8435723701262

Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day

The Staple Singers

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Format: CD

Cat No: 3033

Release Date:  21 June 2024

Label:  Hoo Doo Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8435723701262

Genres:  R&B  Gospel  

  • Description

    2 albums on one CD + 6 bonus tracks – includes a 16-page booklet. From Chicago, Illinois, The Staple Singers started blending gospel and R&B in 1948 - a combination considered profane in some quarters at the time. Driven by Roebuck "Pops" Staples' stark, Delta-infused guitar style awash in eerie reverb, and given a laser-like urgency by Mavis Staples' amazing singing, their early recordings are balanced right at the juncture between country-blues and gospel. This release features The Staples' first two LPs on Chicago's Vee Jay Records: Swing Low Sweet Chariot (1961) and Uncloudy Day (1959).

    *****Down Beat: "The Staples fuse secular stylizations with passionate, deep harmonies, ascending into a near-mystical state of fervour. Although not as well-known as their later recordings, The Staple Singers' early sides for Chicago's Vee Jay Records may well be their most powerful." - Steve Legget

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. I'm So Glad
      • 2. Swing Down, Chariot
      • 3. The Old Landmark
      • 4. Good News
      • 5. Each Day
      • 6. Let's Go Home
      • 7. Pray On
      • 8. Help Me Jesus
      • 9. Going Away
      • 10. Don't Knock
      • 11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
      • 12. Uncloudy Day
      • 13. Let Me Ride
      • 14. God's Wonderful Love
      • 15. I'm Coming Home
      • 16. If I Could Hear My Mother
      • 17. Low Is The Way
      • 18. I Had A Dream
      • 19. On My Way To Heaven
      • 20. I'm Leaning
      • 21. I Know I Got Religion
      • 22. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
      • 23. This May Be The Last Time
      • 24. He's Alright (Live)
      • 25. Get Right Church (Live)
      • 26. I've Been Scorned
      • 27. Calling Me