VA - I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983 4CD (2013)

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Title: I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Tompkins Square
Genre: Gospel
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Total Time: 179:33
Total Size: 828 MB
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Tracklist:

Disc 1 – Looking for a Better Place (1951 – 1957)
01 – Silvertone Jubilee Singers – Since Jesus Came into My Heart
02 – Skylarks – There Must Be a City
03 – Cross-Road Singers – Sing till the Power of the Lord Comes Down
04 – Sons of the South – In My Savior’s Care
05 – Flying Cloud Quintet – Jezebel
06 – Fireside Gospel Singers – Get Your Soul Right
07 – Skylarks – Baptism of Jesus
08 – Swanee Quintet – It’s Hard to Get Along
09 – Blair Gospel Singers – I’ve Got Heaven on My Mind
10 – The Radio Four – How Much I Owe You
11 – The Spiritual Five – I’ve Been Born Again
12 – Sullivan Pugh – Give Me My Flowers
13 – The Chosen Gospel Singers – Trouble of This World’s Condition
14 – Travelin’ Echoes – Looking For A Better Place to Live
15 – Singing Sons – If You Ever Needed the Lord
16 – The Christland Singers – You Got To Be Born Again
17 – The Supreme Angels – Run to the Rock
18 – Southern Echoes – Be Ready When He Comes
19 – Reverend Morgan Babb – Wonder How Long
20 – The Consolers – This May Be the Last Time
21 – The CBS Trumpeteers – I Want To Know

Disc 2 – Seat in the Kingdom (1958-1963)
01 – Edna Gallmon Cooke – I Can’t See Them Now
02 – The Sensational Propheteers – I’m Battling
03 – The Chosen Gospel Singers – Lord Shine on Me
04 – The Jewel Gospel Trio – Too Late
05 – The Angelic Gospel Singers – I’m Getting Nearer, Pt. 1
06 – The Kindly Shepherds – Take the Lord with You
07 – The CBS Trumpeteers – Milky White Way
08 – Spiritual Keynotes – Ashamed of Jesus
09 – Professor Harold Boggs and the Boggettes – I Prayed and He Healed Me
10 – Sister Lucille Barbee – Let the Church Roll On
11 – Trumpets of Joy – I Need the Lord to Guide Me
12 – Canaanites – Lord You Can Depend on Me
13 – Gospel Five Singers – Love Deep Down in Your Heart
14 – Rock Island Singers – Lord I’ll Be Satisfied
15 – Sons of Faith – Since I’ve Been Born
16 – The Gospel Clouds of Joy – Thinking of His Goodness
17 – The Hightower Brothers – Seat in the Kingdom
18 – The Chosen Gospel Singers – Let Your Life Speak Out
19 – The Holmes Sisters – Son of Man
20 – Golden Trumpets – Working Below
21 – Traveling Kings – Farther Down the Road
22 – Gospel Solotones – Ride In the Chariot
23 – Hightower Brothers – It’s Glory Glory
24 – Gospel Song Birds – When They Ring Them Golden Bells

Disc 3 – Don’t Drive Your Children Away (1964-1967)
01 – Bonita Cantrell – Wait On the Lord
02 – Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes – Time Is Winding Up
03 – Harmonizing Five – You Need the Lord Every Day
04 – Singing Crusaders – Good Morning
05 – The Williams Singers – Troubled Mind
06 – Skylarks – My Life is in His Hand
07 – Six Trumpets – Nobody But You, Lord
08 – Morning Echoes – I’ve Got Jesus
09 – Gospel Songbirds – Won’t It Be Grand
10 – Silver Bells – My Love for Jesus
11 – Taylor Brothers – Mother’s Advice
12 – Rev. M.L. Franklin – Sweet Hour of Prayer
13 – Edna Gallmon Cooke – At the Gate
14 – Brother Joe May – Silent Night
15 – Spiritual Five – Satisfied with Him
16 – Sister Emma Tucker – You Should Have Been There
17 – Brother George Carter – I Do, Don’t You
18 – Slim and The Supreme Angel Singers – I Want To Be Just Like Him
19 – Fairfield Four – Don’t Drive Your Children Away

Disc 4 – Heaven, I’ve Heard So Much About It (1966-1983)
01 – Ethel Davenport – Free At Last
02 – Jonathan Greer – Gospel Train
03 – Dorothy Love Coates and the Gospel Harmonettes – Heaven, I’ve Heard So Much About It
04 – The Consolers – Children Keep On Marching
05 – Bevins Specials – Everybody Ought to Pray
06 – Rev. Willingham and The Swanee Quintet – That’s the Spirit
07 – Brooklyn Allstars – I Stood on the Banks of Jordan
08 – Rev. Cleophus Robinson – Wrapped Up, Tied Up, Tangled Up
09 – The Morning Stars of Savannah – Jesus is My Keeper
10 – Gospel Keynotes – Keynote’s Prayer
11 – Pilgrim Jubilee Singers – He Brought Joy to My Soul
12 – Troy Ramey and the Soul Searchers – It’s Jesus, Y’All
13 – Bright Stars – It’s Time to Serve the Lord
14 – Salem Travelers – Moving On
15 – Tommy Ellison and the Five Singing Stars – Come On Home
16 – Willie Neal Johnson and the Gospel Keynotes – Bless Me

In this first licensed reissue of Nashboro material in decades, this highly influential music, a vital part of the fabric of American music, can finally be heard. Begun by Ernie Young in Nashville, TN, at the height of gospel's golden age, Nashboro was arguably the greatest, most prolific and longest-living gospel record label. Initial recordings were made on site, overseen by Young himself. Those early Nashboro sides have all the excitement, energy and drive of far better-known indies from the 1950s such as Chess and Sun (indeed, Nashboro was parent to the infamous, blues-busting label Excello). This exceptional set, with detailed liner notes by Opal Louis Nations, mirrors the evolution of the music it- self from hard-shouting quartets and riveting solo artists through to organ-driven groups and heavy gospel soul. Among the many highlights are tracks by the Consolers, Swanee Quintet, Angelic Gospel Singers, Radio Four, Supreme Angels, Pilgrim Jubilees, Fairfield Four, Edna Gallmon Cooke, Hightower Brothers, Brooklyn All Stars, Bro. Joe May, Gospel Keynotes, Trumpeteers, Holmes Sisters, Five Singing Stars, Jewel Trio and the Gospel Harmonettes.