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In The Beginning

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In The Beginning --- 1971-10-18

(Inside Gatefold) The University Ensemble is a choral instituation of seventy voices whose membership is almost totally Negro, and whose mission is bringing to light the timely and universally pertinent message of the Christian faith. Side 1: The Inspiration... The Power 1.) The Power to Choose *2.) I'd Trade a Lifetime 3.) Give Me a Clean Heart 4.) You'll Never Walk Alone *5.) It All Belongs to My Father Side 2: The Spirit... The Hope 1.) I Want to Be Ready *2.) Let Us Break Bread Together - My Lord, What a Mourning *3.) Walk Around Heaven 4.) Deep River 5.) Soon Ah Will Be Done Side 3: The Fire *1.) You Must Be Born Again 2.) Since I Met Jesus *3.) I'll Make It Home Someday Side 4: The Faith *1.) Sweet Meditation 2.) The Lord Is Blessing Me 3.) Blessed Assurance 4.) You Can't Beat God's Giving 5.) The Lord Bless You and Keep You * Arranged by Reginald Walters Dedication: To my parents, To Jean Nehouse and her best friend, To Eric Ambercrumbie, and to Miss Mahalia Jackson University Ensemble - Dr. William Berge Reginald Walters, the Director - Arranger for the University Ensemble, has said of these songs: "This gospel-spiritual based music is the essence of a culture which abounds in joyful, uninhibited expression, jazz motifs, and a freedom which refreshingly breaks the formality of restraint. "not that this great music is wild chance singing, truly I have been striving to give our culture as much intellectual sweat as classics - but it surpasses 'opera' because it speaks simply and deeply and yet, given work and love, is everlastingly 'good' music for just-people." Recorded by Alex Martin, A.E.S. Custom Fidelity - Cincinnati 1730 Beacon Street Cincinnati Ohio 45230 (513) 231-6300 (Back Cover) Custom Fidelity Records are a product of the Custom Fidelity Company, Inc., 7925 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood California 90046. For Longest record life, handle this recording by its center and edges only, and store it vertically in this protective cover away from extreme heat. Use RIAA curve.