I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (Decca Records ED 2792) is an extended-play 45 rpm record from Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, presenting the devotional material that ran as a consistent thread through Monroe's entire career. Monroe plays mandolin and sings; Kenny Baker plays fiddle; Red Stanley, Tony Ellis, and Frank Buchanan play guitar; Culley Holt and Lonnie Hoppers play banjo; Joe Stuart plays guitar and sings; and Bessie Lee Mauldin holds the bass. The gospel extended-play format allowed Decca to market Monroe's sacred recordings as a standalone release for religious and devotional buyers, and the program — rooted in the shaped-note hymnal and Appalachian devotional traditions — demonstrates that Monroe brought the same rhythmic intensity and close-harmony precision to sacred material that he applied to his secular recordings.
Tracklist
- 1 Going home 2:03
- 2 On the Jericho Road alt version 2:44
- 3 Farther Along alt version 3:29
- 4 Master builder 2:44
