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  "recipe": "classic early-1800s shape-note singing, ritual Devotional, sacred harp branch, christian gospel southern gospel, American sacred ritual devotional southern gospel quartet bluegrass gospel. thick, declaimed, straight note core, multi note runs per syllable. shape note voice, choir sacred harp. country church. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
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