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Artist: The Famous Ward Gospel Singers Title: Recorded Live At Disneyland Label:   Buena Vista Country: USA Catalogue: STER-3318 Date: Jun 1963 Format: Stereo LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  2 Own, 1 Wants Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay This is an affiliate link for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	Down By The Riverside		Rate
A2	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	Somethin' Got A Hold Of Me		Rate
A3	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	Never Grow Old		Rate
A4	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	Dry Bones		Rate
A5	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	I'm Getting Nearer		Rate
B1	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	Deep Down In My Heart		Rate
B2	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	He's Got The Whole World In His Hands		Rate
B3	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	Keep Your Hand On The Plow		Rate
B4	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	Daniel Saw The Stone		Rate
B5	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	We're Marching To Zion		Rate
B6	The Famous Ward Gospel Singers	Come On In This House		Rate

Notes

Director: Gertrude Ward.
Arrangements by Clara Ward.
Produced by Camarata.

Back sleeve: "An Exciting LIVE Performance Recorded at Disneyland Park on April 18, 1963!"
Recorded by Sunset Sound Recorders.
Engineers: Brian Ross-Myring, Bruce Botnick.

Personnel:
Viola Crowley, Geraldine Jones, Clara Thomas, Vermettya Royster, Mildred Means and Malvilyn (Simpson) Statham.

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Number: 1896254  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: edlongus SUBS Description: Front cover	Number: 1896255  Uploaded By: edlongus SUBS Description: Back cover	Number: 543231  Uploaded By: cussincarryinon02 Description: Buena Vista LP #3318 label side 1	Number: 543232  Uploaded By: cussincarryinon02 Description: Buena Vista LP #3318 label side 2
Number: 543229  HIDDEN Uploaded By: cussincarryinon02 Description: Buena Vista LP #3318 front	Number: 543230  HIDDEN Uploaded By: cussincarryinon02 Description: Buena Vista LP #3318 back (with shrink ! -- feel free to replace)

Comments and Reviews

edlongus SUBS 13th Mar 2019		With much respect 2 cussincarryinon02, slightly more complete front cover scan and shrink wrap-less back cover scan added.
cussincarryinon02 28th Aug 2014		In 1962, Clara Ward & her Singers started their long-lasting series of engagements at the Golden Horseshoe Saloon in California's Disneyland. The Buena Vista LP was a by-product of the Ward Singers' concerts at the Golden Horseshoe. However, neither Clara nor Gertrude Ward took part in the recordings and the whole show is performed by The Gertrude Ward Singers. Anthony Heilbut famously wrote: "... Disneyland, where the Ward Singers, the cartoons of gospel, joined the wonderful world of Mickey Mouse" (The Gospel Sound, p. 110). Bil Carpenter in his Uncloudy Days tried to the see the positive side of it and pointed out: "They (sc. the Ward Singers) were the first to perform in Las Vegas hotels, the first to perform in amusement parks such as Disneyland, and they brought a flamboyant elegance to a musical form that was considered an unglamorous vestige of slavery« (Uncloudy Days, p. 429). There is also a chapter on the Ward Singers (this time including Clara) performing at Disneyland in John Edmonds: Called, Justified, Glorified, and Gay. The fictional Memoirs Of Gospel Singer, Josephus Hezekiah Carson, Bloomington 2008, pp. 150-56.

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