Testify!: The Gospel Box [Box set]

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Rhino Records set their tasteful, selective hands on African American gospel music with this three-CD set, elaborately packaged to resemble a hardcover Bible. The reach of this collection is wide, beginning with a cappella jubilee-style singing from the '30s and ending with 1990s funk soul and gospel-flavored R&B. The selections are superb (Golden Gate Quartet, Highway Q.C.'s, Swan Silvertones, Reverend Cleveland, Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Andraé Crouch, Oleta Adams, the Winans) and the sound quality surprising (you've never heard the Trumpeteers' gorgeous "Milky White Way" till you've heard this restored version). While this set offers few discoveries for the true fan, the 70-page book's essays are topnotch (notably those by Opal Louis Nations and Carol Cooper). As an introduction to an innovative, hugely influential, vital, thoroughly spiritual, and frequently misunderstood music, this collection should be your first choice. --Mike McGonigal

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Testify!: The Gospel Box
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • PURE GOSPEL
  • Execellent boxed set!
  • the best that i have heard recently
  • a MIXED BAG, er... BOX, of Gospel Tunes
  • a MIXED BAG, er... BOX, of Gospel Tunes
 Testify!: The Gospel Box
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Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000J63J
Release Date: 1999-06-15

Tracks:

  1. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition - The Southern Sons Quartette
  2. Stalin Wasn't Stallin' - The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
  3. Milky White Way - The Trumpeteers
  4. Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - The Fairfield Four
  5. That's Enough - Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
  6. Just A Closer Walk WIth Thee - Sallie Martin Singers
  7. Our Father - Original Five Blind Boys
  8. Too Close To Heaven - The Bradford Special
  9. Let's Go Out To The Programs - Dixie Hummingbirds
  10. Amazing Grace - Rev. Maceo Woods
  11. Alone And Motherless - The Original Five Blind Boys Of Alabama
  12. Somewhere To Lay My Head - The Highway Q.C.'s
  13. Uncloudy Day - The Staple Singers
  14. All Things Are Possible - The Harmonizing Four
  15. Didn't It Rain - Mahalia Jackson
  16. The Love Of God - Voices Of The Tabernacle
  17. Precious Lord - LaVern Baker
  18. Mary Don't You Weep - The Swan Silvertones
  19. One More River To Cross - The Meditation Singers
  20. Good Enough For Me - Rev. James Cleveland & The Gosphel Chimes

Tracks:

  1. Mighty High - Mighty Clouds Of Joy
  2. Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins Singers
  3. Lord, Don't Move The Mountain - Inez Andrews
  4. Mary, Don't You Weep - Aretha Franklin
  5. I'll Trade A Lifetime - The O'Neal Twins
  6. I Go To The Rock - Danniebelle Hall
  7. Goin' Up Yonder - Walter Hawkins & The Love Center Choir
  8. No Charge - Shirley Caesar
  9. Peace In The Valley - The Gate City singers
  10. Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Marion Williamswith Prof. Thomas A. Dorsey
  11. How I Got Over - Clara Ward & The Ward Singers
  12. Walk Around Heaven All Day - The Caravans
  13. Strange Man - Dorothy Love Coates
  14. Changed - Walter Hawkins & The Love Center Choir
  15. My Tribute - Andrae Crouch

Tracks:

  1. Show Up! - The New Life Community Choir
  2. Stand - Ron Winans Presents Family & Friends IV
  3. Spread Love - Take 6
  4. Tomorrow - The Winans
  5. Rough Side Of The Mountain - Rev. F.C. Barnes & The Red Budd Combined Choir
  6. Be Encouraged - William Becton & Friends
  7. A Message For The Saints - Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
  8. I Believe - Sounds Of Blackness
  9. Deep River/Campground - Cissy Houston
  10. How I Depend On You - The Williams Brothers
  11. Holy Is The Lamb - Oleta Adams
  12. Order My Steps - GMWA Women Of Worship
  13. The Battle Is The Lord's - Yolanda Adams
  14. Dear God - Boyz II Men
  15. I Love The Lord - Whitney Houston With The Georgia Mass Choir

Amazon.com

Rhino Records set their tasteful, selective hands on African American gospel music with this three-CD set, elaborately packaged to resemble a hardcover Bible. The reach of this collection is wide, beginning with a cappella jubilee-style singing from the '30s and ending with 1990s funk soul and gospel-flavored R&B. The selections are superb (Golden Gate Quartet, Highway Q.C.'s, Swan Silvertones, Reverend Cleveland, Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Andraé Crouch, Oleta Adams, the Winans) and the sound quality surprising (you've never heard the Trumpeteers' gorgeous "Milky White Way" till you've heard this restored version). While this set offers few discoveries for the true fan, the 70-page book's essays are topnotch (notably those by Opal Louis Nations and Carol Cooper). As an introduction to an innovative, hugely influential, vital, thoroughly spiritual, and frequently misunderstood music, this collection should be your first choice. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars PURE GOSPEL.......2000-04-01

I THINK THIS IS PURE AND GREAT GOSPEL MUSIC , UPLIFTING AND MOST IMPORTANT IT HAS THE ANNOINTING,IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE UNBLEMISHED WORDS OF OR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN MUSIC FORM, THANK YOU LORD FOR PURE GOSPEL...... AMEN.

5 out of 5 stars Execellent boxed set!.......2000-04-01

I really enjoyed the entire set. It couvered all of the songs that I grew up with and some that I adore now. Great combination! I also enjoyed reading the enclosed booklet concerning the history of gospel music. Great gift idea!

5 out of 5 stars the best that i have heard recently.......1999-10-12

I love all the various artist on this cd and I would suggested it to all my friends . I love it so much that I am ordering it as christmas gifts for my family and friends., and i would sugessted to other fan that they do the same. .

3 out of 5 stars a MIXED BAG, er... BOX, of Gospel Tunes.......1999-07-02

Discs 1 and 2 of this wide-ranging box set are just what I expected; classical "soul" gospel music. Much of it was new to my ears, and my ears liked it! By contrast, (in my opinion) the third disc would be better classified as "contemporary Christian" music - heavy on the artificial piano synth sounds, rather than Hammond organ and tambourine. A little too "smooth" for my personal taste - I would prefer more of that shoutin' music, as on 1 and 2! The box (designed to look like a bible) and accompanying booklet are clever!

3 out of 5 stars a MIXED BAG, er... BOX, of Gospel Tunes.......1999-07-02

Discs 1 and 2 of this wide-ranging box set are just what I expected; classical "soul" gospel music. Much of it was new to my ears, and my ears liked it! By contrast, (in my opinion) the third disc would be better classified as "contemporary Christian" music - heavy on the artificial piano synth sounds, rather than Hammond organ and tambourine. A little too "smooth" for my personal taste - I would prefer more of that shoutin' music, as on 1 and 2! The box (designed to look like a bible) and accompanying booklet are clever!

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