Several years ago MALACO started what is called – 601 Music series.  Essentially, MALACO would take the best recordings from a particular artist in their camp and issue a compilation CD.  For fans of gospel quartet music, the acquisition of these CD’s was the best way to have in your collection some of the recordings of your favorite gospel singer, without having to purchase different recordings. 

MALACO has done the same thing with videos from artists in their camp.  One of the video is The Pilgrim Jubilees’ Church Songs.  This 601 Music video was released on December 23, 2005.  So this month we review The Pilgrim Jubilees’ Church Songs. 

There are 10 clips on this video.  The songs on the video are “Bless Your House,” “Church Song,” “Life Evening Sun,” “Too Close’” “Safety of Your Soul,” “God’s Been Good To Me,” “My Christian Journey,” "I Know It Was The Blood,” “No Grave Can Hold Me Down,” and “I Love You.”

The video takes you from The Pilgrim Jubilees’ Live From Jackson, Mississippi, which was released in 1990, to Live in Birmingham and A Night to Remember.  You will also find a clip from the video Together As One 150 Years. 

The project is vintage Jubes.  One disappointment is that the song “Church Song” is the short version.  Don’t look for any surprises from the Jubes.  Clearly, MALACO decided to be safe and just take the various video clips just as they are and package it as Church Songs.  You will see Bo Bo Harris, of The Fantastic Violinaries on drum on the “Bless Your House” and “I Love You” clips.  Also, the Late Roger Bryant, of The Jackson Southernaires, joins the Jubes on “My Christian Journey.”

If you are looking for a good video that captures the essence of The Pilgrim Jubilees, then you will want to add this video to your collection.  Unfortunately, you will not find any interviews of his video.  You will not find any credits at the end of the video.  You will not find any written information about the performances on the video.  What you will find is 52 minutes and 45 seconds of good old fashion gospel quartet music that is appealing to both the ears and eyes. 

Overall this is a good video.  We do recommend that you add this video in your collection.  We give the video The Pilgrim Jubilees' Church Song an 8 out of a possible 10.  Click on the picture above to view a clip from the video.***  Click HERE to order the DVD.

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***The quality of the clip IS NOT indicative of the quality of the video.  Often, resolution in the picture quality is lost during placement of the clip on the Internet.  In addition, the type of computer you are using to access the Internet and the video player you are using may drastically impact the quality of the clip.