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Made between December 1948 and June 1950, these recordings enjoy an unusual history which is bound up with the burgeoning industry of classical music retail in the postwar era. Among the best stocked record stores in New York at that time was The Gramophone Shop on 42nd East Street, co-owned by William H. (Bill) Tyler and Joseph F. (Joe) Brogan, an Irish-American collector and dealer. Trying to rival or surpass the mail-order business of H. Royer Smith in Philadelphia, the shop issued (in 1929 and 1931) two fat paperback catalogues, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music. Three further editions, from 1936, 1942, and 1948, remain standard reference works. The store also ran it's own mail-order business with the reputation as a specialist in rare and high-quality recordings from Europe. From that arm of the business naturally developed the store's own tag, marketed as the Gramophone Shop Celebrities (GSC) series. This is the first time these recordings have been available on modern media. Album Tracks 1. Herzlich lieb hab' Ich dich, O Herr, SWV 348 2. Was hast du verwirket, SWV 307 3. Bringt her dem Herren, Ihr gewaltigen, SWV 283 4. O süsser, O freundlicher, o gütiger Herr Jesu Christe, SWV 285 5. O misericordisslme Jesu, SWV 309 6. Jesu, meine Freud' und Lust, BuxWV 59 7. Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64 8. Wenn ich, Herr Jesu, habe dich, BuxWV 107 9. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme 10. Zion spricht Der Herr hat mich verlassen 11. O, hilf Christe, SWV 296 12. Meister, wir haben die ganze Nacht gearbeitet SWV 317 13. Pharisäer und Zöllner SWV 444 I - Es gingen zween Menschen 14. Pharisäer und Zöllner SWV 444 II - Ich sage euch Erhöre mich, wenn ich rufe 1. Willkommen süsser Bräutigam 2. Fürchtet euch nicht 3. O wie selig sind, BuxWV 90 4. Psalmus poenitentialis (Ps. 129 De Profundis) 5. Improperium 6. Mote
