Product Details

• Actors: Paul Simon, Andrae Crouch, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Jennifer Holliday, The Mighty Clouds of Joy
• Format: Color, NTSC, Dolby
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: HBO Video
• VHS Release Date: July 23, 1991
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630240651X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,412 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All-Star Is Right!!, May 23, 2002

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Hal Peebles "truth seeker" (Portland,Orygun,usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The All Star Gospel Session (HBO) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape is wonderful.Taped live at the First Presbyterian Church in Hollywood,California it features Paul Simon as emcee and a host of some of the finest voices on the planet.I can never get tired of hearing The Edwin Hawkins Singers cut loose on Oh Happy Day or my man Luther Vandross signing Sam Cooke's Change is Gunna Come. Paul Simon begins Bridge Over Troubled Water solo,only to have Jennifer Holliday join in with a chorus that'll give your goosebumps, goosebumps.This is powerful and inspirational vocalizing.Big medicine.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The MUSIC fills your soul - Vandross at his unmatched BEST, April 4, 2004

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"jonesbranchroad" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The All Star Gospel Session (HBO) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For the life of me I cannot imagine why this title is not available as a SOUNDTRACK or at least issued in DVD format. It IS a compilation of knock-me-down-and-lift-me-up performances by some of the greatest voices in our country.

You do not have to be a Christian to be moved to tears by these performances...the sheer beauty of those VOICES! The could be singing "lalalalalala" and it would STILL be some of the very best singing I will ever hear in my life.

**The performance of "Change is Gonna Come" by Luther Vandross in this Session is not only beautiful to see (Oh, is he looking BEAUTIFUL), but his voice has a resonance and soaring beauty that is UNMATCHED IN ANY OTHER SONG recording of his that I have in my considerable collection of Vandross.

Never mind the knockout performances of Jennifer Holliday, Edwin Hawkins, Andre Crouch, THE CHOIR! I could go on forever about how much I love this music. If ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA how one goes about lobbying the owner of this Master tape/recording to release this as a soundtrack or at least DVD, let me know somehow!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mike's Review of The All-Star Gospel Session, February 16, 2000

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Mike Smith (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The All Star Gospel Session (HBO) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you like Gospel music, you'll like this. All kinds of famous singers singing their hearts out, don't miss it.