Artist.......: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Album........: Complete Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol. 4 1951-1953
Label........: Fremeaux & Associes
Genre........: Gospel
Catnr........: 1304
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-03-2006
str.date.....: Mar-21-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
CD1
01. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning 03:16
02. There's a Fountain Filled with Blood 02:28
03. What a Friend We Have in Jesus 02:56
04. Amazing Grace 03:26
05. I Want Jesus to Walk Around My Bedside 02:50
(Before I Die)Feat.Marie Knight, Sam Price & H
06. Royal Telephone Feat.Marie Knight, Sam Price 02:40
& His Trio
07. Milky White Way Feat.Marie Knight, Sam Price 03:30
& His Trio
08. His Eye Is on the Sparrow Feat.Marie Knight, 03:28
Sam Price & His Trio
09. Announcements Because Feat.Vivian Cooper 04:30
10. Marriage Prologue & Benediction Prayre 05:11
Feat.Bishop Wells, Rev. Kelsey
11. Wedding Ceremony, Pts. 1-2 Feat.Rev. Kelsey 07:14
12. Gospel Train Feat.Sunset Harmonizers 03:15
13. Thank You Jesus Feat.Red Foley 04:20
14. God Don't Like It 03:59
15. So High! 03:58
CD2
01. Come Unto M Feat.Red Foley Feat.James Roots 02:35
Trio
02. Have a Little Talk with Jesus Feat.Red 02:00
Foley, James Roots Trio
03. Tell Him You Saw Me Feat.Red Foley, James 02:46
Roots Trio
04. When I First Sought the Lord Changes 02:30
Feat.Red Foley, James Roots Trio
05. Last Mile of the Way Feat.Anita Kerr 03:05
Singers, James Roots Quintet
06. There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 03:06
Feat.Anita Kerr Singers, James Roots Quintet
07. Near the Cross Feat.Anita Kerr Singers, 02:58
James Roots Quintet
08. In the Garden Feat.Anita Kerr Singers, James 02:42
Roots Quintet
09. Let's Talk About Jesus Feat.James Roots 02:44
Trio, Southwinds
10. Old Landmark Feat.Marie Knight, James Roots 02:22
Quintet
11. Pressing On Feat.Marie Knight, James Roots 02:28
Quintet
12. Never Let Go His Hand Feat.Marie Knight, 02:32
James Roots Quintet
13. All Alone with Christ the Lord Feat.James 02:54
Roots Quintet
14. Let's Go On Feat.Marie Knight, James Roots 02:26
Quintet
15. I'll Meet You Over Yonder Feat.James Roots 02:47
Quintet
16. How Well Do I Remember Feat.Marie Knight, 03:02
James Roots Quintet, Southwinds
17. I Just Couldn't Be Contented Feat.Marie 02:08
Knight, James Roots Quintet, Southwinds
18. Crying in the Chapel Feat.Kelly Owens Quartet 02:28
19. There's Peace in Korea Feat.Kelly Owens 02:21
Quartet
20. Feed Me Jesus Feat.Kelly Owens Quartete 03:06
21. Smile It Through Feat.Kelly Owens Quartet 02:40
Runtime 112:41 min
Size 101,10 MB
Release Notes:
With a voice capable of shifting from hushed
intimacy to roof-raising power and a guitar style
that merged country blues with jazz, Sister Rosetta
Tharpe was a completely unique performer. Primarily
a gospel artist, she recognized no difference
between the sacred and the personal, singing
spirituals with a blues feeling and attacking the
blues with gospel fervor. She was instrumental in
moving gospel out of the churches and into the
clubs and concert halls in the 1930s and 1940s,
single-handedly creating the concept of pop-gospel.
She saw less commercial success in the 1950s,
however, and as the selections show on this
two-disc set spanning 1951 to 1953, she had pretty
much boiled things down to a formula by then. There
are some high points here, of course, including the
bouncy "Royal Telephone" and a fine duet with her
longtime singing partner Marie Knight on "His Eye
Is on the Sparrow," both from disc one, and
"Pressing On" and the bluesy "Tell Him You Saw Me"
from the second disc, but much of what is assembled
here will be of interest only to hardcore fans and
collectors. Over half of the first disc is taken up
by Tharpe's 1951 wedding ceremony to her third
husband, Russell Morrison, then her road manager
and a one-time manager of the Ink Spots. This was
quite a public (and profitable) affair, held at
Griffith Stadium in Washington, and attended by
some 22,000 guests, each of whom paid for entry at
the gate. The actual ceremony and some of the
musical highlights from the day were subsequently
issued as four two-sided 78s (these were eventually
also released as a 33 and 1/3 LP), and all are
presented here. Also worth noting is Tharpe's
version of "Crying in the Chapel," found on the
second disc. The song itself was written by country
singer Darrell Glenn, and a pop version was a huge
hit for June Valli in 1953. Sonny Til & the Orioles
stripped the song of its secular aspects, and
recorded it as a sort of doo wop spiritual, and it
is this version that Tharpe seems to have adapted
for her own recording.