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Format Details: 180g One-step Pressing Vinyl LP
Format Details: Hybrid SACD
Release Date: 04 December 2026
Label: Chesky
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4895241457593
Description
Dedicated champions of a cappella singing during an era when few others picked up the reins, The Persuasions steadfastly refused convenient classification as they embraced stardom - without using a single musical instrument. On The Persuasions Sing The Beatles, lead singer Jerry Lawson vigorously resisted any attempt to pigeonhole his group as a throwback doo-wop outfit, though they originally started harmonizing under Brooklyn street corner lampposts. Following three seminal 1971-72 Capitol albums (We Came to Play, Street Corner Symphony, Spread the Word), the classic lineup featuring Jimmy "Mr. Bass Man" Hayes, Jayotis Washington, "Sweet Joe" Russell, and Herbert "Toubo" Rhoad expanded their repertoire into uncharted territory, recording everything from children's projects to full tribute sets honoring Frank Zappa and the Grateful Dead. An album-length homage to the Fab Four was a natural progression for the group's soul-soaked harmonies.
Recorded between April 30 and May 2, 2001, inside St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, producer David Chesky chose the pristine house of worship over a conventional studio to capture maximum organic warmth, depth, and spatial resonance. Down to a core quartet, the group brilliantly reimagined 14 Beatles classics - including "Eight Days a Week," "Come Together," "Oh! Darling," and "Yesterday" - positioning their voices in a semi-circle around a single microphone to wring every drop of emotion and soul from the singular songbook.
The Persuasions Sing The Beatles is reissued on 180g 'One-step Pressing' vinyl LP and stereo Hybrid SACD, with new liner notes as part of the Chesky Original Masters series.
Description
Dedicated champions of a cappella singing during an era when few others picked up the reins, The Persuasions steadfastly refused convenient classification as they embraced stardom - without using a single musical instrument. On The Persuasions Sing The Beatles, lead singer Jerry Lawson vigorously resisted any attempt to pigeonhole his group as a throwback doo-wop outfit, though they originally started harmonizing under Brooklyn street corner lampposts. Following three seminal 1971-72 Capitol albums (We Came to Play, Street Corner Symphony, Spread the Word), the classic lineup featuring Jimmy "Mr. Bass Man" Hayes, Jayotis Washington, "Sweet Joe" Russell, and Herbert "Toubo" Rhoad expanded their repertoire into uncharted territory, recording everything from children's projects to full tribute sets honoring Frank Zappa and the Grateful Dead. An album-length homage to the Fab Four was a natural progression for the group's soul-soaked harmonies.
Recorded between April 30 and May 2, 2001, inside St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, producer David Chesky chose the pristine house of worship over a conventional studio to capture maximum organic warmth, depth, and spatial resonance. Down to a core quartet, the group brilliantly reimagined 14 Beatles classics - including "Eight Days a Week," "Come Together," "Oh! Darling," and "Yesterday" - positioning their voices in a semi-circle around a single microphone to wring every drop of emotion and soul from the singular songbook.
The Persuasions Sing The Beatles is reissued on 180g 'One-step Pressing' vinyl LP and stereo Hybrid SACD, with new liner notes as part of the Chesky Original Masters series.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Jen Chapin
Rebecca Pidgeon
Amber Rubarth
Amber Rubarth
Various Artists
Larry Coryell, Badi Assad, John Abercrombie
Little Kruta
City of the Sun
The Persuasions
