Looking for lost orchestral & choral recording of JW songs (rare, not on official site)

[Dré]

1996 Singing Kingdom Songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIDDwI3lJrw

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 1 by Andrey

[kejedo]

On 6/28/2025 at 11:38 AM, lvj said:

Hi kejedo,

When you wrote "wish I still had this", did you mean you once had the same kind of recording I’m looking for?

If you happen to remember anything about it—like where or when you got it, what language it was in, or any other details—I’d be grateful to hear. Even small hints could be helpful in my search.

Thanks so much!

I'm pretty sure it  was a cassette tape  we had, or maybe vinyl.  I put on a "show" with the kids from my then cong and they learned some singing from this (1980s, English). I think we played this in the background of their voices. It was Bethelites and very professional sounding. I am in a Walkill cong, now and will ask around.

[kejedo]

 

Above =similar, but not IT.

 

[lvj]

20 hours ago, Andrey said:

1996 Singing Kingdom Songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIDDwI3lJrw

 

 

I have this one too. I really like it—it has such delicate singing. But it’s not the one I’m looking for.

At least as far as I know, it was never included in any official English-language catalog from the late 1980s until recently.

Thank you so much for continuing to show interest. ☕🫖

[lvj]

20 hours ago, kejedo said:

I'm pretty sure it  was a cassette tape  we had, or maybe vinyl.  I put on a "show" with the kids from my then cong and they learned some singing from this (1980s, English). I think we played this in the background of their voices. It was Bethelites and very professional sounding. I am in a Walkill cong, now and will ask around.

Sister Pauline,
Thank you so much for going to the extra effort. If there’s a Bethel nearby, there might be brothers or sisters who know about the recording I’m looking for. I really look forward to hearing what you find out. 🎵

[jwhess]

This subject got me to thinking about our music and singing.

 

I have one or two songs from early days (Russell & Rutherford).  Song 107 is from our "Hymns of the Millennial Dawn" (1905)

https://app.box.com/s/dbq6fnn1jl0zq9t6j0hhkiuv2uqb9nhx

I have several songs from our 78 rpm records used in the phonograph ministry (the Bethel Quartet).

I have most of the songs produced by 'New World Records' from our green songbook Songs to Jehovah's Praise (1950).

One of my favorites is listening to the Gilead students chorus singing "Christ is Here" for the 1958 International convention. That was song 90

I have the entire set of vinyl records from the purple/pink songbook 'Singing and Accompanying Yourself with Music From Your Hearts'.

I have the entire set of CDs from the brown songbook 'Sing Praises to Jehovah'.

 

and of course our more modern songs from the yellow and silver songbooks and 'original' songs on JW.ORG

Edited July 2 by jwhess

[ucastrobr]

This channel the brother put a lot old spiritual food

 

Kingdom songs played on a piano. All Jehovah's Witnesses from around 1960. Transcript

 

1950 songs

 

Songs from the old pink songbook "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves."

 

From the old brown songbook "Sing Praise to Jehovah."

 

Watchtower Radio Programs

 

 

Edited July 2 by ucastrobr
Url link wrong

[jwhess]

Our old songs were not produced with the quality of more modern renditions.  Many of the words reflected beliefs that were clarified in later years.  But the middle verse of song 40 from our green songbook "Songs to Jehovah's Praise" from 1950 had a statement of purpose in it.

 

The song (40) was titled Praise Him More and More.  The middle of the 2nd verse makes the reminder to us...'To the rising generation, We will tell what you have done.'

 

So as long as we live in this old system, the older ones among us will continue to share the roots, the beginnings and the unfoldings of Truth to a "rising generation" of newcomers.  Just as we lived it and sang about it...way back then.

[lvj]

 Brother Ulysses and Brother John,
Thank you for your message. Things are a bit busy for me right now, and I’m not able to reply in detail at the moment. I hope to come back here in about a week when I have more time.

 

To everyone else—if anyone has other interesting topics about music or choral singing that people might enjoy reading, please know you’re welcome to use this space for that too. Thank you all!

[MarcelBergemann]

Hello There! 
 

I have a Nice Live Recording from Songs of the 1950s. I think there was made in Germany. 
 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xVR365aFbYfc8YVI6GqkPyrEKrSLj3W7/view?usp=drivesdk
 

greetings from Germany. 

[Ezra]

On 6/27/2025 at 1:57 PM, lvj said:

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping someone here might recognize or have a lead on a very high-quality orchestral and choral recording of JW songs that I used to own on cassette over 30 years ago (sadly lost since then).

Here’s what I remember about it:

• It was an incredibly skilled orchestral and choral performance—far beyond the usual simple style. Honestly, it sounded so professional that I sometimes wonder if brothers might have hired non-JW professional musicians for the recording.
• It was *not* something ever officially listed on the Society’s product catalogs, as far as I know.
• It’s not on jw\.org or any other official site.
• It was probably recorded before 1983, since many songs seemed selected from *Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in Your Hearts* (1966). But some songs might also have come from *Sing Praises to Jehovah* (1984), so it’s not certain.
• It was **not in English, Portuguese, Spanish, or French**—but definitely a European language.
• The first track was No. 86 “The Marriage of the Lamb” from the 1966 songbook, beginning with an elaborate violin solo that built into a grand orchestral arrangement, sounding very different from the simple original melody.
• It also included No. 75 “The Fruit of Self-Control” with a round (canon) arrangement.
• It lasted somewhere between several tens of minutes to about an hour.
• The final track was an extremely powerful choral version of No. 28 “Give Jehovah the Praise.”
• Every song was arranged in an impressively grand, even majestic style—absolutely nothing “simple” about it.

I have never seen this audio online—not even once.

Has anyone here ever heard this recording? Do you own a copy of the audio? Or do you know anywhere online where it’s shared?

If you have any information or leads, I’d be deeply grateful if you could share.

Thanks so much in advance!

To quickly check the songs, please refer to the following site if needed:
https://archive.org/details/Singing1966MP3/

I too am looking for music of German Brothers playing Kingdom music. My mom had it on a cassette in the 80s.  One of the songs I believe was Jehovah bless our Christian Brotherhood or something like that, in a fast-paced Latin style. All these years later, I still hear it in my head. I wonder if we are referring to the same tape?

[Ezra]

The song I am looking for is today's song 93, which was done in the 80s in a Latin flair and sped up a bit. I remember it was on a cassette, and it was done in Germany. So beautiful, I still remember it these decades later.