Subtitled “A Selection of Commercially Recorded Black Religious Music, 1921-1953,” this compilation delivers as promised, tracing the development of gospel singing from jubilees through to quartets such as the Fairfield Four. Tracks selected by gospel scholar William H. Tallmadge.

Track listing:
Wings Over Jordan – I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
Wiseman Sextette – I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray
Utica Institute Jubilee Singers – Oh Mary Don’t You Weep
Virginia Female Singers – Don’t You Want to be a Lover of the Lord
Birmingham Jubilee Singers – I Heard the Preachin’ of the Elders
Cornfed Four – Waitin’ at the Gate
The Golden Gate Quartet – Jonah
Norfolk Jazz Quartet – Swinging the Blues
Famous Blue Jays of Alabama – Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
Dunham Jubilee Singers – I Dreamed of the Judgment Morning
Bill Landford Four – You Ain’t Got Faith
Heavenly Gospel Singers – This Old World is in a Bad Condition
The Georgia Peach and Her Gospel Singers – Do Lord Send Me
Selah Jubilee Singers – I Want Jesus to Walk Around My Bedside
Alphabetical Four – Precious Lord, Hold My Hand
The Fairfield Four – A Love Like a River