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Tracklist

Disc 1 (African-American Spirituals: The Concert Tradition)
1	–The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	There is a Balm in Gilead	5:54
2	–The Princely Players	We Shall Walk Through the Valley	3:14
3	–The Princely Players	Roll, Jordan Roll	2:16
4	–The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned	4:37
5	–The Princely Players	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	2:46
6	–The Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho	2:22
7	–The Fisk Jubilee Singers	Wade in the Water	2:24
8	–The Howard University Chamber Choir	Deep River	2:55
9	–The Howard University Chamber Choir	Listen to the Lambs	5:20
10	–The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	1:39
11	–The Princely Players	Oh Freedom	2:08
12	–The Princely Players	Gospel Train	2:25
13	–The Princely Players	I'm a Rolling Through an Unfriendly World	2:18
14	–Kehembe Eichelberger	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	5:29
15	–The Princely Players	Steal Away	5:35
16	–The Princely Players	Go in the Wilderness	3:47
17	–The Florida A&M University Concert Choir	Ezekial Saw the Wheel	2:20
18	–The Howard University Chamber Choir	Ain't Got Time to Die	2:45
19	–The Howard University Chamber Choir	Wade in the Water	2:05
Disc 2 (African-American Congregational Singing)
1	–The McIntosh County Shouters	Sign of the Judgement	2:36
2	–The McIntosh County Shouters	Lay Down Body	3:02
3	–The Seniorlites	Lay Down Body	1:31
4	–The Seniorlites	You Got a Right to the Tree of Life	2:32
5	–C.J. Johnson	One Morning Soon	0:46
6	–C.J. Johnson	I Want to Go Where Jesus Is	4:55
7	–C.J. Johnson	You Better Run to the City of Refuge	3:13
8	–The United Southern Prayer Band	I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say	5:50
9	–The United Southern Prayer Band	Give Me Jesus	3:59
10	–The United Southern Prayer Band	I Am a Soldier in the Army of the Lord	6:02
11	–The Richard Allen Singers	Am I a Soldier of the Cross?	6:15
12	–The Richard Allen Singers	Early My God Without Delay	4:00
13	–Congregational song	Come and Go To That Land	2:55
14	–The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	Glory, Glory Hallelujah Since I Laid My Burden Down	4:07
15	–The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	A Charge to Keep I Have	4:27
16	–The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	Traditional Prayer with Moans	9:46
17	–The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation	Sit Down Servant	2:04
Disc 3 (African-American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers)
1	–Lou Bell Johnson	Stand By Me	3:24
2	–Toshi Reagon	We'll Understand It Better	2:59
3	–Bernice Reagon*, Yasmeen, Michele Lanchester*	What are They Doing in Heaven Today?	5:46
4	–Eugene Smallwood*	Something Within	4:20
5	–Donald Vails, Debbie Steele Hayden	He'll Understand and Say Well Done	3:25
6	–Bernice Reagon*, Yasmeen, Michele Lanchester*	Touch Me, Lord Jesus	3:06
7	–Donald Vails	It's a Highway to Heaven	1:46
8	–Eugene Smallwood*	Little Wooden Church on the Hill	5:06
9	–Bernice Reagon*, Yasmeen, Michele Lanchester*	I Was Standing By the Bedside of a Neighbor	3:21
10	–The Richard Allen Singers	How I Got Over	3:04
11	–Sweet Honey In The Rock	Speak to Me Jesus	5:18
12	–Horace Boyer, Donald Vails	Does Jesus Care	3:50
13	–Sweet Honey In The Rock	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	4:15
14	–Donald Vails	God is Still on the Throne	5:44
15	–Donald Vails, Gloria Griffin	God Specializes	7:18
16	–Carolyn Bolger-Payne and the Philadelphia Ambassadors Chorale and Ensemble*	Precious Lord	3:50
Disc 4 (African-American Community Gospel)
1	–The Gospel Harmonettes (Birmingham, Ala.)*	Jesus is on the Mainline	5:20
2	–Brother John Hale	Ye That Without Sin, Cast the First Stone	2:36
3	–The Poole Brothers	Nobody Knows the Trouble I See	3:40
4	–The Poole Brothers	A Charge to Keep I Have	4:16
5	–The Century Gospel Singers	There'll Be Singin Over Yonder	1:24
6	–The Four Eagle Gospel Singers*	Nearer My God to Thee	3:20
7	–The Angelic Harmonizers	Put Your Trust in Jesus	4:31
8	–The Golden Gate Quartet	Who'll Be a Witness for My Lord	4:51
9	–Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation*	Lead Me, Guide Me	4:03
10	–Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation*	God is So Good to Me	6:16
11	–Bernice Johnson Reagon	Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	1:49
12	–The Henry Davis Singers	Peace in the Valley	5:05
13	–The Union Temple Baptist Church	Hold to God's Unchanging Hand	7:06
14	–The St. Augustine Gospel Choir*	Let All the People Praise Him	4:06
15	–The Bible Way Temple Radio Choir	Yes, Lord (Church of God in Christ Chant)	0:59

Credits

• Artwork By – Al Smith
• Design – Carol Hardy, Joan Wolbier
• Liner Notes – Lisa Pertillar Brevard
• Mastered By – David Glasser
• Producer – Toshi Reagon
• Producer, Liner Notes – Bernice Johnson Reagon

Notes

"This four-CD set of 19th- and 20th-century African American sacred music was initially released as a companion to the 1995 Peabody Award-winning radio series of the same name produced by National Public Radio and the Smithsonian Institution. With extensive notes by Bernice Johnson Reason, who conceived and compiled the series, these recordings honor the rich sacred music tradition created and sustained within the African American community, from which so much contemporary American music draws its inspiration."