Greatest Gospel Gems (1991) (Cooke/Soul Stirrers/Cleveland )

Product Summary Label: Fantasy/specialty Records UPC: 00022211720621 Release Date: 12/6/1991 Buy.com Sku: 60007777 Item#: MVPP96 Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Last Mile Of The Way, The ~ Sam Cooke/The Soul Stirrers ------ 2. Search Me Lord ~ Brother Joe May ------ 3. Mother Bowed ~ Pilgrim Travelers ------ 4. Oh Lord, Stand by Me ~ The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama ------ 5. Too Close to Heaven ~ Prof. Alex Bradford ------ 6. Get Away Jordan ~ Dorothy Love Coates ------ 7. My Rock ~ The Swan Silvertones ------ 8. Let God Abide ~ Robert Anderson ------ 9. Prayer For The Doomed ~ Chosen Gospel Singers ------ 10. Ball Game, The ~ Sister Wynona Carr ------ 11. By And By ~ The Soul Stirrers ------ 12. He's Calling Me ~ Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes ------ 13. Lord, Lord, Lord ~ Prof. Alex Bradford ------ 14. Love of God, The ~ Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers ------ 15. I'm Determined ~ Meditation Singers ------ 16. Touch the Hem of His Garment ~ Sam Cooke/The Soul Stirrers ------ 17. Straight Street ~ Pilgrim Travelers ------ 18. I'll Fly Away ~ The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama ------ 19. Do You Know Him? ~ Brother Joe May ------ 20. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well ~ Pilgrim Travelers ------ 21. I'm Sealed ~ Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes ------ 22. Lead Me, Guide Me ~ Pilgrim Travelers/Brother Joe May ------ 23. Jesus Is A Friend ~ The Swan Silvertones ------ 24. Now the Day Is Over ~ James Cleveland ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info 2 LPs on 1 CD. Originally released on Specialty (2144) and Specialty (2145). Digitally remastered by Kirk Felton (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley). Unknown Contributor Roles: Chosen Gospel Singers; Dorothy Love Coates; Johnnie Taylor; Prof. Alex Bradford; Meditation Singers; The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama; Robert Anderson; Sister Wynona Carr; The Swan Silvertones; The Original Gospel Harmonettes; Pilgrim Travelers; The Soul Stirrers; James Cleveland; Brother Joe May. Arrangers: Fields; Fountain; Paul Owens; Harris; Sam Cooke; George Scott; Roy Crain, SR. An excellent 24-song sampling of '50s and '60s sacred testifying from the vaults of Specialty Records, it includes essential cuts from Dorothy Love Coates, the Swan Silvertones, and Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers. ~ John Floyd   Technical Info Release Date : 05/01/1991 Original Release Date : 1991 Catalog ID : SPCD-7206-2 Label : Specialty Records Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 63m : 27s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : AAD UPC : 00022211720621   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (7/26/91) - A "...A good introductory survey..."    Product Image