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Goodbye, Babylon
Various Artists
Goodbye, Babylon
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop, Christian & Gospel
 
  •  Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (29) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (27) - Disc #3
  •  Track Listings (26) - Disc #4
  •  Track Listings (26) - Disc #5
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #6

Goodbye Babylon is a 6 CD gospel reissue collection. 5 CDs contain 135 songs from 1902-1960 and the 6th disc is comprised of 25 sermons recorded between 1926-1941. Also included is a 200 page book complete with Bible verse...  more »

     
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Goodbye, Babylon
Members Wishing: 7
Total Copies: 0
Label: Dust-to-Digital
Original Release Date: 10/27/2003
Release Date: 10/27/2003
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop, Christian & Gospel
Styles: Bluegrass, Classic Country, Traditional Folk, Country & Bluegrass
Number of Discs: 6
SwapaCD Credits: 6
UPC: 880226000011

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Album Description
Goodbye Babylon is a 6 CD gospel reissue collection. 5 CDs contain 135 songs from 1902-1960 and the 6th disc is comprised of 25 sermons recorded between 1926-1941. Also included is a 200 page book complete with Bible verses, lyric transcriptions, and notes for each recording, plus over 200 illustrations. - Art direction and design by World of anArchie, the Grammy® winning team behind "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton," and other fine works such as "Dock Boggs Country Blues," and "Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume IV." - Sound restoration and mastering by Airshow Mastering, the team that restored the "Anthology of American Folk Music" (Smithsonian Folkways, 1997), and won a Grammy® for their work on "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton" (Revenant, 2002). - Reverently packed in raw cotton and housed in a deluxe 8" x 11" x 2.5" cedar box. Notes and essays by musicologists and scholars, including several Grammy® winners. - Contributors include Lynn Abbott, David Evans, Ray Funk, Anthony Heilbut, Kip Lornell, Luigi Monge, Paul Oliver, Opal Louis Nations, Bruce Nemerov, Guido van Rijn, Ken Romanowski, Tony Russell, Doug Seroff, Dick Spottswood, Warren Steel, David Tibet, Gayle Dean Wardlow, and Charles Wolfe.
 

CD Reviews

A piece of America
BP Mills | Boulder County, CO | 12/10/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have had this set for over a year and I still have not listened to it all. 135 songs of such diverse and interesting variety and styles. The music is so raw in most cases that it speaks to the gut first, then the heart.

Dust to Digital is the best outfit in the world for locating and assembling such massive historical recordings. This is the most pleasureable set of gospel (if you can limit it to that genre) music, ever. Thank you DtoD."
A truly splendid collection
Nicholas McPhee | Morris, Minnesota | 01/04/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is one of the most wide-ranging and wonderful collections of early roots music I've found. The performances range from gospel quartets and choirs through blues and jug bands, pulling together influences from gospel, bluegrass and country, jazz, and blues. And then there's an entire disc of sermons, with such gems (no pun intended) as "Black Diamond Express to Hell". Great stuff, and a wonderfully eclectic collection of early roots music, gospel or not.



The sound quality is very good, especially given the age of many of the sources.



There's not a ton of historical/biographical info in the 200+ page book, but the inclusion of all the lyrics of every song is a huge win. The packaging is as cool as it looks, but isn't terribly practical for day-to-day use. That wasn't a problem for me, as I ripped all six CDs and have primarily played them off my computers, but could be a nuisance for some."
This Is A Must-Have
Alias | USA | 05/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This set includes 5 music CD's plus 1 preaching CD. All six are good ones and each individual CD is put together according to a single theme; salvation, judgement, etc. I listen to this over and over again and I never tire of it. Maybe this is a bit pricy, but still it's worth every cent."