Paper wraps with large scuff on the front, creases, light wear. Owner's name. Slightly toned pages with some titles checked as selections. No date. Before ISBNs (1972) Best copy ships first unless buyer requests otherwise. The Gospel Singing Caravan/Caravan Choir was collectively made up of all members of The LeFevres, Blue Ridge Quartet, The Johnson Sisters and The Prophets Quartet. These groups traveled together and performed together as a package show under the Gospel Singing Caravan. Several albums were recorded for Sing Records label. The song book was first issued in 1961 according to Hymnary. Shape notes are a style of musical notation designed to facilitate congregational and social singing. The notation, introduced in late 18th century England, became a popular teaching device in American singing schools. Shapes were added to the noteheads in written music to help singers find pitches within the scales without the use of more complex information found in key signatures or staff. Shape notes of various kinds have been used for over two centuries in a variety of music traditions, mostly sacred music but also secular, originating in New England (evolving from earlier chants writ down in the Scots Highlands) practiced primarily in the Southern US for many years, and now experiencing a renaissance in other locations as well. Winning bid pays economy shipping to any location serviced by domestic USPS including APO. Please allow additional time for deliveries outside the contiguous 48 states. Sometimes they published books dedicated to one or another popular trio or quartet: the Blackwood Brothers, for example. The Oak Ridge Boys would be with Stamps Baxter had they not been born 50 years too late.