GOODBYE BABYLON is an incredible package of early gospel music, in a deluxe handcrafted wooden box. 5 CDs featuring 135 songs (1902-1960) and 1 CD featuring 25 sermons (1926-1941). Notes and essays by musicologists and scholars. Contributors include Lynn Abbott, David Evans, Ray Funk, Anthony Heilbut, Kip Lornell, Luigi Monge, Paul Oliver, Opal Louis Nations, Bruce Nemerov, Guido van Rijn, Ken Romanowski, Tony Russell, Doug Seroff, Dick Spottswood, Warren Steel, David Tibet, Gayle Dean Wardlow, and Charles Wolfe. 

Also included is a 200 page book with Bible verses, complete lyric transcriptions, and notes for each recording, plus over 200 illustrations. Reverently packed in raw cotton and housed in a deluxe 8" x 11" x 2.5" cedar box. 

"If you're not sure where you'll stand on judgement morning, we have five CDs of guitar evangelists, holiness string bands, jubilee gospel quartets, sacred harp choirs and sanctified jug music to rock your soul plus one CD of shouting sisters and powerful preachers to deliver the message about your starry crown." According to Greil Marcus: "The best country-religious music collection I have ever heard."

The six CDs are in Like New Condition. There are no cracks, chips or scratches on any of the CDs. 

The 200 page booklet is in Very Good Condition. There is a crease on the spine (see photo 5).

The box is in Very Good Condition. There is a small gouge on the left side of the box (see photos 10 & 11). There is a scratch on the back of the box too (see photos 13 & 14). 

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