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Quinn Records TM
Preserving the Sound of St. Louis Blues Since 1971
Sixty-Three Years of Service: The Wednesday Deal Turns to Gospel
Some weeks call for the blues. This week calls for the choir.
This week, the Quinn Records TM Wednesday Deal is all gospel. At the center of it is Sixty-Three Years of Service For The Lord by Leroy Crisp & The Original Southern Harmonizers. A title like that doesn’t need much explaining. Released in 2006, it celebrated the group’s sixty-third year as a gospel quartet, and to mark the milestone it includes four never-before-heard tracks. It’s quartet gospel the way it was meant to be sung: harmonies built over a lifetime of Sunday mornings, testimony set to music, and a sound that carries the tradition forward.
The Original Southern Harmonizers are in good company this week. Rev. Anderson Sparks brings Got Something Money Can’t Buy (QR011117-1). Albert Phillips & The Divine Messengers deliver A Message From The Messengers (QR051129-1). The Masonic Quintet of Waukegan, Illinois, whose Songs We’ll Never Forget remains one of the label’s best sellers, returns with Do You Know Him (QR031119-1). Both volumes of the Gospel Millennium Storybook round out the lineup with a cross-section of the label’s gospel roster.
This is the music Quinn Records TM was built to preserve, and it’s still here for anyone who wants to bring it home.
Release Details
Artist: Leroy Crisp & The Original Southern Harmonizers
Title: Sixty-Three Years of Service For The Lord (CD, Gospel/Christian, 2006, includes a download of the album)
Catalog No.: QR061145-1 • UPC: 663123554630
Price: Now $8.91, marked down from $15.98 — a full CD album for the price of nine $0.99 downloads. Free shipping on CD, cassette and vinyl orders of $89.99 and up.
Frequently bought together: Got Something Money Can’t Buy by Rev. Anderson Sparks
The New Event Calendar Is Live
Every show now has one home. Oliver Johnson plays live every Thursday and Friday night, 9:00 PM to midnight, at The Hide Away, 5900 Arsenal Street.
Jim E.G. The Cruise Master hosts Saturday Night Blues Power on QRTM Radio every Saturday, 9:00 PM to midnight Central. Each event has an “Add to My Calendar” button. See the Event Calendar →
“The Same Thing”: Three Tracks, $2.97, CD This Month
Gene “Poo-Poo Man” Anderson’s digital album The Same Thing (QRS231291-1, UPC 612110551259) is now $2.97 for the full album, or $0.99 a track: “The Same Thing,” “Zap Wam Boom” and “Gonna Funk You Up.”
The CD edition arrives this October, the first time this music has been on disc. Buy the digital album →
Our Story, Told Right
The new About Us page tells how it all began. Dwight L. Quinn founded Quinn Records TM in East St. Louis in 1971, and in 1982 the label made St. Louis its home base.
More than five decades later, the label is still independent and still working directly with its artists. Read Our Story →
The Full Discography, One Page
The new Discography page lists 44 releases, from the Vinyl Years of 1972 to 1978 (The Amazing Dramas, Leon Scott and Bennie P.) to today’s releases.
Every card shows the year, catalog number and UPC, and you can browse by genre. Browse the Discography →
Artists: The Demo Door Is Open
Got songs? Our new Demo Submission page walks you through it in five steps. Send 2 to 3 of your strongest finished tracks as private streaming links.
The submission fee is $4.00 per track, and every paid submission is logged and heard by our A&R team. Submit Your Demo →
Every Track $0.99 in the Digital Download Store
The Digital Download Store now offers 26 releases, with every track $0.99 and an instant download, straight from the label.
Blues, gospel, jazz and soul, from LiL. Aaron Mosby to The Masonic Quintet. Download Now →
From the Label — Wednesday Deal
Every Wednesday, 10:00 AM–9:00 PM Central, take 30% off with code WED CODE30 at checkout.
This week it’s all gospel: Leroy Crisp & The Original Southern Harmonizers, Rev. Anderson Sparks, Albert Phillips & The Divine Messengers, The Masonic Quintet of Waukegan, Illinois, and both volumes of the Gospel Millennium Storybook.
Sixty-Three Years of Service For The Lord is already marked down to $8.91, so the code doesn’t apply to it.
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