The music at the "mega-conventions" through-out the 1950s and into the 1960s was provided by Jehovah's Witness volunteers and played outdoors. This recording contains specific arrangements a few of the then "Kingdom Songs" recorded live, outdoors (no studio) during the convention, and with standard recording equipment of the day. Not the clearest, but worth preserving and getting a sense of how it was way back then. The conductor was Vernon Duncombe. Here's the link to his life's story;.... www.jw.org/en/library/magazin... He was also the orchestra conductor for the orchestrated music on the record albums that were played while singing from the "pink" song books used from 1966 to 1983.
21 ноя 2021
