Episode from Dec 5, 2019

Silver Quintette - "Sinner's Crossroads"

Davis Sisters - "12 Gates to the City" [The compilation offers a number of hit recordings along with numerous musical treasures just waiting to be discovered. The collection includes Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Rev. James Cleveland, along with other notable artists such as The Gospel Keynotes, Solomon Burke, The Caravans and The Mississippi Mass Choir. This set is also one of the first, if not the first, to explore in depth the mass choir phenomenon that not only dominated gospel radio from the mmid-1970s to the early 1990s but also produced many of today’s top-selling songwriters, soloists and musicians.]

Harlem Gospel Travelers - "He's On Time" ["The Harlem Gospel Travelers are not from Harlem. They came to Harlem, however, from far-flung corners of the five boroughs of New York City, and it was in Harlem, that legendary center of African-American culture, that they found their voices. As members of the music education program Gospel For Teens, these young men spent many hours on the subway or the bus to ultimately end up at an unassuming brownstone on W. 126th Street. They walked through the red door at the parlor level, the one with the cross on it, and inside they found a world of music. Gospel music.]

Messiahs of Glory - "No Other Love" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978) [this collection of rare black gospel from the Midwest—featuring church congregations, basement recordings sessions, family bands and children’s choirs—is drawn together by two threads. The first—hope—which holds fast and unchanging, even in the most trying of circumstances. The second—circumstance—the way these recordings fell into the hands of producer, Ramona Stout, in Chicago at the dawn of the Obama era, when she had just about lost hope in her American Dream.




Over the course of five years (2006-2011) of vinyl hustling in Chicago’s South and West Sides, these 45s came into Ramona’s hands, mixed up in milk-crates stacked with Northern Soul, water-damaged jazz and Hall and Oates LPs. After much travel and time, Ramona has articulated the spirit that drove this music forward. In this collection, she writes of this music and its relationship to the struggling communities where the records were found.




Sourced from exceedingly rare 45s—many of which were vanity pressings of less than 100 copies—all but one of the tracks found on this collection appear for the first time since their original release. Remastered by Grammy-winning producer Christopher King, these recordings have been resurrected for a new generation of listeners. With art direction by Grammy-winning graphic designer Susan Archie, this collection is a tangible, immersive experience in the struggles—the victories, the failures and the lingering hope—that defined Chicago in the post-Civil Rights era.]

National Independent Singers - "Someday We'll Be Together" - Sacred Sounds: Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel 1969-1974

Silver Harps - "I'm Pressing On" - Sacred Sounds: Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel 1969-1974

Rev. John Thomas And The New Christian Fellowship Church Choirs - "Christ Rose" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978)

Harlem Gospel Travelers - "Am I Doing Enough" - He's On Time

Joanne & Sonny - "Rocky Roady" - No Other Love: Midwest Gospel (1965-1978)

Edith Moreno - "Get Ready For Judgement Day" [Ups to DJ Greg Belson.]

LA Shouting Stars - "What Would I Do"

Stars of Glory - "I'm Going Away"

Swanee Quintet - "Dr. Jesus" - Gospel According to Malaco [Renowned author and researcher Robert Marovich tells the stories of the 100 recordings contained in the eight CD anthology. Marovich, the author of the authoritative A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music, hosts a weekly gospel show on Chicago WLUW 88.7 and runs the superb website, The Journal of Gospel Music. A meticulous researcher, his liner notes greatly complement the music included here. About the project, Marovich notes, “Never before have so many memorable gospel songs from so many significant gospel stars been collected in one package. These songs brightened spirits when they were released and continue to do so today whenever they are heard. This collection presents some of the best of African American gospel music and does it with the grace and dignity the songs deserve.”]

Jessy Dixon and the Dixon Singers - "Wade in the Water" [https://www.dublab.com/archive/greg-belson-the-divine-chord-gospel-show-pt-64-10-26-16




Greg's superb gospel show on LA's Dublab radio and online station. Divine Chord Gospel. Check it!]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Precious Memories" - Gospel According to Malaco

Ward Singers - "Packing Up" - Gospel According to Malaco
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/89972