Not On CD: The Robert Shaw Chorale: Deep River (1958)

Friday, April 20, 2012

The Robert Shaw Chorale: Deep River (1958)

RCA Victor LM-2247

I came to The Robert Shaw Chorale through their Christmas recordings. When I saw this record at the thrift shop, in good condition inside and out, I picked it up. It is not on CD.

According to wikipedia, Shaw "founded the Collegiate Chorale, a group notable in its day for its racial integration."

From the LP notes:
"Why it is that 'man's inhumanity to man' should often produce great art is one of the mysteries of the human spirit."

Deep River

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

My Lord, What A Morning

6 comments:

UnknownSeptember 7, 2013 at 3:16 AM
What a discovery!
This music was played on Saturday mornings at my parents home.
The turntable that was used for playing this record had been out of order for over 20 years, and only memory remained.
Now finally I am able to listen to these beautiful voices again, and share this with my own kids.

I only wish you made available the entire album.

Thank you very much.
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KurtSeptember 7, 2013 at 4:32 AM
Thanks for your comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the music.
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ChadApril 14, 2016 at 8:45 PM
how sad that there isn't a digital copy or CD of this. I was looking through the track list and would kill to hear "This Ol' Hammer"
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KurtApril 15, 2016 at 5:15 AM
Good news: someone has posted it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Ny8YI_883kw?t=12m38s
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DanSanJanuary 21, 2017 at 3:15 AM
This is the best recording of gospel music I have ever heard. Too bad it is not available on CD. Thank you Kurt for your service to listeners worldwide.
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(Update: my digitization process was foiled by advancing technology; I mostly post work that others have digitized for YouTube. Older tracks should still be accessible per the following procedure) Click on any song title to go to a box.net page for that song. Our goal is to post only tracks that are not available on CD or as mp3s – songs that cannot be purchased anywhere. We hope to raise interest in these out-of-print LPs without taking away a single cent of revenue from those who profit from the sale of music. If you find any of these tracks available digitally, please contact us and they will be promptly removed.

If you enjoyed any of the music, please leave a comment. I hope that these sample tracks will inspire you to track down this out-of-print music.

All LPs are cleaned with a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine, then converted to CD using a harman/kardon home audio CD recorder, which uses an AKM 24-bit/96 kHz analog-to-digital converter. No digital or electronic effects are used. (Prior to November 12, 2012, all LPs were cleaned with a Spin Clean Record Washer.)

Associated equipment:
Turntables: Technics SL-7; Thorens TD-316.

Phono cartridges: Grado ZF2/Paratrace; Digitrac 300se; Ortofon X1-MCP; Audio Technica AT-132EP & AT-122EP; Sonus SPM-4; Grado Blue; Grado Blue/Paratrace; Grado Signature Jr; FrankenShure M111HE/N94e.

Preamplifiers: Hagerman Cornet3; Pro-Ject Phono Box S; NAD PP 2i, Rotel RA-931 integrated amplifier.