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Gospel: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection is a triple disc multi-artist compilation album featuring 60 digitally remastered tracks, released on Big3 in 2011.
Ignoring the cumbersome album title this three CD compilation is in fact a perfect first purchase for anyone wanting to investigate the decades of amazing post-war gospel music. Just about everything here emanates from the ’50s which purists will insist was gospel’s golden age. The CDs are chockablock with towering musical talents. I suppose you could say that pride of place goes to Mahalia Jackson’s sublime «Move On Up A Little Higher» (one of gospel’s first million-sellers) though for me the piece-de-resistance is the Soul Stirrers’ «Jesus Gave Me Water» on which Sam Cooke showed himself to be one of the greatest singers of soul and gospel history. Elsewhere you’ll find the Swan Silvertones, whose Claude Jeter was possibly Cooke’s equal; the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (one of the classic gospel acts sampled by Moby); and Aretha Franklin, who weighs in with a formative performance of «Never Grow Old». Some of the other brilliant acts here are the Dixie Hummingbirds, Dorothy Love Coates, the Blind Boys (of both Alabama and Mississippi), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Fairfield Four and many more. This compilation was released by a company who don’t send out review copies but when we tell you that Cross Rhythms bought a copy for about six pounds you can see why this set rises to the top of the pile above the dozens more re-issues of vintage black gospel. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, December 2011 (from “The 20 Best Albums Of 2011”)]
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3CD tracklist:
Disc One
1-01. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air
1-02. The Dixie Hummingbirds – Ezekiel Saw The Wheel
1-03. Mahalia Jackson – Move On Up A Little Higher, Pt. 1
1-04. Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers – Jesus Gave Me Water
1-05. The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama – Alone and Motherless
1-06. Aretha Franklin – You Grow Closer
1-07. The Swan Silvertones – Trouble In My Way
1-08. The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet – John The Revelator
1-09. The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi – I’m A Rolling
1-10. The Original Gospel Harmonettes feat. Dorothy Love Coates – Get Away Jordan
1-11. The Pilgrim Travelers – The Old Rugged Cross
1-12. Stars Of Harmony – Rough And Rocky Road
1-13. Sister Ernestine Washington – The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow
1-14. The Soul Stirrers – This Is My Prayer
1-15. The Charioteers – Wade In The Water
1-16. Marie Knight & The Dependable Boys – Gospel Train
1-17. Anthony Butler – My God Is A Mighty Man
1-18. Selah Jubilee Singers – I Saw The Light
1-19. The Trumpeteers – Gideon And The Sword
1-20. The Sensational Nightingales – Will He Welcome Me There?
Disc Two
2-01. The Dixie Hummingbirds – Just A Closer Walk With Thee
2-02. The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama – Heaven On My Mind
2-03. Aretha Franklin – Never Grow Old
2-04. The Fairfield Four – Packing Every Burden
2-05. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – What Is The Soul Of Man?
2-06. The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi – When God Dips His Pen
2-07. Sister Ernestine Washington – We Will Walk Through The Valley
2-08. The Charioteers – I’m Bound For The Promised Land
2-09. Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers – How Far Am I From Canaan?
2-10. Kings Of Harmony – Lord Give Me Wings
2-11. The Trumpeteers – Babylon’s Fallen
2-12. The Original Gospel Harmonettes feat. Dorothy Love Coates – Everyday Will Be A Sunday
2-13. The Pilgrim Travelers – Mother Bowed
2-14. Golden Gate Quartet – Didn’t It Rain
2-15. The Alphabetical Four – Have You Heard About The World
2-16. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Strange Things Happen Every Day
2-17. Vivian Cooper – Rock Of Ages
2-18. Clara Ward & The Ward Singers – How I Got Over
2-19. Mahalia Jackson – Amazing Grace
2-20. The Soul Stirrers – I Want To Rest
Disc Three
3-01. Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers – I’m So Glad (Trouble Don’t Last Always)
3-02. Mahalia Jackson – God’s Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares
3-03. The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi – Something Within Me
3-04. Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet – Rock My Soul
3-05. The Swan Silvertones – My Rock
3-06. The Original Gospel Harmonettes feat. Dorothy Love Coates – When I Reach My Heavenly Home
3-07. Sister Ernestine Washington – My Record Will Be There
3-08. The Trumpeteers – Milky White Way
3-09. The Pilgrim Travelers – Satisfied With Jesus
3-10. The Dixieaires – Friends, Let Me Tell You About Jesus
3-11. The Soul Stirrers – Peace In The Valley
3-12. Selah Jubilee Singers – He Knows Just How Much We Can Bear
3-13. The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama – I Want My Crown
3-14. Brother Joe May – Search Me Lord
3-15. Marie Knight & Vivian Cooper – Touch Me Lord Jesus
3-16. The Charioteers – Jesus Is A Rock In The Weary Land
3-17. The Radio Four – The Blood Done Signed My Name
3-18. The Dixie Hummingbirds – The Book Of The Seven Seas
3-19. Mahalia Jackson – Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
3-20. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Rock Me
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