Essential Gospel – Classic Recordings: No. 142

“In A City Where Sun Will Never Go Down”
Bishop P.H. Passon and the Evening Light Singers
Lance 1026
ca. 1950

“In a City Where Sun Will Never Go Down” (sic) is enthusiastic female group singing, hand clapping, and delightful barrelhouse piano that guides the singers while throwing its own holy shapes in the way Thomas Dorsey and Arizona Dranes intended. The performance is simple, infectious and timeless. A Pentecostal lost treasure.

The flipside of the 78 is an impassioned sermon by Bishop Passon (spelled ‘Passion’ on the label): “Living in an Insane World.” And getting more insane by the minute, it seems.

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