VA - I'm Glad About It, The Legacy Of Gospel Music In Louisville 1958 to 1981 (4 x CDs)

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VA - I'm Glad About It, The Legacy Of Gospel Music In Louisville 1958 to 1981 (4 x CDs)

An amazing look at a sometimes-overlooked scene in the world of gospel music – the upsurge of strong local talent on the stages and churches of Louisville, Kentucky – a key border city between the north and the south, especially during the Civil Rights years in which much of this music was recorded! Louisville has always been a really compelling crossroads – and while most folks think of punk bands and post-rock when thinking of the city, the scene actually has a much larger legacy in African American styles – including soul, funk, and jazz – which all seem to echo in the gospel work within! The set is meticulously done – with a superb selection of rare 45s that we'd never have heard otherwise, all dripping with the kind of deep soul vocals and sharp instrumentation you might expect. (DustyGroove)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Golden Tones - Just a Closer Walk With Thee 2:59

02 Traveling Echoes - He's a God 3:14

03 Eastern Star Chorale - Until You Try Jesus 2:18

04 Religious Five Quartet - Running for a Long Time 3:40

05 Riverview Spiritual Singers - A Great Gathering 2:47

06 Butleraires - He's So Good to Me 2:11

07 Kingdom Land Baptist Church Mass Choir - Oh What a Blessing 3:20

08 Rev. Eddie James and Family - Storm is Passing Over 5:05

09 Sacred Four - Hymn Books and Bibles (Pt. 1) 3:19

10 Joe Thomas - I Won't Mind 3:43

11 Washington Singers - Meet Me in the City 2:38

12 Rev. Charles E. Kirby - Lord Come On 5:48

13 Indiana Wonders - Thank You Jesus 4:13

14 Rev. William H. Ryan - Someone to Care 2:42

15 Rev. Cornelius James and Family - Time is Winding Up 3:11

16 Ambassordors - I Can't Make it By Myself 2:52

17 Deep River Song Birds - 12 Gates to the City 2:53

18 Gospel Ensemble of Kentucky State College - I've Decided 3:40

19 Rev. Tommy Williams and the Williams Family - I Want to Thank Jesus 2:31

20 Heavenly Five - Jesus Sits High and Looks Down Low 3:37

21 Singing Son of Zion - Steal Away 2:29

CD2

01 Junior Dynamics - God is Using Me 4:20

02 Evangelist Lucille Jones and the Traveling Notes - Night Life 5:22

03 Sensational Bells of Joy - Come on Sinner 2:06

04 Green Street Baptist Church Youth Choir - He's All Right 4:28

05 Echoes of Zion - Just a Closer Walk With Thee 2:34

06 Newburg Radio Chorus - Calvary 3:14

07 Gospel Motivators - Trust Him 3:24

08 Kentucky No. 1 Singers - Wonderful Jesus 3:03

09 Traveling Echoes - Looking and Seeking 2:37

10 Gospel Descendents - Jesus is All I Need to Get By 3:19

11 Religious Five Quartet - Move These Things 4:25

12 Mighty Inspirations - A Sinner's Prayer 3:29

13 Blakey Specials - I Shall Be Free (Pt. 1) 2:19

14 Bishop Cliff Butler and Bro. Joe Thomas - This Old World 2:43

15 The Antioch Majestic Voices - Peace Unto My Soul 3:01

16 Rising Star Spiritual Singers - I've Got to Run On 3:10

17 Webster Singers - Stay By Our Side 3:52

18 Rev. James McCord - Lord I've Tried (Pt. 2) 2:31

19 When Singers Meet Mass Choir - He's a Wonder 3:44

20 Rev. Eddie James and Family - Stood on the Banks of Jordan 7:01

CD3

01 Gospel Voicies of Soul - Woke Up This Morning 3:42

02 Guiding Stars - Been Dipped in the Water 3:41

03 Rev. Thomas N. Pride - He Knows it All 2:59

04 Solomonaires - Come Out of the Wilderness 3:24

05 Ecclesiastics - He Made a Way for Me 3:34

06 Traveling Notes - Make Me 3:26

07 Rev. Charles E. Kirby - Lord You Been Good to Me 3:53

08 Religious Five Quartet - He's Sweet, I Know 3:54

09 Sensational Bells of Joy - Lord Take My Hand 3:10

10 The Antioch Majestic Voices - Just to Behold His Face 3:13

11 Tones of Joy - Life's Evening Sun 2:12

12 Rev. Eddie James and Family - Jesus Will Fix It 3:27

13 John Thomas and the Voices of Faith - This is My Story 3:43

14 Rev. O.W. Bush and the Union Baptist Church Choir - Get Away Jordan 2:53

15 Beatrice Brown Singers - You Are Special 2:36

16 Newburg Radio Chorus - Stand Up for Jesus 2:27

17 Cable Baptist Church Mass Choir - Lord Help Me to Hold Out 7:00

18 McCollom Singers - The Power of God 2:43

19 Joe Robinson - How Great Thou Art 3:01

20 Gospel Majors - Don't Ever Leave Me 2:25

21 Gospel Voices of Soul - Somewhere Around God's Throne 3:42

CD4

01 University of Louisville Black Diamond Choir - Feast of the Lord 3:27

02 Religious Five Quartet - Let Me Lean on You 3:29

03 Rev. Eddie James and Family - Been to the Water 2:57

04 Jimmy Ellis and the Riverview Spiritual Singers - I've Come a Long, Long Way 3:11

05 Gospel Chanteurs - Lord Don't Leave Me 2:05

06 Tones of Joy - Glory to His Name 2:55

07 Golden Crowns - We Are Trying 2:50

08 Indiana Community Choir - Lord Don't Move That Mountain 3:25

09 Lee Brothers - Keep on Trying to Make it In 2:58

10 Joe Thomas - I Feel Like Pressing My Way 2:51

11 James Martin - Soldiers That's What We Are 2:25

12 Jessie Marbley - Confusing Time 3:02

13 Rev. Price E. King - You Can't Take it Away 2:43

14 Cleo K. Joiner III and the Metropolitan Community Choir - Spirit of the Living God 4:28

15 God's Girls - My Time Ain't Long 3:10

16 Gospel Voicies of Soul - God Will Take Care 3:11

17 Larry Adams Limited - Show Me the Way 3:36

18 Five Star Harmonizers - Peace in the Valley 4:06

19 The Devotion Singers - Walking on a Cloud 3:45

20 Rev. Charles E. Kirby - God is Real 4:32

21 Music Makers - Intro  Bring Back the Love 5:03

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