A great album from The Argo Singers – one of the Vee Jay label's best gospel acts back in the 60s! The album has a well-crafted feel that mixes in plenty of early soul elements with the spiritual themes of the tunes – and the lead vocals shift from track to track, but always get plenty ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original rainbow label pressing. Vinyl has oxidation on side 2. Cover has light wear, small splits at the opening.)
Back Home Choir —
Wonderful ... LP Vee Jay, Early 60s. Very Good ...
$11.9914.99
One of the more obscure groups during the great 60s gospel run for Vee Jay Records – a new Jersey group led by Rev Charles Banks. LP, Vinyl record album
(Deep groove pressing. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Banks Brothers & The Combined Greater Harvest & Revial Temple COGIC Choirs —
Silver Anniversary Album ... LP Savoy, 1976. Near Mint- ...
$4.999.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout notch and is lightly stained and flaky at the bottom inch or so.)
Luther Barnes & The Sunset Jubilaires —
Oh My Lord ... LP Air, 1985. Sealed ...
$1.999.99
A soul record we'd put up there with some of our favorites produced in Chicago during the early 70s – a gospel album from Pastor TL Barrett, but one that's gone on to legendary status among funk and soul collectors over the years! Barrett works here with his Youth For Christ Choir, of Mt. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A tremendous package of work from this overlooked soul and gospel legend – four classic albums, plus other rare material too – all packaged with detailed notes in the wonderful Numero Group style! First up is Like A Ship Without A Sail – a gospel album from Pastor TL Barrett, but ... read moreCD
A definite nuclear blast from Reverend Douglas Bell and his very hip Stage Cruisers group – working here in a gritty mode that brings plenty of funk and soul currents into the world of gospel vocals! Douglas is more of a singer than a preacher at times – a great lead vocalist who ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sarah Brown's no stranger to the music business, as she's sung backgrounds with a number of big artists – but this set marks her long-overdue debut – and has a quality level that will definitely have Brown shining a lot more in the spotlight in years to come! As you might guess from ... (Neo Soul, Gospel)read moreCD
A rare bit of gospel from the Louisville scene at the start of the 80s – but a set that's also got plenty of secular soul appeal too – thanks in part to the righteous message in Lamont's lyrics, which would fit with some of the deeper sounds of 70s soul – and thanks also to the ... read moreCD
(Cover has a cutout notch, light wear and aging, and some stained spots in back.)
Reverend Dr George A Copeland & United Faith Church Of Deliverance Mass Choir —
Nobody But Jesus ... LP Sound Of Gospel, 1989. Near Mint- ...
$9.9914.99
(Cover has light wear and a lightly bumped corner.)
First Church Of Deliverance with Marva Josie & Earl Fatha Hines —
Songs Of Deliverance Vol 4 ... LP First Church Of Deliverance, Early 70s. Sealed ...
$9.99
Rare Chicago gospel – with some vocals by Marva Josie, and piano from Earl Fatha Hines! LP, Vinyl record album
A legendary album – one that has Aretha Franklin returning to her roots in gospel music – but working with all the strength and power that Atlantic Records had to offer! From early years recording as a young voice alongside her father's congregation, Aretha has matured into a hell of a ... (Soul, Gospel)read moreCD
Hmm . . . Maybe we'd be afraid, too – if we saw that atom bomb explosion on the cover! A nice Riverside Records release of a Detroit sermon by Aretha Franklin's dad. LP, Vinyl record album
(Original 60s pressing. Cover has a split spine, light wear.)
Funky gospel galore – all served up by a contemporary trio, but one who know how to hit the right mix of funk and spiritual themes from those great underground records of the 70s! The haze on the cover maybe gives away some of the old school approach going on here – and Eli Paperboy ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A nice little modern soul record – even if it is a gospel session! Fay Hill's got a good indie soul style, and she's nicely set up in a little combo that features some good work by Leroy Lovett on Fender Rhodes and Alpha-Synthesizer – two keyboards that really sweeten the deal ... (Soul, Gospel)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Killer early work by Mahalia Jackson – recorded for indie Apollo Records in New York, in the years before her bigger-selling sides for Columbia. The album features the classic two-part "In The Upper Room" – plus the tracks "Come To Jesus", "City Called ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing – nice and heavy! The back cover has light staining & discoloration from age.)
A double-length set – with tracks that include "Search Me Lord", "Were You There", "It Don't Cost Very Much", "Elijah Rock", "Rock Of Ages", "There Is A Balm In Gilead", "Trouble Of The World", "Jesus Met The Woman At ... read moreCD
A collection of older gospel-styled Christmas work – featuring a side's worth of tracks by Mahalia Jackson, plus other great bits by her contemporaries! Titles include "Silent Night", "Away In A Manger", "Hark The Herald Angels Sing", and "What Child Is ... (Holiday Music, Gospel)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Columbia Special Products pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Rev Charlie Jackson Blue Spirit Band with The El Dorados —
Way Over Yonder ... CD St George, 1997. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
A fantastic collection of work from Elizabeth King – a gospel singer who never reached the same sort of fame as singers who moved into the secular world – but one who's got a vocal power that would have made her a star, had she chosen such a move! The tunes here all feature King ... read moreCD
Rev Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick/Pete Seeger/Jeanne Humphries —
Ballads Of Black America ... LP Folkways, 1972. Sealed ...
$13.99
Titles include "The Deacons", "Harriet Tubman", "Sojourner Truth", "Benjamin Banneker", and "Leroy Satchel Paige". (Folk/Country, Gospel)LP, Vinyl record album
Amazing stuff from the Converted Mind of Bishop Manning and his family! Manning was a former down & dirty blues singer who was changed forever byThe Good Word in the early 60s – and the lived in realness of these recordings certainly suggests a blues pedigree. It's completely wonderful, ... read moreCD
Roberta Martin Singers —
Praise God ... LP Savoy, 1967. Very Good+ ...
$9.99
Sublime work by one of the greatest crossover gospel groups of the 60s – the wonderful Art Reynolds Singers, one of the hippest things to ever hit Capitol Records! The album's based around spiritual tunes, but is recorded with a rolling groove that's got a lot of Atlantic soul in the mix ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original stereo pressing. Cover has very light wear, and a small sticker on the back – but this is a great copy.)
Rev Lawrence Roberts & The Angelic Choir —
From Us To You ... LP New Birth, 1980. Very Good ...
$2.99