Greatest Spirituals

Track Listings
1. Swing Down, Chariot    
2. Shadrack    
3. David and Goliath    
4. Go Where I Send Thee    
5. Let My People Go    
6. You Better Run    
7. Run for a Long Time    
8. I've Been in the Storm So Long    
9. I, John    
10. Hold the Wind    
11. Noah Had a Hammer    
12. Bosom of Abraham    

Greatest Spirituals, Music, The Jubilee Four, Gospel, Pop, Traditional Gospel
The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • From the Depths of Suffering, Emerges Joy
  • An early MJ album: 1 of 2 top recommends in her discography
  • One of the finest vocal performances ever recorded
 The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
Mahalia Jackson
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ASIN: B000002Y4G
Release Date: 1992-07-07

Tracks:

  1. I'm Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song
  2. When I Wake Up In Glory
  3. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
  4. Oh Lord Is It I?
  5. I Will Move On Up A Little Higher
  6. When The Saints Go Marching In
  7. Jesus
  8. Out Of The Depths
  9. Walk Over God's Heaven
  10. Keep Your Hand On The Plow
  11. Didn't It Rain

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars From the Depths of Suffering, Emerges Joy.......2007-02-07

The great thing about Mahalia Jackson, is that you don't have to be a fan of gospel music to enjoy her work. Like a great Opera, or an abstract work of art, she is something to be appreciated on many levels...a pure, powerful voice...one of the greatest voices ever to be recorded.

"The World's Greatest Gospel Singer" is Mahalia Jackson as she was meant to be. This collection, with all songs performed with the Falls-Jones Ensemble, is the kind of bluesy, jazz-inspired and painfully heartfelt gospel music that made Mahalia one of a kind. This is her voice and talent in its purest form, before it was bought and sold to mainstream audiences in the late 1950's. Some of the recording quality isn't quite up to snuff, but it adds to the "rediscovered" feel of this unique style of gospel music, and her voice comes loud and clear no matter what.

Hightlights include:
Track 1: "I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing about in my Song"-a bold and powerful stance against hypocrisy.
Track 3: "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well"-a great old-timey tune.
Track 5: "I Will Move on Up a Little Higher"-a bluesier version of her most famous song.
Track 6: "When the Saints Go Marching In"-a great version of an old song that had even this non-Christian tapping my feet and wanting to dance.
Track 11: "Didn't it Rain"-a definative display of her voice.

5 out of 5 stars An early MJ album: 1 of 2 top recommends in her discography.......2004-08-16

In this recording, you get mono sound only, but who cares? It displays the absolutely sizzling talents of a jazz-inflected gospel backup band, including the redoubtable pianist Mildred Falls whose genius is more or less inseparable from Mahaliah Jackson's genius.

No doubt about it, these players cook bacon while they juggle musical chairs. If the hair stands up on the back of your neck all the way through this CD, then good for you. It just means you are getting it. Of course, center of the holy musical storm is Mahaliah Jackson herself.

With her incredibly physical, mezzosoprano-range voice, she can do whatever she wants. She can trumpet, lift, pray, whisper, or shout with the best of them. She is living the life she sings about in her song, and she is singing the life she lives. Many of these versions of these songs have never been better sung, or captured in gospel recording history.

Listen to what she and the group do on a song called, "Didn't it rain". And when the woman Jesus met at the well goes running into town to talk about her encounter, the music embodies the rush of her inner necessity. This music got feet.

When MJ moves on up a little higher, you simply must trust her to carry you with her. At least let your sad eyes follow her upwards. This song is one of the two that she early recorded as an unknown African American Baptist church singer. It was backed on a two-sided 78 disc with the other big MJ signature song, How I Got Over. I have heard MJ attributed as the author of both songs, but I cannot say that for sure. Whoever wrote either one of them, it is safe to say that MJ made each her own in the most unique and powerful way. In its first release, that 78 rpm disc must have been bought by just about every African American Baptist in the USA, because she sold 3 million copies. All of a sudden, the music/money people were sniffing down highways and byways to find out who this amazing singer was. It is so characteristic that they had never hear of her. The USA was even more segregated in those years than it can be today. Indeed, one of the key concerns of the big label Columbia, once it signed its contract with MJ was: how can we set her peformances, so that they don't sound too black, so that they cross over successfully to white america?

This early album, however, will have none of that nonsense. The group (including Mildred Falls)is probably the most brilliant backup that MJ ever had on a recording. The only other recording that offers us the pure, unadulterated musical Mahaliah Jackson in her live in Europe concert CD, also (probably temporarily) available on CD. There, she and Mildred Falls are like super-heroines in a Marvel comic, with all sorts of musical magic up their sleeves.

If you have both of these, you have Mahaliah Jackson. This recording is like a drink of cool well water in the back country on a very hot, humid day. You never knew how good pure water could be. In fact, pour me another glass. I am sitting in the shade for a while, feeling the breezes, and listening to the witness this lady sings about what God is doing in her life.

Unlike many forms of religion, MJ believes the kingdom is wide open. Hers is a generous spirit, and so a generous religion. She is not worried about keeping the heavenly treasures under lock and key, lest they be unfairly distributed to beggars or publicans who have not proved their worth in terms of human empires. She sings for anybody who will bother to listen. Like a prophet, she speaks her truth to power. She makes me wonder what life would be like, if we were all speaking more truth, more often, to power.

In any case, get this CD for the music. Its five stars shape some mysterious constellation that is rare and shining as the firmament circles above our heads.

The other must-have MJ recommendation is: MJ Live In Europe concert. It is newly (and probably temporarily) available. Get both. Now. You can learn many of life's lessons from MJ on these two CD's, and have a whale of a good time listening as you learn. Maybe other singers have, in their own ways, reached so high. But nobody has surpassed MJ. She is the real deal. I think I get just a tad more real, when I listen to her. If the destination is the journey, then MJ offers us the best kind of traveling music. Highly recommended. Get it before it's gone again.

5 out of 5 stars One of the finest vocal performances ever recorded.......1999-07-12

This magnificant work of art, produced by Geroge Avakian in the mid 1950's, contains one of the finest vocal performances ever committed to record, irrespective of musical genre. Accompanied brilliantly by the jazz/blues influenced Fall-Jones Ensemble, Jackson delivers a remarkable reading of African-American spirituals, including some of her own compositions. A recording for the ages, delivered superlatively by one of the greatest voices of the 20th century. In short, a masterpiece.
Canton Spirituals - The Greatest Hits
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  • a " MOST-AWESOME "Collection!,Don't get no better folk's....
 Canton Spirituals - The Greatest Hits
The Canton Spirituals
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ASIN: B00004U43E
Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

  1. He'll Send the Blessings
  2. Mississippi Poor Boy
  3. I'm Coming Lord
  4. It's Gonna Rain
  5. Morning Dove [Live]
  6. Wonderful Change
  7. Heavenly Choir
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  9. Rise Above It All
  10. Hello Mother
  11. Ride This Train
  12. Depending on You

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a " MOST-AWESOME "Collection!,Don't get no better folk's...........2003-06-11

If you've never heard them, this is a great introduction. 90% of the music is from their Live in Memphis I & II albums, known as some of the Best Live Gospel (Ever to be recorded). After you listen you'll hear why. The Holy-Spirit definitely attends the "Canton Spirituals" concerts, I mean they really touch the people thru their music (a BUZZ is ALIVE & PRESENT.) They can play & sing it Sweet, or they can Drive it as Hard & Fast as anyone. This one's on my Top25 of all-time list, and you'll love it too. ENJOY! (Scotty G. knows good music)!
"Canton Spirituals - Greatest Hits & More, Vol. 1"
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    Mahalia Jackson - Greatest Hits
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    ASIN: B0000025P7
    Release Date: 1990-10-25

    Tracks:

    1. Walk In Jerusalem
    2. The Upper Room
    3. He Calmed The Ocean
    4. It Is No Secret
    5. How I Got Over
    6. Then The Answer Came
    7. Just Over The Hill
    8. That's What He's Done For Me
    9. Move On Up A Little Higher
    10. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Mahalia In Her FINEST HOURS!!!.......2007-05-14

    Without question, this is one of the greatest Gospel recordings in the history of Gospel music!!! Ms. Jackson sings every single song with a HOLY GHOST ANOINTING that will either bring you to your feet, to tears of rejoicing, or both! If there is a Gospel Records Hall of Fame, this recording should be NUMBER ONE on the list! The ONLY way to top this CD is to produce a DVD of the EXACT recordings!!!

    4 out of 5 stars Hail Mahalia!.......2005-11-12

    This budget line CD should serve as a good introduction to Mahalia Jackson for those unfamiliar with her work. And that, unfortunately, would be a large number of listeners these days. Jackson died in 1972 and while a good deal of her catalog has been made available, hers is not a voice you hear much on the radio these days. (Her songs have turned up on a few recent soundtracks, however).

    But then even in her heyday during the 50s and 60s, her refusal to sing anything but gospel doubtless limited her appeal. Which is a shame, since unlike, say, the rather bland Christian pop of today, Mahalia Jackson's appeal is potentially as universal-regardless of the religious convictions of the listener. Simply put, if you like great, passionate, and (as another reviewer posted) downright joyful singing, you will love Mahalia. If anything could give me that old time religion, it would have to be Ms Jackson's gospel singing.

    I can hear Mahalia's influence on any number of contemporary secular and gospel singers: Aretha, certainly, and Mavis Staples, Irma Thomas, the list goes on and on.

    Ten tracks is scarcely enough to get your feet wet though. And the lack of extensive liner notes (or ANY for that matter) is a little frustrating. But that's what budget lines do: wet those feet...and your whistle to boot. After listening to Mahalia's strong stately voice on these ten inspiring tracks, it's hard to imagine anyone not wanting more.

    Move me on up a little higher.

    5 out of 5 stars Great Indeed.......2005-08-04

    This is not a CD you listen to, this is a CD you experience. This is a collection of Great Gospel songs from the worlds Greatest Gospel Singer: Mahalia Jackson. If you are not familiar with the works of Mahalia Jackson then I highly recommend this album to you. Be warned however, this album alone will not be enough.

    5 out of 5 stars The Finest Gospel Singer God Ever Gave Breath.......2003-09-17

    Although many pressed her, Mahalia Jackson flatly refused to perform anything except gospel. It was a decision that cost her dearly: she would spend the first four decades of her life in poverty and near-poverty, shoring up various business ventures with work as a laundress, singing whenever she could, and recording music that didn't sell. But when success at last came, not only did it come in a big way, it came on her own terms.

    In the 1950s a series of radio and television appearances launched her to international fame, and over the next two decades she would release some thirty albums, tour extensively in both America and Europe, and even appear in a handful of motion pictures--most notably IMITATION OF LIFE. In the 1960s she also became a tireless worker in the Civil Rights movement, appearing frequently in support of the cause. By the time of her death in 1972, her soulful voice had had tremendous impact on numerous other vocalists (including Aretha Franklin) and she was regarded as the single finest gospel singer of the 20th century. And some thirty years after her death, her work remains tremendously influential and her reputation stands unchallenged.

    The only thing that could do true justice to Jackson is a box set of remastered recordings, but this inexpensive collection is an ideal introduction for some one interested in but not yet fully familiar with Jackson's work; while such celebrated selections as "Didn't It Rain," "Even Me," and her remarkable interpretation of "Silent Night" are missing, it does include two of Jackson's best known recordings: "The Upper Room" and "Move On Up A Little Higher."

    But whether it is a famous recording or a lesser-known piece, the simple fact is that Mahalia Jackson could do no wrong when she faced the microphone--something that can scarcely be said for the vast majority of vocalists, no matter how talented. "Walk in Jerusalem" is a knockout; her interpretation of "It Is No Secret" breathes tremendous life and power into an old favorite; "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" is a majestic and moving interpretation of that spiritual classic. Everything here bespeaks her artistry--and everything about her artistry bespeaks her powerful faith.

    It is true that the recordings here could benefit from a remaster, but even so there are no audible blips or scratches on the recordings--and whatever the case, Jackson's alternately soulful, alternately shout-for-joy voice transcends the audio limitations involved. A truly great introduction to the Queen of Gospel, and strongly recommended--and that's whether you normally like gospel or not!

    --GFT (Amazon.com Reviewer)--

    4 out of 5 stars Greatest Hits Mahaila jackson.......2001-06-17

    I found this disc quite inspiring, and very moving. I would encourage anyone who loves old time gospel to purchase this
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      ASIN: B0002199K4
      Release Date: 2004-05-25

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      1. I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
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      3. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
      4. Oh Lord Is It I?
      5. I Will Move on Up a Little Higher
      6. When the Saints Go Marching In
      7. Jesus
      8. Out of the Depths
      9. Walk Over God's Heaven
      10. Keep Your Hand on the Plow
      11. Didn't It Rain

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      A budget-priced 10-track collection of favorites from the Mills Brothers. All original recordings.
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          Greatest Hits 1946-1950
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              Mahalia Jackson
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              Release Date: 2007-03-27

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              The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
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                Release Date: 2006-02-13

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                1. I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
                2. When I Wake Up in Glory
                3. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
                4. Oh Lord Is It I?
                5. I Will Move on Up a Little Higher
                6. When the Saints Go Marching In
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                8. Out of the Depths
                9. Walk Over God's Heaven
                10. Keep Your Hand on the Plow
                11. Didn't It Rain

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