Gavin Bryars – The Sinking Of The Titanic (1975)

"... Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet. In 1971, when I lived in London, I was working with a friend, Alan Power, on a film about people living rough in the area around Elephant and Castle and Waterloo Station. In the course of being filmed, some people broke into drunken song - sometimes bits of opera, sometimes sentimental ballads - and one, who in fact did not drink, sang a religious song ‘Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet’. This was not ultimately used in the film and I was given all the unused sections of tape, including this one. ... - Gavin Bryars”

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