1890s recordings of Ira Sankey on box set/book package
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Some of the first recordings ever made of religious music, including
cylinder recordings made in the Victorian era by the hugely
influential vocalist Ira Sankey, have been issued in a three CD box
set, 'Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism And The Phonograph
1890-1900.' The CDs are issued by Archeophone Records with a 408 page
hard back book. The Red Lick catalogue wrote that the set featured
"more than 100 super-rare tracks including all known recordings by
revivalists Dwight L Moody and Ira D Sankey, the Bison City Quartette,
J W Myers, Charles Taylor & His Two Daughters, Grace Marvin,
Baldwin's Cadet Band and many more."