News 20 Oct 2015

The Staple Singers / Faith And Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976

By Justyn Barnes

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.

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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