Great 1955 Shrine Concert [Live]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Specialty
• ASIN: B000000QNJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,262 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #82 in Music > Christian > Compilations > Gospel
  • #86 in Music > Gospel > Traditional

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Genre: Gospel/Christian Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 11-FEB-2002

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Get Away Jordan", June 13, 2003

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Dwayne (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great 1955 Shrine Concert (Audio CD)

This CD is beyond awesome. It really gives the listener a true taste of what "REAL" Gospel music is. There's not a lot of computer tech involved- no need for it. I feel that Dorothy Love Coates, Ethel Davenport, and Brother Joe May are the highlights of this CD.

The haunting sound of Ethel singing "My Troubles Are So Hard To Bear" makes you feel the pain that she's suffering. Brother Joe May singing "It's A Long, Long Way" makes me feel like I'm sitting at my church, watching the Senior Male Chorus render a selection. The spirit sho'ly- and I did say sho'ly, kicked in. And as Dorothy Love Coates began to testify, I could feel my feet get light and I begin to feel alright every time I listen. Dorothy, or Dot as you can hear her group members say, gave SUCH A POWERFUL TESTIMONY. She tore "Get Away Jordan" and "You Must Be Born Again" all up.

This is a definate MUST HAVE...and I wish I could give this CD more than 5 stars.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE Gospel CD to own!, September 5, 2001

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great 1955 Shrine Concert (Audio CD)

Black gospel music has had some classic CD's too numeorus to menion here, but THIS is the UNCROWNED KING of Gospel CD that YOU MUST OWN! These are RAW, LIVE, and POWERFUL performances of groups who were the FOUNDATION of modern gospel captured at their best, interacting and catching the spirit with their audience. Recorded at LA's Shrine Theater in July 1955, we hear the sadly forgotten Brother Joe May touch the audience ("Sing it Brother Joe" screams the crowd) with an interesting bluesy-type of gospel as well as his daughter Annette. The Caravans pump a lot of pentacostal power from Albertina Walker and James Cleveland. But the Sam Cooke selections go beyond anything you've heard from his pop records or that the written word can describe! Dorothy Love Coates and Co. tale their spiritied singing to new heights. This is one of those recordings that make you wanna get on your knees and thank GOD for allowing Thomas Edison to invent the phonograph! A MUST have for Gospel fans.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Look at live proformances..., January 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Great 1955 Shrine Concert (Audio CD)

This is down home gospel from the 50s including an array of stars that is almost unbelieveable. From the Pilgrim Travelers to the Caravans with James Cleveland and Albertina Walker to the Gospel Harmonettes with the always soulful Dorthy Love Coates. And of course you cannot forget the Soul Stirrers.

I really enjoyed listening to Sam Cooke in a hard sounding raspy voice duke it out with Paul Foster on Nearer my God to Thee. That song is worth the whole CD.

Also enjoyable is the medly from Dorthy Love Coates. Simply put, if you want to bring the church home with you, buy this cd. You won't be disappointed...