Songs to be Sung

Description

Songs to be Sung is the sole album by the American folk quartet The Sons of Jubal, released on RIS in 1969. The quartet features Jim Krabill, Jerry Albrecht, Bob Graber, and Timm Miller. Jim Krabill was as well a member of Rebirth.

With their suits, two guitars and string bass, these four young gents visually have the look of early folk groups like The Wedgwood. I expected to see titles like «Very Last Day», «Sinner Man», etc, but looking over the twenty selections here I only recognized one: «They’ll Know We Are Christians». The rest were unknown to me, selected from a then-contemporary Mennonite songbook that featured titles like «All The World’s A Seeker», «God Pity The People», «Someone’s Gotta Die», «He Got Me Out», «Get Up, Man», «Little Rain» and «Breath Of Death». Musically they play in a wholesome folk style, crisp and lively one moment, moody and solemn the next. It’s a sound not unlike some of the early FEL or World Library recordings, specifically Paul Quinlan’s acoustic trio, or the more obscure New Prophets. No booming bass voices, overpowering harmonies, or dragging traditional material that sometimes messes up projects like these. From Elkhart, Indiana. [Ken Scott, The Archivist]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “The Lord Be Praised” – 0:55
A2. “Love” – 2:24
A3. “All the World’s a Seeker” – 2:00
A4. “It Wonders Me” – 3:16
A5. “An Answer” – 1:23
A6. “Come Unto Me” – 1:30
A7. “Little Rain” – 1:34
A8. “God Pity the People” – 1:37
A9. “Prayer” – 1:46
A10. “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love” – 1:46

Side Two
B1. “The Bird and the Child” – 3:59
B2. “Peace”
B3. “Once I Loved a Little Boy” – 2:27
B4. “What Really Did You Go Out to See” – 1:12
B5. “Three of Us” – 4:16
B6. “Los Pobrecitos” – 3:23
B7. “Someone’s Gotta Die” – 1:43
B8. “He Got Me Out” – 1:39
B9. “Get Up, Man” – 2:02
B10. “Breath of Death” – 1:24