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- Date Released: January 20, 1998
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Inspirational
- Label: Arhoolie Records / IODA
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Arhoolie, as is made plain in this 15-song sampler of their gospel catalog, does not favor slick modern spiritual music. (Or, as they say straight-up in the brief liner note, "The selections on this disc...are not by trendy, popular massed choirs.") Much of this is in fact gospel-blues: spiritually oriented numbers by major bluesmen Big Joe Williams, Mance Lipscomb, Robert Pete Williams, Jesse Fuller (a nice slide guitar treatment of "Amazing Grace"), and Fred McDowell, as well as more contemporary steel guitar-flavored gospel by Aubrey Ghent. The arrangements are sparse (sometimes acoustic) and the vocals are soulful, not just by the aforementioned acts, but also by such relative unknowns as the Campbell Brothers, who work more in a contemporary electric vein. It's not being heretical to say that there's more passion and musical quality on this compilation than there is on innumerable glossily produced gospel recordings by feel-good ensembles with higher profiles. By the way, the track by steel guitarist Black Ace, "Farther Along," was previously unissued on CD.
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| 01. |  |
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
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3:44 |  |
| 02. | |
There's a Leak in This Old Building
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1:55 | |
| 03. | |
I Want My Crown
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2:20 | |
| 04. | |
Sinner Don't You Know
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4:33 | |
| 05. | |
I Feel Good |
3:54 | |
| 06. | |
I'm Going over the Hill
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2:43 | |
| 07. | |
Gonna Wait Till a Change Come
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2:43 | |
| 08. | |
Farther Along
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4:58 | |
| 09. | |
I've Got Religion |
2:13 | |
| 10. | |
Motherless Children
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2:44 | |
| 11. | |
Jesus Will Fix It for You
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4:19 | |
| 12. | |
I'm Working on a Building
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3:50 | |
| 13. | |
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning |
3:40 | |
| 14. | |
Amazing Grace
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1:47 | |
| 15. | |
Praise Music
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4:21 | |
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Credits
- Jesse Fuller - Arranger // Jesse Fuller - Performer // Mance Lipscomb - Performer // Big Joe Williams - Performer // Big Joe Williams - Performer // Black Ace - Performer // Rev. Louis Overstreet - Performer // Rev. Louis Overstreet - Photography // Mississippi Fred McDowell - Performer // Mississippi Fred McDowell - Performer // Mississippi Fred McDowell - Performer // The Paramount Singers - Performer // Charles E. Campbell - Arranger // Tom Diamant - Producer // Tom Diamant - Editing // Ruth Miller - Performer // Tom Miller - Performer // Rebecca Smith - Performer // Chris Strachwitz - Producer // Chris Strachwitz - Editing // Mary Williams - Performer // Robert Pete Williams - Performer // Elder Roma Wilson - Performer // Johnny Woods - Performer // Wayne Pope - Cover Design // The Campbell Brothers - Performer // Sonny Treadway - Performer // Aubrey Ghent - Arranger // Aubrey Ghent - Performer // B.K. Turner - Arranger // Phillip Campbell - Arranger // Katie Jackson - Arranger // Katie Jackson - Performer
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