Rhino Records set their tasteful, selective hands on African American gospel music with this three-CD set, elaborately packaged to resemble a hardcover Bible. The reach of this collection is wide, beginning with a cappella jubilee-style singing from the '30s and ending with 1990s funk soul and gospel-flavored R&B. The selections are superb (Golden Gate Quartet, Highway Q.C.'s, Swan Silvertones, Reverend Cleveland, Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Andraé Crouch, Oleta Adams, the Winans) and the sound quality surprising (you've never heard the Trumpeteers' gorgeous "Milky White Way" till you've heard this restored version). While this set offers few discoveries for the true fan, the 70-page book's essays are topnotch (notably those by Opal Louis Nations and Carol Cooper). As an introduction to an innovative, hugely influential, vital, thoroughly spiritual, and frequently misunderstood music, this collection should be your first choice. --Mike McGonigal
TRACKLIST:
Disc: 1
1. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition - The Southern Sons Quartette
2. Stalin Wasn't Stallin' - The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
3. Milky White Way - The Trumpeteers
4. Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - The Fairfield Four
5. That's Enough - Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
6. Just A Closer Walk WIth Thee - Sallie Martin Singers
7. Our Father - Original Five Blind Boys
8. Too Close To Heaven - The Bradford Special
9. Let's Go Out To The Programs - Dixie Hummingbirds
10. Amazing Grace - Rev. Maceo Woods
11. Alone And Motherless - The Original Five Blind Boys Of Alabama
12. Somewhere To Lay My Head - The Highway Q.C.'s
13. Uncloudy Day - The Staple Singers
14. All Things Are Possible - The Harmonizing Four
15. Didn't It Rain - Mahalia Jackson
16. The Love Of God - Voices Of The Tabernacle
17. Precious Lord - LaVern Baker
18. Mary Don't You Weep - The Swan Silvertones
19. One More River To Cross - The Meditation Singers
20. Good Enough For Me - Rev. James Cleveland & The Gosphel Chimes
Disc: 2
1. Mighty High - Mighty Clouds Of Joy
2. Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins Singers
3. Lord, Don't Move The Mountain - Inez Andrews
4. Mary, Don't You Weep - Aretha Franklin
5. I'll Trade A Lifetime - The O'Neal Twins
6. I Go To The Rock - Danniebelle Hall
7. Goin' Up Yonder - Walter Hawkins & The Love Center Choir
8. No Charge - Shirley Caesar
9. Peace In The Valley - The Gate City singers
10. Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Marion Williamswith Prof. Thomas A. Dorsey
11. How I Got Over - Clara Ward & The Ward Singers
12. Walk Around Heaven All Day - The Caravans
13. Strange Man - Dorothy Love Coates
14. Changed - Walter Hawkins & The Love Center Choir
15. My Tribute - Andrae Crouch
Disc: 3
1. Show Up! - The New Life Community Choir
2. Stand - Ron Winans Presents Family & Friends IV
3. Spread Love - Take 6
4. Tomorrow - The Winans
5. Rough Side Of The Mountain - Rev. F.C. Barnes & The Red Budd Combined Choir
6. Be Encouraged - William Becton & Friends
7. A Message For The Saints - Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
8. I Believe - Sounds Of Blackness
9. Deep River/Campground - Cissy Houston
10. How I Depend On You - The Williams Brothers
11. Holy Is The Lamb - Oleta Adams
12. Order My Steps - GMWA Women Of Worship
13. The Battle Is The Lord's - Yolanda Adams
14. Dear God - Boyz II Men
15. I Love The Lord - Whitney Houston With The Georgia Mass Choir

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