Hallelujah: A Collection of Their Finest Recordings

Blind Boys of Alabama | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music Club
• ASIN: B00000IWN4
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #506,198 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Something's Got a Hold on Me [Live]

2. When I Come to the End of My Journey [Live]

3. Too Close to Heaven [Live]

4. The War in Vietnam

5. A Great Camp Meeting

6. Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee

7. Come This Far by Faith

8. How Far Am I from Canaan?

9. Too Sweet to Be Saved

10. Honey in the Rock

11. I Got Jesus on My Mind

12. Lord's Been So Good [Live]

13. Alone and Motherless

14. Running for My Life

15. I Saw the Light

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Singing But Bad Liner Notes, January 18, 2002

By 

Dorrell F. Addison (Macon, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hallelujah: A Collection of Their Finest Recordings (Audio CD)

Here we have a fine collection of selections from a few of the major albums recorded by the Blind Boys of Alabama during the late 1960s and early 1970s on the HOB record label. These selections were obviously taken from the masters and are flawless in sound quality. Featured lead singers include Clarence Fountain, Billy Bowers, and Freddie N. Smith. I mention this solely to introduce the down side of this CD. With much disrespect to Gospel and mainly Black Quartet history the compilers of this CD on several occasions neglect to cite the correct lead vocalist on selections. This serves as a great confusion to new listners not familar with the group. In fact, had it not been for years of listening to and studying quartet gospel music I would have fallen prey as well. No less than 5 of the 15 selections have the wrong vocalist listed as lead. For those who have little material on the Blind Boys from this era this collection is recommended. However, Beware of the song credits on the back CD cover, the accuracy terrible!!