New English Hymnal
Even Newer English Hymnal
Newest English Hymnal
Revised English Hymnal
New Revised Standard English Hymnal
Today's New English Hymnal
New International English Hymnal
Hymns Ambient and Post-Modern
Collated Mission Praise
Combined Final Definitely the Last Mission Praise
Mission Praise: The Revenge
Now that's What I call Taizé XXIII
The New Improved But Still Definitely In Need of Redemption Hymnal
The Even More Complete Come and Praise
Catholic Hymns Old and Less Old
The Disunited Methodist Hymnal
Combined Songs of Fellowship
Complete Songs of Fellowships
Even more Complete Songs of Fellowship
Complete Songs of Fellowship: A New Hope
Please no more Songs of Fellowship
Sounds of Dripping Water
The Nearly-New Song Book Of The Salvation Army (Thrift Store Edition)
ReplyDeleteHymns Ancient and early Victorian
ReplyDelete100 Hymns for Yesterday
meanwhile in the Choir vestry:
ReplyDeleteOxford Easy Anthem Book
New Oxford Easy Anthem Book
The Oxford Book of Flexible Anthems
The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems
The Oxford Book of Floppy Anthems (spiral-bound)
The Oxford Book of Easy Peasy Lemon-squeezy Anthems, arranged for grade III organ, without voices
For Organists
ReplyDelete'One foot at a time' (I keep a copy within easy reach)
Easy-Peasy arrangements of Jerusalem, O Jesus I Have Promised and Popular Wedding Music.
For choristers
ReplyDelete"I can't believe it's not Rutter"
Two real hymn books I saw in a catalogue:
ReplyDeleteHymns We've Always Loved,
Hymns That Aren't Too High,
'Hymns For Low Churches', 'The Goldilocks Hymn Book', or 'Tolerable Hymns & Anthems' might fill a few gaps in the market perhaps?
The realistic hymn books:
ReplyDeleteSongs of Disunity and
Fission Praise: songs of a divided church
New Hymns and Washed-up Songs
ReplyDeleteRejoice and Sin
100 Hymns Rarely Sung.Compilation
ReplyDeleteFavourite hymns with dodgy theology
ReplyDelete1930s Childrens Hymnal - 100 copies on a shelf in the vestry
Hippy hymn book for 3 chord guitar - 1967
1967 was actually a very good year for Christian music - premiere of the first of the ten Gowans & Larsson musicals
DeleteThe 3 hymns everyone knows for weddings and funerals.
ReplyDeleteLord of the Dance, Amazing Grace and One More Step Along The Road I Go
DeleteYou forgot All Things B & B 😁
DeleteRealy Terrible Songs for the Thing We Don't Call Sunday School
ReplyDeleteI remember, at a book fair held at Vicar School™, seeing the fantastic "Responsible preaching on the Pauline Epistles", and desperately searching for its less popular companion book, "Irresponsible preaching on the Pauline Epistles".
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