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Title
Your arms too short to box with God, 1977
Date Created and/or Issued
1977
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Gospel Music History Archive
Rights Information
4802 South McKinley Ave., LA, CA 90011
USC owns digital images only. Send requests to Pastor W. Jenkins at address or email given. Phone (323) 231-2424.
Victory Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Victory Baptist Church
wejenkins@earthlink.com
Description
Long playing record, "The original broadway cast
Vinette Carroll's Your Arms too Short to Box with God" with a pop art styled image. Library pocket with checkout card on the bottom left side, "E. Ross Anderson Library
Dean junior college
Franklin, MA 02038" -- [cover].
Back includes the same image as the front, along with track list, cast and production information, "Frankie Hewitt and The Schubert Organization in association with Theatre now Inc. present the Ford's theatre production of Vinnette Carroll's Your Arms Too Short to Box with God
Conceived from the book of Matthew by Vinette Carroll
Music and lyrics by Alex Bradford
Additional music & lyrics by Micki Grant
with featured soloists, Salome Bey, Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Sheila Ellis, Delores Hall, William Hardy Jr., Hector Jaime Mercado, Stanley Perryman, Mabel Robinson, William Thomas Jr.
Sets and costumes by William Shroder
Set supervisor Michael J. Hotopp
Lighting by Gilbert V. Hemsley Jr.
Orchestrations and dance music by H. B. Barnum
Choral arrangements & direction by Chapman Roberts
Production stage manager Haig Shepherd
Choreography by Talley Beatty
Production directed by Vinnette Carroll
Developed by the urban arts corps for the Festival of Two Worlds. Spoleto, Italy. Summer 1975"
Track listing includes, "Side one
1. Beatitudes I/ Good time (4:43), Clinton Derricks-Carroll & Company
2. Sermon (1:37), Clinton Derricks-Carroll
3. Jesus is the stranger (2:08), William Hardy Jr. & company
4. We are the priests and elders (1:50), William Hardy Jr., Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Bobby Hill, Michael Gray
5. Something is wrong in Jerusalem (5:23), Salome Bey & company
6. Be careful whom you kiss (1:10), Salome Bey & company
7. The trial (3:25), Sheila Ellis & company
8. It's too late Judas (1:27), Company
9. Judas dance (4:01), the members of the band
Side two
1. Your arms too short to box with god (4:14), Delores Hall & company
2. See how they done my lord (2:25), Salome Bey & company
3. Come on down (2:50), Alex Bradford, Vinnette Carroll, Sheila Ellis, Clinton Derricks-Carroll
4. Can't no grave hold my body down (2:07), Clinton Derricks-Carroll
5. Beatitudes II (4:02), Bobby Hill & company
6. Didn't I tell you (1:25), William Hardy Jr. & company
7. As long as I live (2:20), Clinton Derricks-Carroll & company
8. Everybody has his own way (1:48), Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Michael Gray
9. I love you so much Jesus (3:57), Delores Hall
10. We're gonna have a good time (1:40) Clinton Derricks-Carroll & company" following is recording and production information -- [back].
Paper record case includes a brief commentary on the musical along with accomplishments of the people involved in it. Side A of record includes, "ABC records logo, 'Your arms too short to box with God'
original cast recording
Side A Stereo AB-1004 (AB-1004-A)
9. Judas dance (H.B. Barnum/Little Barnum Music [BMI]) (4:01), the members of the band," with composer, publisher and production information listed below, followed by, "1977 ABC records, Inc." -- [front].
Side B of record includes, "ABC records logo, 'Your arms too short to box with God'
Side B Stereo AB-1004 (AB-1004-B)
10. We're gonna have a good time (1:40) Clinton Derricks-Carroll & company
with composer, publisher and production information listed below, followed by, "1977 ABC records, Inc." -- [back].
Type
image
Identifier
gmha-m375 [Legacy record ID]
gmha-victorybaptist-075~01...~06
http://doi.org/10.25549/gmha-m375
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/gmha-victorybaptist-075~01.jpg
Subject
Derricks-Carroll, Clinton
Carroll, Vinnette
Bradford, Alex
Grant, Micki
Bey, Salome
Ellis, Sheila
Hall, Delores
Hardy, William, Jr
Mercado, Hector Jaime
Perryman, Stanley
Robison, Mabel
Thomas, William, Jr
Schroder, William
Hotopp, Michael J
Hemsley, Gilbert V., Jr
Barnum, H. B
Roberts, Chapman
Shepherd, Haig
Beatty, Talley
Hewitt, Frankie
Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Musicals
Time Period
1977
Place
USA
Source
gmha-m415 [Source (legacy collection record ID)]
Relation
Gospel Music History Archive
Victory Baptist Church (Los Angeles) Archival Collection

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