Have You Heard The Angels Sing?

A report by WND claims that angelic voices have been captured singing on tape. This has sparked a flurry of interest with some readers reporting similar experiences and others casting doubt on the phenomenon. Some even noted to a 1970s gospel song that could be the source of one of the mysterious recordings.

It seems 76-year-old Christian author Jim Bramlett of Lake Mary, Fla. posted a collection of recordings on the Internet that he believes are angels singing. There is no doubt in my mind that he may have taped the real thing, because I’ve heard the angels sing myself on two different occasions.

When I listened to a couple of the tapes on this retired Air Force officer’s site, it brought chills and wonderful memories flooding back to me. You can hear them here: his ChoicesForLiving websiteThere are recordings from locations in the U.S. and one from China.

"I have four specific recordings of angels singing in church settings," Bramlett told WND. "It happened supernaturally. There's no other explanation. It's either from God or from the devil, and I don't think the devil is in the business of worshipping Jesus."

Sharon Smith, a retired oncology nurse in Fort Smith, Ark., told WND she heard songs like the recorded ones while in bed with intense pain from tearing her ribcage muscles. "I had no pain medications nor any kind of alcoholic beverage to relieve the pain," Smith said. "Not only did I hear this 'angelic' singing, but I also 'heard' two voices state, 'We can't reach her lying in this position.' I am not psychotic, nor a drug abuser."

A Charlottesville, Va., woman says she also experienced an "angelic choir" twice in her life. The first time was 14 years ago while she was taking care of her newborn baby.

"It had what sounded like a professional full orchestra and a score that was written for a huge movie," said J.S., preferring her full name not be disclosed. "It was absolutely awesome to listen to. It was 'distant' (as if listening to music from outdoors through closed windows), but full, moving, touching, beautiful and totally awesome. I knew the longer I listened that I was not listening to a tape, but to an angelic choir worshipping the Lord."

This sounds just like what I heard on those two occasions! I find it very exciting to know that others have experienced the same thing.

One WND reader said has heard angels singing in worship services, but thinks the Bramlett tapes may be just a publicity stunt. "People may say I am nuts. I really don't care, because I know how people in our congregation sing, and know when there's something more," said William Howard of Miami, Fla. "But these recordings on this website follow a pattern, of certain notes struck at a higher strength, which one some electronic keyboards can bet set to trigger sounds like string sections, organ sounds, or even as here, a patch that sounds like a chorus of people singing. You can even go so far as to have these voices annunciate 'oooh,' 'aaah' and 'da' sounds, too. And as I have spent many an evening goofing around with these effects with our keyboard player, it sounds too much the same to be posted on the Internet as angel voices."

Don Jordan of Jamul, Calif., who is a fundamentalist Christian as well as software engineer and keyboard player also questions the validity of the tapes. He notes the poor quality of the tape at the Kansas City church and the fact that the choir sang well within the possible worldly realm with no supernatural voices heard.

"What we have here amounts to little more than wives tales for the modern technological age," he said.

However, Bramlett said  the Kansas City recording features the voice of a "mystery" male soloist singing:

Hallelujah, ringing all across the land
Everybody's singing at the Lord's command
All the saints and the angels up in glory wait to hear the news
of Jesus and his children as they're coming through.

But Michael Leamons told WND that "about 16 years ago, someone played a taped recording of a male soloist (accompanied by a chorus of alleluias) singing lyrics similar to those mentioned in your article. They claimed it was a recording of angelic singing. To me it sounded like Tennessee Ernie Ford singing alleluia with a chorus dubbed over his recording. I don't dispute that angels sing, and I don't have any knowledge of the other claims in your report, but I believe the one with the male soloist is a hoax."

In fact, on April 15, 1974, Capitol Records released a Ford album titled,"Make a Joyful Noise," and the last song on the album was called, "Alleluia," containing the same lyrics as the ones purportedly recorded in the Kansas City church.

It would be so unfortunate if Mr. Bramlett’s recordings are deemed to be hoaxes, because one really can hear the angels sing. Some people are saying that the voices can’t be that of angels, because there are no male and female angels – rather, they are genderless. I don’t know for sure if that is true. However, I suspect that it is. From the voices of the angels that I heard, you could not distinguish a male voice from a female voice as it sounded like a whole host of angels singing.While some people also say angels don’t speak, I can point out several locations in the Bible where they surely do.

There are also several verses that indicate the angels sing in worship of God. For instance, Revelation 5:11-13declares:

And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

 There is also the story of Jesus' birth, where the Gospel of Luke states:

"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."(Luke 2:13-14)

Have you heard the angel’s sing? I’m sure I can’t be the only Gatherer who has.