Various - Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Vol. I-IV
Singer: VariousTitle: Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Vol. I-IV
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings – SFW40076
Series: Wade In The Water – Volumes I-IV
Type: 4 x CD, Compilation
Country: US
Date of released: 1996
Category: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Gospel
Size MP3 zip: 1426 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1683 mb
Rating: 3.7✭
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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