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- Date Released: February 20, 1996
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Inspirational
- Label: Document Records / The Orchard
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The second of two well-packed discs released on the Austrian reissue label Document, Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 covers the years of 1942 to 1944, a period during which Tharpe was raising the ire of her religious audience by branching out into a more secular era. Though in retrospect the sentiments of songs like "I Want a Tall Skinny Papa" seem tame, the outcry was similar to when Sam Cooke went pop in the late '50s: how dare the pop market take away our Sister? It stands to reason; Sister Rosetta Tharpe was gospel's most fiery voice and one of the finest guitarists in any style of her era. (The stabbing, rhythmic lead guitar underpinning these songs sounds like it was probably a huge influence on Chicago blues later that decade.) The passion and vitality of these performances is remarkable, as is the joy Tharpe clearly takes in the physicality of even her most pious recordings. Even for non-believers, this is rich, fulfilling music. The quality of these transfers on the rarer material can be a little rough, but not distractingly so.
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I Want A Tall Skinny Papa |
2:51 |
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| 02. | |
What He Done For Me |
2:39 |
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| 03. | |
I Want Jesus To Walk Around My Bedside |
2:38 |
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| 04. | |
All Over This World |
2:42 |
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| 05. | |
Pure Religion |
2:33 |
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| 06. | |
This Train (J41) |
2:29 |
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| 07. | |
Down By The Riverside (J38) |
3:07 |
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| 08. | |
Rock Me (J75) |
2:37 |
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| 09. | |
Rock Me (VP-391-D3-MC-464) |
2:47 |
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| 10. | |
That's All (VD129) |
2:03 |
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| 11. | |
Trouble In Mind (VP-392-D3-MC-465) |
2:39 |
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| 12. | |
Rock Daniel (VD129) |
2:38 |
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| 13. | |
That's All (J56) |
2:03 |
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| 14. | |
Let That Liar Alone |
2:41 |
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| 15. | |
The Devil Has Thrown Him Down |
2:51 |
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| 16. | |
Sleep On Darling Mother |
3:03 |
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| 17. | |
God Don't Like It (71526) |
2:32 |
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| 18. | |
I Want To Live So God Can Use Me |
2:32 |
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| 19. | |
What's The News? |
2:52 |
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| 20. | |
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares |
2:36 |
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| 21. | |
Jesus Taught Me How To Smile |
3:06 |
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| 22. | |
Forgive Me Lord And Try Me One More Time |
2:35 |
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| 23. | |
What Is The Soul Of Man |
2:31 |
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| 24. | |
Singing In My Soul |
2:53 |
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| 25. | |
I Claim Jesus First |
2:36 |
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| 26. | |
Strange Things Happening Every Day |
2:44 |
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| 27. | |
Two Little Fishes And Five Loaves Of Bread |
2:51 |
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27 Total Tracks, 72:09 Total Length
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Credits
- Louis Jordan - Sax (Alto) // Louis Jordan - Sax (Alto) // Louis Jordan - Sax (Alto) // Louis Jordan - Sax (Alto) // Lucky Millinder - Conductor // Tab Smith - Sax (Alto) // Sam "The Man" Taylor - Sax (Tenor) // Sammy Price - Piano // Sammy Price - Piano // Sammy Price - Piano // Freddy Webster - Trumpet // George Duvivier - Bass (Upright) // Abe Bolar - Bass (Upright) // Joe Britton - Trombone // Panama Francis - Drums // Panama Francis - Drums // Joe Guy - Trumpet // Mike Hadley - Sax (Tenor) // Clyde Hart - Piano // George James - Sax (Alto) // Archie Johnson - Trumpet // Johnny Parth - Compilation Producer // Ernest Purce - Baritone // Eddie Roane - Trumpet // William Scott - Trumpet // Jesse "Po" Simpkins - Bass (Upright) // Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Guitar // Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Vocals // Arnold Thomas - Piano // Ray Tunia - Piano // Harold "Doc" West - Drums // Shadow Wilson - Drums // Gene Simon - Trombone // George Stevenson - Trombone // Lucky Millinder Orchestra - Group // Ken Romanowski - Liner Notes // Gerhard Wessely - Remastering // Sam Price - Group // Frank Humphries - Trumpet // Trevor Bacon - Guitar // Nelson Bryant - Trumpet // Noble Sissle & His Orchestra - Group
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