Product Description

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Genre: Gospel/Christian Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 6-DEC-1991

Track Listing

1. Last Mile of the Way - Sam Cooke, Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
2. Search Me Lord - Brother Joe May
3. Mother Bowed - Pilgrim Travelers
4. Oh Lord, Stand by Me - The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama
5. Too Close to Heaven - Prof. Alex Bradford
6. Get Away Jordan - Dorothy Love Coates,
7. My Rock - The Swan Silvertones
8. Let God Abide - Robert Anderson
9. Prayer for the Doomed - Chosen Gospel Singers
10. Ball Game - Sister Wynona Carr
11. By and By - The Soul Stirrers
12. He's Calling Me
13. Lord, Lord, Lord - Prof. Alex Bradford
14. Love of God - The Soul Stirrers, Johnnie Taylor
15. I'm Determined - Meditation Singers
16. Touch the Hem of His Garment - Sam Cooke, Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
17. Straight Street - Pilgrim Travelers
18. I'll Fly Away - The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama
19. Do You Know Him? - Brother Joe May
20. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well - Pilgrim Travelers
21. I'm Sealed
22. Lead Me, Guide Me - Brother Joe May, Pilgrim Travelers
23. Jesus Is a Friend - The Swan Silvertones
24. Now the Day Is Over - James Cleveland

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111454 in Music
• Brand: Unknown
• Released on: 1991-04-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

A raw and powerful collection
Specialty records was best known as the folks who brought the likes of Little Richard to the fore in the 50s, but it's rawest and most powerful work of the era was with Black Gospel music. Unknown to almost everyone but Black churchgoers at the time, these were unquestionably the strongest and most emotional Black records of that time. No matter what your religious beliefs are, you will be awed and blown away by tunes like "Lord Lord Lord" by Alex Bradford, "My Rock" by the Swan Silvertones, the eerie "Prayer for the Doomed" by the Chosen Gospel Singers (don't listen to this one alone in a dark room, folks), and any of the selctions by Sam Cooke's Soul Stirrers, Dorothy Love Coates, and The 5 Blind Boys of Alabama. This is the high-energy stuff with the feeling that Soul Singers and rock & rollers have tried to capture ever since. A good companion piece to this is "The Great 1955 Shrine Concert" featuring many of the same artists. Only complaint about this collection-no liner notes telling us about the songs and artists. Either way, behold and be awed.

Listen to this soul stirring singing by Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke is a great legend. He sings with such an anointing. He feels what he sings and that is what makes this album a great one. I just get chill bumps when I hear him sing because he has a sweetly anointed voice. If you want to be sung to sleep physically or spiritually this is the perfect CD.