What great records are included on our forthcoming box set Waxing the Gospel? Here’s the playlist for CD 1. Waxing the Gospel includes 3 CDs, each dedicated to a specific area of the recording industry. CD 1 is focused on the commercial industry: What the pros were doing in the studio.
Learn more about these selections at our blog, and listen to samples below.
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| 1. | The Lord’s Prayer | Emile Berliner | 1890 | |
| 2. | In the Sweet By and By | Anonymous | 1890 | |
| 3. | Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Holding’s Parlor Orchestra | Mar. 1892 | |
| 4. | Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Bison City Quartette | 1892-94 | |
| 5. | Nearer, My God, to Thee | Baldwin’s Cadet Band of Boston | 1893 | |
| 6. | Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah | Baldwin’s Cadet Band of Boston | 1894-95 | |
| 7. | Stay Tuned | |||
| 8. | Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Thomas Bott | 1895 | |
| 9. | Nearer, My God, to Thee | Mozart Quartette | 1895 | |
| 10. | Medley: Psalm 100 & Old Hundred |
David C. Bangs J. W. Myers |
Feb. 1896 May 1896 |
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| 11. | Onward, Christian Soldiers | J. W. Myers | Apr. 1896 | |
| 12. | The Home Over There | J. W. Myers | May 1896 | |
| 13. | What Shall the Harvest Be | Len Spencer | 1896 | |
| 14. | Calvary | J. J. Fisher | 1897 | |
| 15. | Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior | Steve Porter | Aug. 1897 | |
| 16. | The 23rd Psalm & The Lord’s Prayer | Len Spencer | Feb. 1897 | |
| 17. | What a Friend We Have in Jesus | J. J. Fisher | 1897 | |
| 18. | Yield Not to Temptation | Steve Porter | Aug. 1897 | |
| 19. | There Is a Fountain | J. W. Myers | 1898 | |
| 20. | Almost Persuaded | J. J. Fisher | 1898 | |
| 21. | Marching to Zion | J. J. Fisher | 1898 | |
| 22. | Blest Be the Tie | J. J. Fisher | 1898 | |
| 23. | Safe in the Arms of Jesus | Church Chimes | 1898-99 | |
| 24. | Just as I Am | Steve Porter | 1898 | |
| 25. | Rock of Ages | Steve Porter | 1898 | |
| 26. | The Ninety and Nine | Frank C. Stanley | 1898 | |
| 27. | Hold the Fort | Len Spencer | June 1899 | |
| 28. | Throw Out the Life Line | Len Spencer | June 1899 | |
| 29. | Almost Persuaded | Frank Butts | 1899 | |
| 30. | The Holy City [edit] | Roger Harding | 1899 | |
| 31. | Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Greater New York Quartette | 1900 | |
| 32. | The Mistakes of My Life | J. J. Fisher | 1900 | |
| 33. | I Am Praying for You | Steve Porter | 1900 | |
| 34. | Safe in the Arms of Jesus | Harry Macdonough | 1900 |
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