Stamps-Baxter Music Company

Stamps-Baxter Music Company

=The Stamps-Baxter Organization=

The Stamps-Baxter Music Company was an influential southern music publishing company in the shape note gospel field. V. O. Stamps founded the company in 1924 and J. R. Baxter, Jr. joined him to form the Stamps-Baxter Music Company, which was based in Dallas, Texas, with offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Pangburn, Arkansas.

V. O. Stamps got his start working for the James D. Vaughan Publishing Company from which he got many of his business ideas. [ [http://www.smithcreekmusic.com/Hymnology/American.Hymnody/Gospel.hymnody/20thcent.gospel.html Hymnology: Gospel Music; 20th Century Gospel ] ]

They operated a music school which was the primary source of the thousands of gospel songs they published. The company issued several publications each year, paperbacks in cheap bindings and on cheap paper. Thus, the older books are now in delicate condition. These songbooks were used in church singing events, calledconventions,” as well as at other church events. [For a first-person account of these events, see http://reviews.ebay.com/Stamps-Baxter-Shaped-Note-Songbooks_W0QQugidZ10000000000129796] They did not take the place of regular hymnals.

Among the country music and bluegrass "standards" that were first published by Stamps-Baxter are "Rank Stranger to Me," "Just a Little Talk With Jesus," "Precious Memories," "Farther Along," "If We Never Meet Again," "Victory in Jesus," and "I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone." [Wolfe, Charles, "Stamps-Baxter" in "The Encyclopedia of Country Music" (ed. Paul Kingsbury), Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 501. Most of these songs can be found in Gaither, Bill, "et al." "Great Gospel Songs and Hymns". Nashville, TN: Brentwood-Benson, 1976.]

Another major part of the corporation was its sponsorship of gospel quartets that sang the companys music in churches throughout the southern United States. At the end of World War II, they were sponsoring 35 such quartets. The company also had a quartet that sang on radio station KRLD in Dallas, beginning in 1936. This station would boost it transmitting power at midnight, so that it could be heard across the nation.

One additional part of their music empire was a magazine, "Gospel Music News".

Each part of the corporation supported every other part, giving strength to the entire organization, until 1945, when Frank Stamps, younger brother of V. O. Stamps, left the organization to form the rival Stamps Quartet Music Company. At the same time, various quartets left Stamps-Baxter, so the end of the War coincided with the end of the companys quartet sponsorship. [ [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/ehs3.html Handbook of Texas Online - STAMPS-BAXTER MUSIC AND PRINTING COMPANY ] ] Franks defection did not hurt the Stamps-Baxter company in the long run, although it did lead to some confusion among the public.

The Stamps-Baxter School of Music declined after World War II, but its successor continues to this day as an annual two-week summer workshop under the leadership of Ben Speer. [ http://stampsbaxterschool.com/. For a blog by a music school studnt, see http://allisonlynn.blogspot.com/2007/07/stamps-baxter-day-1.html]

Stamps died in 1940, leaving the company to J. R. Baxter. After he died in 1960, his widow, Clarice HowardMaBaxter, operated the company until her death in 1972. [ [http://www.sgma.org/hall_of_fame.htm SGMA Hall of Fame ] ] In 1974, the company was sold to Zondervan, which became part of the Benson Company in 1986.

tamps-Baxter Publications

Theconventionsong books typically included 140 songs. The first song would be on the inside front cover, numbered 00. The first song inside the book would be numbered 1-A, and the rest of the songs were numbered 1 through 138. Each book included four or fiveold songs” (in the public domain): Newtons Amazing Grace,” MackaysRevive Us Again,” StennettsI Am Bound for the Promised Land,” and SmithsAmerica.” In addition, one or two songs from earlier Stamps-Baxter publications might be included. The other 134 songs had never been published before. The authors and composers of these songs were paid as much as $7.00 for each song. This was the only compensation they would ever get. [ [http://reviews.ebay.com/Stamps-Baxter-Shaped-Note-Songbooks_W0QQugidZ10000000000129796 eBay Guides - Stamps Baxter Shaped Note Songbooks ] ]

The Stamps-Baxter company was careful to renew its copyrights. The collections, not the individual songs, were copyrighted, so that anyone looking up records for the songs must know in which collection it was first published. Under current U. S. copyright law, works published between 1922 and 1963 will not enter public domain until 95 years after their initial year of copyright if the copyright was renewed. [ [http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter0/0-a.html#3 Stanford Copyright & Fair Use - Copyright Basics FAQ ] ] Thus, a Stamps-Baxter song copyrighted in 1929 will enter public domain in 2024. There is also a spurious claim to copyright on these songs. On October 16, 1998, three coporations, Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc., Stamps-Baxter Music, and Bridge Building Music, Inc., filed for copyright onGlory Special & 19,618 other titles.” This large collection includes all of the Stamps-Baxter convention songs. [ [http://www.copyright.gov/records/ U.S. Copyright Office - Search Copyright Records ] ] This 1998 copyright claim is clearly not valid.

Following is a list of Stamps-Baxterconventionbooks compiled from two lists [ http://www.layliturgy.com/AHS/AHS_pblshr/AHS_Stamps_Baxter.htm, http://archives.uca.edu/special_collection/m91-07.htm] , as well as a personal collection. Many of these books are available in the "Luther Presley Collection" in the archives of the University of Central Arkansas. [ [http://archives.uca.edu/manuscript_collection.html University of Central Arkansas | Torreyson Library ] ] The two lists disagree on some dates, and in those cases the title has been entered twice with (?) following the title.

1929Crystal RaysPriceless Pearls

1930Glory Gleaner

1931Cheerful ChimesTuneful Praise

1932Singers Choice

1933Harbor Bells Number TwoBoundless Joy (?)

1934Boundless Joy (?) – Harbor Bells Number ThreeLeading LightNew Day Spirituals

1935Harbor Bells Number FourThankful Hearts

1936Glory DawnHarbor Bells Number Five

1937Harbor Bells Number SixStarlit Crown

1938Brightest BeamsGuiding Star

1939Gospel TideJoyful Songs

1940Comfort and ConsolationGolden Key (?) – Pearly Gates

1941Faithful GuideGolden Key (?) – Pilgrim Songs

1942Lasting PeaceBlessed Hope

1943Heavens LampAnchored FaithSongs Supreme

1944Grateful PraiseCalvary SingsZions Call

1945Living GraceHumble HeartsJubilee Spirituals

1946Rainbow RaysShining PathSentimental Songs

1947Sunlit WayHighest PraiseGarden of MelodyHarmony Gems

1948Glory WavesSilver TonesPeaceful Echoes

1949Morning LightBoundless LoveChords of LoveStar of Hope

1950Better SongsSharons Rose

1951Crimson GlowPrecious NameMelodies of Joy

1952Inspirational MelodiesSingers PrideSolid RockSongs of Cheer

1953Harvest SongsCelestial SongsGospel ShipSongs of Joy

1954Chiming BellsCarols of LoveHigher GroundJoyful Melodies

1955Gospel LightShepherds LoveHeavens Banner

1956Happy PraiseMatchless GiftSacred Tones

1957Crowning JoyMasters CallMelodies of Love

1958Living GemsSilver Gleams

1959Perfect JoyGolden Chimes

1960Dawning LightVictry SongsGood SongsPrecious Abiding Peace

1961Holy LightSaving Grace

1962Glory BellsEndless Joy (?) – Gospel WayHerald of Good Tidings

1963Endless Joy (?) – Temple GatesUpward Way (?)

1964Upward Way (?) – Winning SongsChapel Chords (?)

1965Chapel Chords (?) – Morning SunbeamsRedeeming Love

1966Harbor LightsWondrous Love (?)

1967Wondrous Love (?) – Redemption SongsRadiant Gems (?)

1968Radiant Gems (?)– Chapel BellsGlory Beams

1969Glory BeamsHarps of GoldEternal Praise (?)

1970Eternal Praise (?) – Supernal JoyGospel Songs (?)

1971Gospel Songs (?) – Glad Tidings (?) – Joyful Praise

1972Glad Tidings (?) – Gospel Praise (?) – Love Divine

1973Gospel Praise (?) – Songs of ZionSacred Gems (?)

1974Sacred Gems (?)– Saving Power

Stamps-Baxter of Zondervan

1975New Gospel Songs

1976Golden Songs of GloryGospel Songs of Cheer

1977Gospel Songs of CheerSongs of RejoicingNew Songs of Praise

1978Songs of VictorySongs of Jubilation

1979Praising HimJoy in Singing

1980Sing a New SongVoices in Song

1981Music is RingingNotes of Praise

1982Heavens HarmonySing for Joy

1983Songs of the Kingdom

1984Christian Praise

1985Gospel Hymnal Volume IIIGreat GospelPraising His Name

1986Singing TogetherLet All Rejoice

Stamps-Baxter of Zondervan/Benson Company

1987A Time to Sing

1988Divine JoyMasters Voice

1989Calvarys SongJoyous Praise

1990Matchless Love

References

See also

* List of record labels

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