Release Date: 21 June 2024
Label: Hoo Doo Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8435723701262
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
The Beach Boys
Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
Connie Francis
Johnny Carroll
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
