The Original Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi - The Peacock, Vee Jay And Checker Singles & Albums Collection 1956-62 (2026)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Save A Seat For Me
02. There's No Need To Cry
03. You Don't Know
04. I Never Heard A Man
05. Jesus Loves Me
06. Oh Why
07. Let's Have A Church
08. Don't Forget The Bridge
09. It's A Wonder
10. I'm Willing To Run
11. I'm A-Rolling
12. My Robe Will Fit Me
13. I'm A Soldier
14. Leave You In The Hands Of The Lord
15. Waiting At The River
16. Where There's A Will
17. All Over Me
18. Somebody's Mother
19. Someone Watches
20. You Done What The Doctor Couldn't Do
21. I Call On Jesus
22. Sending Up My Timber
23. Lord, Lord You've Been So Good To Me
24. Can't Serve The Lord

CD2
01. Constantly Abiding
02. The Tide Of Life
03. I Got It Within Me
04. Father I Stretch My Hands To Thee
05. Lord, Remember Me
06. Don't Give Up
07. Certainly Lord
08. Somebody's Knocking
09. Walk Together Children
10. Coming Home
11. Song Of Praise
12. Leaning On The Everlasting Arm
13. That Awful Hour
14. Our Father
15. I've Been Weeping A Mighty Long Time
16. Jesus Is A Rock In A Weary Land
17. The World Is Full Of Sin
18. I'm Thinking
19. Been A Listening
20. I'll Go
21. One Talk With Jesus
22. Who
23. I Haven't Been Home In A Mighty Long Time
24. Soon I'll Be Done With The Troubles Of The World

The Original Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi were one of the premier gospel groups of what was a golden age for gospel in the immediate post-war decades, as the music developed its more commercial stylings and positioning from its traditional roots. Acrobat already has on catalogue a 2-CD set devoted to the group's earlier career (The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi 1943-54 Acrobat ADDCD3003), and this collection picks up the story from that point with only a couple of titles duplicated on the two collections. This 48-track 2-CD collection comprises just about all the A&B sides of their singles on the Peacock and Vee Jay labels from these years, plus the tracks from their Peacock album Precious Memories, not otherwise featured on singles, and their Checker album I'll Go. It features performances in what was known as the hard gospel style of the day, with the line-up including renowned lead singer and songwriter Archie Brownlee, fellow songwriter Lloyd Woodard, and after Brownlee's tragic death from pneumonia in 1960 at the age of 34, another distinctive lead voice of Roscoe Robinson. They were a hugely popular and influential group, and this collection captures them at the height of their powers.