- Format: CD
- Label: Vanguard
- Genre: Folk
The roots of soul music lie deep in gospel and here we have 20 tracks from the early 60s that prove that point.
Track listing:OH MARY DON’T YOU WEEP -SWAN SILVERTONE SINGERS • JACOB’S LADDER / SOMETHING GOT A HOLD OF ME / JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE / COME BY HERE / I’M GETTING’ NEARER CLARA WARD SINGERS • SAMPSON & DELILAH -REV GARY DAVIS • I WISH I WAS IN HEAVEN SITTING DOWN - REV ROBERT WILKINS • SEE GOD’S ARK A-MOVING / I’VE BEEN IN THE STORM SO LONG MOVING HALL STAR SINGERS • I GOT IT -CHAMBERS BROTHERS • NEARER MY GOD TO THEE / SINCE I’VE LAID MY BURDEN DOWN / BYE AND BYE I WILL SEE JESUS -MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT • HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS -ODETTA • I WISH I HAD ANSWERED / PRAY ON MY CHILD - STAPLES SINGERS • MEETIN’ TONIGHT / THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE -SWAN SILVERTONE SINGERS • WE SHALL OVERCOME -FREEDOM SINGERS