The New World Show Orchestra, The Linden Singers, George Browne, Martin Lawrence, Isabelle Lucas, Geoffrey Taylor – Negro Spirituals (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1977

Negro Spirituals is an LP by The New World Show Orchestra, The Linden Singers, George Browne, Martin Lawrence, Isabelle Lucas, Geoffrey Taylor from 1977 released on the World Record Club label.

About this album

Negro Spirituals presents traditional spirituals in a polished early-1960s concert setting, bringing together Geoffrey Taylor, George Browne, Isabelle Lucas, Martin Lawrence, The Linden Singers and The New World Show Orchestra. Issued in 1961, the album frames songs such as Go Down Moses, Deep River, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child with choral balance and theatrical arrangement rather than raw folk minimalism. Its value lies in how it reflects a period when spirituals were being preserved, arranged and introduced to wider audiences through radio and mainstream recorded formats, keeping the repertoire visible within British popular music culture.

Genre: Folk