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Opal Louis Nations |
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Opal Nations has worked in the music business for many years as producer of over a hundred CD collections for various record companies and has been a collector of all types of Post-War black music, but gospel music in particular, since he was a teenager. He has made it his life's mission to bring African-American gospel music to a wider audience by making gospel recordings available on Pewburner as well as on other collections that he has produced. |
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Opal Nations' website: For index of CDs produced by Opal, lists of music articles by him or about him, photos, and much more: www.opalnations.com |
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Liner Notes by Opal Nations to "Texas Gospel, Vols. 3-5 -- Devil Can't Harm A Praying Man" -- Peacock Records gospel singles, 1951-1958, with a history of Peacock Records, many rare photographs, label shots, and detailed biographies of such artists as: * Sister Jessie Mae Renfro / * The Sensational Nightingales / * Rev. Cleophus Robinson / * The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio / * The Dixie Hummingbirds Click below for links to 2-part PDF file: (Note: Large files--may take a few minutes to load) Texas Gospel, Vols. 3-5 Liner Notes, Part 1 (14 megabytes) Texas Gospel, Vols. 3-5 Liner Notes, Part 2 (12 megabytes) Click here for PDF file without photos (1.8 megabytes) Texas Gospel, Vols. 3-5 Liner Notes (no photos) |
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To see Opal's 38-page article with many rare photos -- "Swingin' On The Golden Gate," A Survey of Blues, R&B, Jazz & Gospel Music on Independent Record Labels in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1958," please click below: "Swingin' On The Golden Gate" (PDF file with photographs--11 megabytes) "Swingin' On The Golden Gate" (Microsoft Word file, 2 megabytes) |
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