Sunday morning gospel: Jerome Hines--I Love to Tell the Story (1966)

If I didn't mention it, could you tell that I cloned away two areas of Scotch Tape from this cover? I used the editing software that comes with my scanner, and it's better than the software I bought for that purpose. Which is handy, since I don't have the latter installed right now.

Jerome Hines is a Sunday Morning Gospel hero--perhaps the SMG hero. Kurt Kaiser's liner notes are so good, I had to scan them for you. Click for larger image:

The tracks are magnificent, and Kaiser's expert arrangements almost put me in the mood to forgive him for writing Pass It On. Almost. My favorite of the distinguished bunch is O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing, which I've never heard arranged or performed this beautifully. Meanwhile, let me offer the highest possible praise for There's a Man Goin' Round Takin' Names by calling the performance worthy of Paul Robeson. This is an awesome LP, and I got it completely new (still sealed) from 'Bay, so "restoring" it was a breeze. Each number is a gospel standard, except for the lovely Hines original, All These and More. No one told the story as well, or with as much genuine devotion, as the late Jerome Hines.

To the tracks: I Love to Tell the Story--Jerome Hines (1966)

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
I Love to Tell the Story
I Have Heard of a Land
He Hideth My Soul
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
An Evening Prayer (Battersby-Gabriel)
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
There's a Man Goin' Round Takin' Names
This Is My Father's World
The Solid Rock
All These and More
Battle Hymn of the Republic

I Love to Tell the Story--Jerome Hines. (Word WST 8365; 1966)

Lee