The Lost Fine Gospel Tapes

I assume the title of this track by the B.C. Harmonizers is "Every Day". It's a very slow moving number, but it does build intensity midway. There are a couple of dropouts on this tape, and it's really a miracle there aren't more audible defects, considering the fact that most of these tapes were completely waterlogged for a very long period, after the fire.

http://www.fineecordingstudio.com/gospel/BCHarmonizers_EveryDay.mp3
 
As I mentioned earlier, Vince Jan was appointed manager for the Travelling Six. As a result of that relationship, The Travelling Six were afforded quite a few sessions, including rehearsals, at the Fine recording Studio. Some of the tapes were made for broadcast, and have a spoken introduction. Here is one tape I call "Tape X", containing different versions of songs already posted, by the Travelling Six

http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_SinceIMetJesus_TapeX.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_MoreAndMore_TapeX.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_HeWillUnderstand_TapeX.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_FlyAway_TapeX.mp3
 
And here is a second tape (Tape Y), again with different versions of the Travelling Six repertoire

http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_SinceIMetJesus_TapeY.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_MeetMeJesus_TapeY.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_IWonder_TapeY.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_IWonder2_TapeY.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/TravellingSix_InMySoul_TapeY.mp3

as always, song titles are usually based on my best guess. In most cases, the real titles would probably be longer than my guess, for example "I Wonder" could possibly be called "I Look Down The Road And I Wonder"
 
The 4 Kings were a Rochester based harmony group who specialised in folk music with a traditional religious flavour. They were operating at a sufficiently professional level to afford a manger and secretary.
The general trend for most of the gospel artists who recorded at the Fine Recording Studio was this : late 50s and early 60s saw a strong folk influence. Mid 60s became more blues and r&b influenced. Then by the early 70's, the sound for most of the groups developed a funkier groove. By the mid 70s, a worrying wimpy MOR trend started to creep in, with particularly unsavoury results.

These songs by The 4 Kings belong to the first category. They are all from the same early 60s tape, shown in the picture below

http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/4Kings_YoureGonnaNeedSomebody.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/4Kings_WorkingInTheVinyard.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/4Kings_WhoShallWearTheCrown.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/4Kings_ShepherdHeedMySheep.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/4Kings_OldTimeReligion.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/4Kings_MosesSmoteTheWater.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/4Kings_NobodyKnowsTheTrouble.mp3
http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/gospel/4Kings_IShallNotWant.mp3
 
4Kingsbox.jpg
 
chas_kit said:
it's great you're preserving this music Mark. G45: G for Gospel!

Interesting to see how simple the tape recorder, mic mixer, etc were.
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Thanks Chris. After I've finished putting up all the gospel tapes, I will gradually move on to the early R&R, C&W and folk (well, maybe not too much of that), soul and funk. There's as much of each of those categories as there is gospel. There's even a bit more '60s garage, but nothing exceptional.
 
Some of those Fine garage tracks you posted in their entirety during the Unknown Garage contest were excellent and very much appreciated. I burned a solid CD from them. Thank you for being so willing to share, Mark.
 
Here's a few photos of the tapes as they are stored in the bunker. each shelf is a different genre. The last shot is my work area where I'm transferring the tapes to digital files ready to upload here.

This first pic shows the gospel tapes that I have posted so far
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The pic below shows the remaining gospel tapes not yet posted. The quality in general for the remainder won't be as good as the first lot, I've been picking out the best ones as I go. But as you can see I have only posted about one third of the total so far.
imga2.jpg


Country & Western, bluegrass etc.
imga3.jpg


Late 60's / early 70's psych and rock. mostly horrible
imga4.jpg


About 160 early rock n roll, surf and sax/rock fusion tapes (another row lies behind the visible tapes)
imga5.jpg


This is all prime '60s garage
imga6.jpg


This lot is all soul and funk
imga7.jpg


unboxed tapes, mostly C&W and folk
imga8.jpg


more unboxed tapes
imga9.jpg


Here's where I work
imga10.jpg
 
The tapes I have in the bunker are less than half the total tapes found in the Fine Recording Studio. The rest are stored in a warehouse, and consist of jazz, lounge, spoken word, sound effects, ads and station breaks.
 
bosshoss said:
Late 60's / early 70's psych and rock. mostly horrible
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Horrible in what way? Guitar wank? Late 60s/early 70s psych is where I've been at lately, even turning into quite the dead head... :oops: Soft rock and blues rock can go to hell, though.

This is all prime '60s garage
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Looks intriguing, I'm sure it sounds good too! Thanks for sharing all this, it's fun! :tiphat:
 
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