett sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, mono. ; 10 in. | Recorded c. January 1929 (Date). from the private collection of Matt Barton (Source Note). Courtesy of Fantasy Records, 2600 10th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710. (Copyright Notice). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: J.T. Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - Gennett
    • Date: 1929
  • Book/Printed Material
    The Virginia harmony Hymnal. print | obl. cm. | Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Samuel H. Davis - Clayton, David L. (David Little) - Carrell, James P. - Clayton, David L.
    • Date: 1831

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    The Southern harmony, and musical companion: Containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems Hymnal. print | obl. cm. | Only 1 page digitized. (Digital Conversion). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. William Walker, Spartanburg, S.C. - Walker, William
    • Date: 1847
  • Book/Printed Material
    The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion: Containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems selected from the most eminent authors in the United States: Together with nearly one hundred ... Hymnal. print | b. xxxi; 304 pp. cm. | which have never before been published; suited to most of the metres contained in Watt's hymns and psalms, Mercer's Cluster, Dossey's Choice, Dover Selection, Methodist hymn book, and Baptist Harmony; and well adapted to Christian churches of every denomination, singing schools, and private societies: Also, an easy introduction to the grounds of music, the rudiments...
    • Contributor: Walker, William - W. Miller
    • Date: 1847

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  • Book/Printed Material
    Sacred harp Hymnal. print | 461 p. ports. 18 x 26 cm. | Only 1 page digitized (p. 45). (Digital Conversion). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Denson, Paine - Sacred Harp Pub. Co - [White, Benjamin Franklin] - Denson, Thomas J. - King, E. J.
    • Date: 1936
  • Book/Printed Material
    Baptist chorals A hymn and tune book for use in the churches Hymnal. print | p. obl. cm. | Only 1 page digitized. (Digital Conversion). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: F. T. Shore - Shore, F. T.
    • Date: 1888
  • Book/Printed Material
    Make His praise glorious for the Sunday school and church Hymnal. print | [253] p. 17 x 13 cm. | Only 2 pages digitized (1 digital image). (Digital Conversion). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Excell, E. O. (Edwin Othello) - Excell, E. O. - E. O. Excell
    • Date: 1900

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  • Book/Printed Material
    Sacred songs and solos Hymnal. print | unpaged. | Only 2 pages digitized (1 digital image). (Digital Conversion). Print (Form).
    • Contributor: Morgan & Scott Ld - Sankey, Ira David - Sankey, Ira D.
    • Date: 1877