![]() ![]() Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams is a newly remastered and expanded edition of Phillips’ worked pulled from original 78-rpm discs recorded between 1927-1929.Īs with many high quality box set releases, an excellent complement to the music itself is the pristine 76 page hardcover book/liner notes included with this collection (the CD is slipped inside the front cover). Those two tracks sparked a renewed interest in Phillips, leading to a search for more recordings. On his two tracks included on Goodbye, Babylon, Phillips’ singing is backed by a mysterious instrument of his own creation called a Manzarene. One of the standouts from that collection was the work of one Washington Phillips (1880-1954). ![]() The wonderfully packaged multidisc box set explored many long forgotten and unreleased songs by gospel artists and sermons from preachers recorded in the early 20th century. Reissue label Dust-to-Digital made a big splash with their inaugural release Goodbye, Babylon in 2003. Title: Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams ![]()
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