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░█████▓█████▓██ ▌Artist__│ Elizabeth King ██▓█████▓█████░
░████▓▓██▒██▓██ ▌Title___│ Living in the Last Days ██▓█████▓▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Label___│ Bible & Tire Recording Co. ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Gospel ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ Album ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 2021 ██▓██▒███▓████░
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░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 33:13 ██▓█████▓████░░
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░░ 01. No Ways Tired 2:55
░░ 02. He Touched Me 3:06
░░ 03. Living In The Last Days 3:08
░░ 04. Testify 3:23
░░ 05. Mighty Good God 3:38
░░ 06. A Long Journey 2:20
░░ 07. Reach Out And Touch 3:45
░░ 08. Walk With Me 3:29
░░ 09. Call On Him 2:27
░░ 10. Blessed Be The Name 3:06
░░ 11. You've Got To Move 1:56
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░░ Elizabeth King is a Memphis-based sacred soul and gospel singer.
░░ Possessed of a powerful, quaking contralto, she has led church services
░░ and performed weekly on gospel radio for more than four decades. King cut
░░ her first single, "Testify," for the Designer label in 1969, as well as a
░░ few others. She signed to D-Vine Spirituals in 1970 as frontwoman for the
░░ all-male Gospel Souls. The group recorded five singles and an album
░░ between 1970 and 1973, but the long-player was never released. King
░░ retired from recording and touring to raise a family.
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░░ Her performing and music-making was confined to church and the airwaves.
░░ In 2019, she was contacted by her former producer Rev. Juan D. Shipp, who
░░ was working with Bible & Tire Recording Company label boss Bruce Watson.
░░ The latter signed her and she was back to work in the recording studio
░░ inside of a week. King released her debut album, Living in the Last Days
░░ in 2021, at the age of 77.
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░░ King sang from the time she could talk. At age nine, she took seriously
░░ ill and her mother literally carried her into the doctor's office, but
░░ they couldn't diagnose her illness. In bed that evening, feverish, she
░░ began singing. Her mother asked her to stop and rest, but she just kept
░░ on. The next morning, she climbed out of bed and knew there was a higher
░░ power that had intervened on her behalf. Music was the vehicle that
░░ carried King through that long night, and it became the joyful expression
░░ of her faith. She has sung in church ever since.
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░░ In 1969, she was in a serious automobile accident. A drunk driver T-boned
░░ her vehicle, causing serious injuries. She spent 17 days in the hospital
░░ and was told by attending doctors she would never walk again. She did.
░░ King attributed her miraculous healing to God. She signed a deal with the
░░ Designer label and began issuing singles, starting with 1969's "Testify."
░░ In 1970, she began fronting the all-male Gospel Souls and touring. Gospel
░░ DJ, Rev. Juan D. Shipp founded the D-Vine Spirituals label in 1972 to
░░ showcase local and regional talent.
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░░ A year later, Elizabeth King & the Gospel Souls cut the hit "I Heard the
░░ Voice" for D-Vine. The track's success, combined with the success of her
░░ earlier Designer singles, netted King a Gospel Gold Cup, an annual award
░░ presented by the gospel DJs association. King & the Gospel Souls cut a
░░ total of five singles for D-Vine Spirituals. They also recorded an album
░░ that was shelved for financial reasons. King decided to leave the music
░░ business to devote her energies to raising her growing family - she bore
░░ 15 children in total.
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░░ She continued to sing in church and on the radio. During her decades
░░ away, King was approached with offers from several labels, but declined
░░ them. In 2019, Bruce Watson established the Bible & Tire Recording
░░ Company and built a new studio in Memphis. He entered into a working
░░ relationship with King's D-Vine label boss Shipp that involved restoring
░░ the D-Vine Spirituals master tapes. Watson had become as interested in
░░ recording modern-day sacred soul from the mid-South as he was in
░░ modern-day Delta blues recordings for Fat Possum decades earlier.
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░░ Bible & Tire's third offering was the compilation The D-Vine Spirituals
░░ Recordings by Elizabeth King & the Gospel Souls. It collected all five of
░░ their singles. As Shipp further researched and detailed the current
░░ status of his artist roster at D-Vine Spirituals, he discovered that King
░░ was still singing weekly on the radio. He phoned her and asked if she
░░ would and travel to the studio to meet Watson. King, who held paramount
░░ respect for Shipp, agreed and visited the very next day. After professing
░░ his admiration for her work, Watson asked if she was interested in
░░ recording again. Her response signaled that if Shipp was involved, she
░░ was interested. Watson signed her.
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░░ After plotting out an album, Shipp and Watson invited the Sensational
░░ Barnes Brothers into the studio to sing harmony. The young siblings had
░░ issued a self-titled offering as Bible & Tire's initial outing. The
░░ production team also brought in King's former D-Vine labelmates the
░░ Vaughn Sisters and the D-Vine Spiritualettes. With a studio band led by
░░ guitarist Will Sexton, they cut 11 songs that included re-recordings of
░░ three of King's Designer sides ("Testify for Jesus," "A Long Journey,"
░░ and "Walk with Me"), covers of the Shaw Singers' "He Touched Me," Fred
░░ McDowell's blues gospel classic "You Got to Move," Rev. James Cleveland's
░░ oft-covered Civil Rights-era anthem "No Ways Tired," and the a cappella
░░ "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord," whose lyrics were drawn directly from
░░ the Book of Job. Living in the Last Days was issued in April 2021, more
░░ than 50 years after the release of King's first single.
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