Lifeline Quartet Lifeline - Music Of The Underground Railroad (45RPM)
Traditional songs
Vocals – Michael Fitzgerald, Michelle Mayne-Graves, Quinton Fitzgerald, Walter Penniman II
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Live
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Yarlung
Original Label : Yarlung
Recorded live in Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, California on October 2018
Engineered & mixed by Bernie Grundman
Remastered by Steve Hoffman
Produced by Bob Attiyeh
Released in 2020
Tracks:
Side A:
- If I Can Help Somebody
- Steal Away To Jesus
- Canaan's Land - Fare Ye Well Medley
- Wade In The Water
- Talk About A Child
- Deep River
Side B:
- Hold On To The Gospel Plow
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
- Down By The Riverside
- Motherless Child
- Ain't Goin' - Joshua Fit De' Battle
- Saints' Medley
Awards:
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Reviews:
“The sound is intensely three-dimensional, especially the sensation of being in the audience when the deserved applause comes after each performance. The singers appear before you effectively spread across the stage, bathed but not buried... tape playback bypassed Bernie's excellent board and went directly into the lathe so you are directly hearing what the microphone picked up. The opening track, 'If I Can Help Somebody' sung from a slave's POV and dedicated here to Harriet Tubman's 'ingenuity and generosity' will break your heart. The rest will put it back together.” Michael Fremer, Analog Planet
Ratings :
Michael Fremer : 9/10 Music, 9/10 Sonics