from the 1952 RCA Victor
45
RPM Extended Play album "Favorite Songs of Worship" EPA-293
from the 1953 RCA Victor 45
RPM Extended Play album "Songs of Faith" EPA-410| Notes:
~ By 1956 the 10" LP was being
replaced by the new 12" LP format having twelve tracks in place of
eight. This album compilation is a direct expansion of Perry's 1953 LP
"I Believe" with the addition of four hymns taken from
earlier releases.
Perry's first
recordings of "Ave Maria" and "The Lord's Prayer" were
recorded in the Church of Incarnation, New York City, on September 30, 1949, with
Choir and Organ directed by Mitchell Ayres. These two hymns, also produced
by Charles Grean, are among the first recordings involving Ray Charles who would become Perry's
Choral Director for almost forty years following this time. Ray Charles
first began working with Perry in December, 1948, with the RCA Victor
recordings of "Blue Room" and "With a Song in My
Heart".
The compact disc released by BMG Special Products in 1999 titled "I Believe" is erroneously thought to be the 1953 compilation. It contains only two hymns from this album plus an alternate take version of "I Believe" conducted by Mitchell Ayres. All tracks within these compilations were recorded and released only in monaural. Electronically reprocessed stereo versions are of dubious quality. |
| album history | original 12" LP album jacket notes | original 10" LP album jacket notes |
