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The World’s 15 Greatest Hymns

Reno & Smiley

Album · 1963 · King 853

The World’s 15 Greatest Hymns was first issued by King Records as King 853 in 1963; Starday-King and Gusto reissued it in 1975 as SK 853. Most of it was cut at King Studios in Cincinnati on 8 and 9 April 1963 by Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups. Three tracks, “I Need the Prayers,” “In the Garden” and “Whispering Hope,” date from earlier King sessions in October 1959.

The band on most of the 1963 tracks is Don Reno on banjo, Red Smiley on guitar, Ronnie Reno on mandolin, Mack Magaha on fiddle, John Palmer on bass, Steve Chapman on guitar and Ray Pennington on drums. Smiley sings lead and Reno the tenor on most of the songs, among them “The Old Rugged Cross,” “Farther Along,” “Rock of Ages” and “River of Jordan.” “Amazing Grace,” “Precious Memories” and “Where We’ll Never Grow Old” are quartet arrangements. The rest of the program is “Echoes from the Burning Bush,” “Jesus Savior, Pilot Me,” “In the Sweet Bye and Bye,” “Mansion in the Sky” and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”

Tracklist

  1. 1 I Wanna Rest 2:16
  2. 2 Amazing Grace alt version 2:24
  3. 3 Take The Devil Out Of Me 2:43
  4. 4 Vision Of A Promised Land 2:06
  5. 5 Give Me The Roses While I Live 2:07
  6. 6 Send Down The Rain 2:04
  7. 7 The Old Rugged Cross Source Recording George Bennard · key Ab · 84 bpm · 3/4 2:59
  8. 8 Row Us Over The Tide 2:40
  9. 9 Singing With The Angels 2:10
  10. 10 Beyond The Sunset 3:27
  11. 11 Little Lord Jesus 2:51
  12. 12 He Set Me Free 2:03
  13. 13 When You Kneel At Mother's Grave 2:06
  14. 14 Just a Closer Walk With Thee alt version 2:49
  15. 15 For The Bible Tells Me So 2:12
  16. 16 Is There Room For Me 2:29
  17. 17 Calvary's Cross 2:44
  18. 18 Farther Along alt version
  19. 19 In the Sweet Bye and Bye alt version
  20. 20 River of Jordan alt version 1:52
  21. 21 Rock of Ages alt version
  22. 22 Where We’ll Never Grow Old alt version 2:39

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