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The Amen Corner

Gospel music, sung number by number

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The record

Recordings, labels, producers and the shelves where the sound lives.

4 numbers · latest 10/06/2026

  1. Reading the label on a gospel record

    How to read what a gospel record's label and sleeve actually tell you: the pressing name, the matrix number scratched near the spindle hole, and the mail-order address printed on the back.

    4 min

  2. Where gospel sides still get cut

    A walk through small Southeast studios: how a church choir books a session, what two days in the live room produces, and why short runs still survive.

    5 min

  3. The live album recorded in the sanctuary

    A singing-school notebook on why gospel's best records are cut live in the sanctuary: the congregation kept on the tape, the room itself as an instrument.

    5 min

  4. The product table after the program

    The folding table after the program, entered: cassettes, CDs, the cash box, and the small economics that kept a gospel ministry record in print.

    6 min