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9am-6pm GMT, Mon-Sat VARIOUS Life In Heaven Is Free: Checker Gospel 1961-1973 Honest Jon's gatefold 2xLP + booklet in spot-varnished sleeve Cat: HJRLP 088
Rel: 2 Dec 24
Soul Side 1 - Track 1. The Meditation Singers - Let Them TalkSide 1 - Track 2. Charlie Brown - The Whole World Is WatchingSide 1 - Track 3. Martha Bass - Since I've Been Born AgainSide 1 - Track 4. The Williams Singers - So Good To Be AliveSide 1 - Track 5. The Faithful Wonders - Ol' John (Behold Thy Mother)Side 1 - Track 6. The Salem Travelers - Crying Pity & A ShameSide 2 - Track 1. The East St Louis Gospelettes - Soon I Will Be DoneSide 2 - Track 2. Ower & Light Choral Ensemble - Stand Up America, Don't Be AfraidSide 2 - Track 3. The Masonic Wonders - Just To Behold His FaceSide 2 - Track 4. The Majestic Choir & The Soul Stirrers - Why Am I Treated So BadSide 2 - Track 5. The Jordan Singers - My Life Will Be SweeterSide 2 - Track 6. Lucy Rodgers - I'm Fighting For My RightsSide 3 - Track 1. The East St Louis Gospelettes - I'll Take Care Of YouSide 3 - Track 2. The Williams Singers - Don't Give UpSide 3 - Track 3. The Soul Stirrers - Don't You WorrySide 3 - Track 4. The Meditation Singers - I've Done WrongSide 3 - Track 5. The Jordan Singers - Lord Have MercySide 3 - Track 6. The Kindly Shepherds - Lend Me Your HandSide 3 - Track 7. The Violinaires - Groovin' With JesusSide 4 - Track 1. Cleo Jackson Randle - Life In Heaven Is FreeSide 4 - Track 2. The Violinaires - Mother's Last PrayerSide 4 - Track 3. The Inspirational Singers - Bless MeSide 4 - Track 4. The Bells Of Joy - Give An Account At The JudgementSide 4 - Track 5. Stevie Hawkins - Same Old BagSide 4 - Track 6. The Soul Stirrers - Striving

Originally released by the Chess label subsidiary Checker, this fresh new gospel-soul compilation record is both a congregation of great musicians and a guiding moral star, coming replete with redemptive and tutelary messages. Compiled by Honest Jon's and laid to heavyweight gatefold 2xLP, the defining trait of this firecracker LP is its rough-hewn live feel, which in turn cements each artist's to-the-ground concern with the then developing political tone of the era. From Martha Bass to the appropriately baptised Soul Stirrers, the record also serves as an induction into the brilliant productive stylings of one Monk Higgins, whose motto was "spontaneity" and whose touch is heard on all of the sheet songs you hear here. Get on up!