Soul Jazz Records Presents Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul – A Higher Power: Gospel, Funk Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 Vinyl LP 2023

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Tracklist:

1. Satisfied – Andraé Crouch & The Disciples
2. Jesus Children of America – Shirley Caesar
3. Trouble’s Brewin – Meditation Singers
4. You Bought the Sunshine – The Clark Sisters
5. Let Your Feet Down Easy – Dorothy Norwood
6. Jesus Is Coming – Shirley Caesar
7. If You Believe Your God Is Dead – Swan Silvertones
8. Is There Anybody Here? – The Alvin Darling Ensemble
9. There’s a Creator – Roscoe Robinson
10. Nothing Can Stop Me Now – Destiny
11. Good Old Gospel Music – Meditation Singers
12. Everything Is Gonna Be Alright – Keith Barrow
13. Elijah – Roscoe Robinson
14. Till I’ve Got This Feelin’ of Love – Dyson’s Faces
15. The Upper Way – The Violinaires
16. Higher in Jesus’ Love – Leomia Boyd and The Gospel Music Makers
17. The Right Road Now – Keith Barrow

The album draws upon the extensive links between black American gospel music and soul music, showing how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caesar, Dorothy Norwood, Andraé Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this period.