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Deepest Blue

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Dec 13 11 5:31 PM

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Just wondering if anyone already got this and if they recommend it ?

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Gospel Alive Box set

Rene
Paris, France.

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Muddylives

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Deepest Blue

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Dec 13 11 7:00 PM

Wow! Thanks for the heads up.

I probably have about half of these recordings already - some really great material.

Muddy

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jostber

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Deepest Blue

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Dec 13 11 8:19 PM

Compiled by the great gospel music authority Opal Louis Nations and with these artists like the Pilgrim Travelers and Dorothy Love Coates this should be another winner set.

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Deepest Blue

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Dec 13 11 9:10 PM

Great collection!!!

Thanks

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7844473

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Deepest Blue

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Dec 13 11 10:13 PM

So, let me translate your reactions to proper English (as an answer to my original question) : I should buy it, right ?
Actually, these being field recordings, live, made in the 50's, my question really was about sound quality. But John's reply tend to mean thse are must have, right ?

Rene
Paris, France.

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Deepest Blue

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Dec 13 11 10:23 PM

QUOTE (rene.m @ December 13, 2011 05:13 pm)

So, let me translate your reactions to proper English (as an answer to my original question) : I should buy it, right ?
Actually, these being field recordings, live, made in the 50's, my question really was about sound quality. But John's reply tend to mean thse are must have, right ?

Sorry Rene...I didn't read the question properly did I. I don't have that particular set but I have many of the individual tracks on other albums. I guess it depends on just how I value the unique tracks. I probably wouldn't rush out and buy this box set until I reviewed all of the songs and see if there are additional albums that contain the unique tracks that I might prefer.

But it's all in what you are looking for. If you don't have any of Mahalia Jackson's music for example, this would be a great set to purchase.

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jostber

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Deepest Blue

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Dec 13 11 11:22 PM

From the Amazon description it seems like these are live recordings that have not been released before:

This 3-CD collection offers for the first time an overview of black, sacred recordings made in the field. They demonstrate a wide variety of the many exciting styles of Afro-American gospel music covering for the most part the Post-War era. We have drawn in-the-front-seat clips from the tent, concert hall, church, park, festival grounds, stadium, ballroom, studio and auditorium and have included international gospel stars such as Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe alongside lesser celebrated but equally talented artists like the Morning Echoes and Golden Keys.
Hearing in-the-spirit-gospel live performances before an enthralled audience makes for a full and true experience. This emotional music is the closest you will ever get to the essence of black gospel music. If it doesn t have you off your feet and into the air, nothing will.
Much of this material has never had commercial release - although a few cuts may be familiar to the keenest collectors - even they may discover a lot that is new to them.