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Various - Turn It Loose, Ain't No Good: Savoy Gospel 1970-1979 2LP

Various - Turn It Loose, Ain't No Good: Savoy Gospel 1970-1979 2LP

Honest Jon's Records (UK)

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The second of three volumes surveying surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all. Sublime crossings of gospel with the soul, funk and jazz of the Black Power era. Twenty rapturous cuts dot dazzlingly between Muscle Shoals soul, screwed breakbeat, Mizells-style fusion, disco and proto-house. Triumphant re-workings of Sly StoneDonny Hathaway, and Herbie Hancock's "Head Hunters" will have listeners throwing their pew cushions into the air. Drawn from hard-to-find 45s and LPs, hardly any of these recordings have been reissued since their first release. Presented in a gatefold sleeve, with full-size booklet; beautifully designed, with stunning, rare photographs and original Savoy artwork. Sound restoration and mastering at Abbey Road; pressed at Pallas. Co-curated by Greg Belson, compiler of Divine Disco; with deep, extensive notes by Robert Marovich, author of A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music (University of Illinois), and host of the award-winning radio show Gospel Memories.

Features The Artistic SoundsThe Holy Lights of Baltimore, MDThe Swan SilvertonesGene MartinMyrna SummersJames Cleveland and the Southern California Community ChoirBetty HollinsThe Metro TonesThe World WondersThe Brooklyn SkywaysIda MaxeyThe Thornes TrioMildred Clark And The Melody-AiresThe Highway Q.C.sThe Gospelaires Of Dayton, OhioThe Exciting Supreme HighlightsJames MooreProf. Charles Taylor and The Charles Taylor Singers, and The Brockington Ensemble.
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