Fields on Fire: And, here, with their two Stamps' worth....2 "White" Gospel MP3s

Fields on Fire: And, here, with their two Stamps' worth....: "Thanks to the terrific article by Rebecca L. Folsom at http://www.american-music.org/publications/bullarchive/Folsom.html, we know that The Stamps Quartet/All-Star Quartet was created in 1927 to promote gospel songs published by the Stamps-Baxter Music Company of Dallas, Texas (originally the Stamps Music Company of Jacksonville, Texas). They replaced an earlier quartet formed for the exact same purpose.

The group was popular but broke, reports Folsom, and they were ready to quit. Luckily for us, the Victor Recording Company convinced them to make some records. Our first mp3, Give the World a Smile, is from the group's first session (in Atlanta), and it deservedly enjoyed huge sales. As for the second--He's a Wonderful Savior to Me--your guess is as good as mine. But both are equally marvelous, with Revelers-level harmonizing (and Revelers-style s"