Black Gospel from the Golden Era (1940s, 1950s and 1960s))

Pewburner Records offers close to 500 CDs of gospel quartets, preachers and soloists from the Golden Era of gospel music, many of them hard-to-find and rare recordings. Please go to our Pewburner CDs Page for a complete titles list of our currently available CD-Rs (click link on the left-hand side). For CDs on other labels (such as Acrobat or American Odeon) please see Other CDs page. For price, shipping costs and ordering information, please see our Contact Us page (click link on the left-hand side)

NEW! Sensational Nightingales – The Story of Joseph "Jo Jo" Wallace & the Early Days of the Sensational Nightingales by Opal Louis Nations First-published history of the Sensational Nightingales, this internationally celebrated Post-War, black gospel music quartet, spanning the last seven decades. With 40 pages of rare photographs plus interviews with leading protagonists "Jo Jo" Joseph Wallace and the late Charles Johnson. Includes childhood recollections, harrowing, out-on-the highway travel tales, detailed record release appraisals and annotated album discographies written from a fan perspective. Published November 2014 To order a copy from the publisher, Click here To order a copy from Amazon, click here

Most of Opal Nations' published music articles now available on his website, www.opalnations.com. Almost 150 articles on Gospel, Blues, R&B, Vocal Groups, Soul, Jazz and more from  Blues & Rhythm Magazine, Now Dig This and Big City Blues, among others, as well as many long out-of-print periodicals. Each article can be read on the screen or downloaded and printed in easy PDF format. Many rare photographs. CLICK HERE for list of articles

Texas Gospel, Vols. 8 & 9 2-CD box set with 54 songs. Please see Other Gospel CDs page, or click here

Windy City Gospel, Vol. 2: The Vee Jay Singles Collection, 1954-1959 -- a selection 2-CD box set with 51 songs. Please see Other Gospel CDs page, or click here

To see Opal's 60-page booklet of liner notes and photos to "Texas Gospel, Vols. 3-5, please click here

To see Opal's 38-page article with many rare photos -- "Swingin' On The Golden Gate," A Survey of Blues, R&B, Jazz & Gospel Music on Independent Record Labels in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1958," please click here

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