Product Info
A long-overdue salute to the first family of gospel soul Pops, Mavis, Pervis, Cleotha and Yvonne - the Staple Singers. Incorporating selections from almost every label the Staples recorded for between 1954 and 1984, the 150+ minutes running time features all the important hits, the best B-sides and album tracks, alternate mixes of familiar recordings and several previously unreleased solo sides by Mavis and Pops. First time on UK CD for around a third of the tracks including the groups take on Talking Heads "Slippery People" (featuring THs David Byrne on guitar). Handsomely illustrated booklet containing much rare ephemera and hitherto-unseen pictures. Sleevenotes by eminent Stax historian Rob Bowman, who interviewed Mavis Staples specifically for this project.
Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 Hammer And Nails
2 Nobody's Fault But Mine
3 Too Close
4 Uncloudy Day
5 Won't You Sit Down (Sit Down Servant)
6 I Wish I Had Answered
7 A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall
8 Swing Low
9 This May Be the Last Time
10 For What It's Worth
11 Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw
12 Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
13 It's Been a Change
14 Will the Circle Be Unbroken
15 The Ghetto
16 Long Walk To DC
17 God Bless the Children
18 (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay
19 The Gardener
20 When Will We Be Paid For The Work We Did
21 Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas
22 John Henry
23 You're Gonna Make Me Cry
24 Solon Bushi
Disc: 2
1 This World
2 I Have Learned To Do Without You
3 Respect Yourself
4 Tryin' Time
5 Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha Na Boom Boom)
6 I'll Take You There
7 You've Got to Earn It
8 The Only Time You Ever Say You Love Me
9 Oh La De Da
10 If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
11 City In The Sky
12 I Got To Be Myself
13 Touch A Hand, Make A Friend
14 Trippin' On Your Love
15 Let's Do It Again
16 New Orleans
17 Love Me, Love Me, Love Me
18 I Honestly Love You
19 Slippery People
20 H-A-T-E (Don't Love Here Any More)