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
Connie Francis
Johnny Carroll
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
