The Staple Singers / Faith And Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976
Listen to a family’s musical odyssey unfold with this new five-disc set from Universal Music Catalogue, the first-ever comprehensive overview of the career of The Staple Singers…
Featuring the extraordinary voice of Mavis Staples, the family band delivered Seventies’ R&B/Soul classics such as Respect Yourself, I’ll Take You There and Let’s Do It Again, all of which are included here. Among the 80 songs on four CDs, you’ll find all of the group’s best-loved hits, studio and live recordings, plus a sprinkling of demos and previously unreleased material.
The fifth disc in the set is a seven-inch vinyl single with the group’s two earliest known recordings, A-side Faith and Grace and B-side These Are They. This is the first time these two tracks have been available in any format since the Staples’ self-released edition of 500.
The CDs and vinyl record are packaged in an old-school ‘45-folio’ package, and the accompanying book promises rarely seen photos of the family taken over the course of their career plus new liner notes by Mavis Staples, Opal Louis Nations, James Miller and compilation producer Joe McEwen. All in all, it sounds like an alluring package for self-respecting Staples Singers’ fans!
Faith And Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976 is released on 13 November 2015.
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CD 1
- It Rained Children
- I Just Can’t Keep It To Myself
- Each Day
- God’s Wonderful Love
- If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
- I’ve Got A New Home
- Uncloudy Day
- Come On Up In Glory
- I Know I Got Religion
- Swing Down Chariot (Let Me Ride)
- I Had A Dream
- Help Me Jesus
- Low Is The Way
- This May Be The Last Time [Alternate Take]
- So Soon
- I’m So Glad
- Pray On
- Good News
- Downward Road
- Don’t Drive Me Away
CD2
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Don’t Knock
- Medley: Too Close/I’m On My Way Home/I’m Coming Home/He’s Alright [Live]
- Swing Low
- Calling Me
- Stand By Me
- Hammer And Nails
- Gloryland
- Hear My Call, Here
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
- New-Born Soul
- Dying Man’s Plea
- Great Day
- There Was A Star
- Use What You Got
- Let That Liar Alone
- I Can’t Help From Cryin’ Sometime
- Blowin’ In The Wind
- This Land Is Your Land
- I Know I’ve Been Changed
CD 3
- A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
- Masters Of War
- What Are They Doing (In Heaven Today)
- Wish I Had Answered [Live At Newport]
- I’ll Fly Away
- Tell Him What You Want [Stapleton Singers]
- Be Careful Of The Stones You Throw
- Samson & Delilah
- As An Eagle Stirreth Her Nest
- Freedom Highway
- Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
- John Brown
- Waiting For My Child
- It’s Been A Change
- For What It’s Worth
- Let’s Get Together
- Crying In The Chapel [Mavis Staples With The Staple Singers]
- Long Walk To D.C.
- Got To Be Some Changes
- Slow Train
CD 4
- I See It
- The Ghetto
- When Will We Be Paid
- God Bless The Children
- The Challenge
- Brand New Day [Theme From The Motion Picture The Landlord]
- Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
- I Like The Things About You
- You’re Gonna Make Me Cry
- Respect Yourself
- I’ll Take You There
- This World
- I’m Just Another Soldier
- Are You Sure
- If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)
- Touch A Hand, Make A Friend
- Back Road Into Town
- Let’s Do It Again
- The Weight [The Band feat. Staple Singers]
- Respect Yourself [Demo]
7-inch vinyl
A-side: Faith and Grace
B-side: These Are They
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By Justyn Barnes
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