Shine on Me

The Soul Stirrers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Specialty
• ASIN: B000000QMM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,717 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. By and By [Take 1][Alternate Take][#]

2. I'm Still Living on Mother's Prayer

3. Feel Like My Time Ain't Long

4. Today [#]

5. I Have a Right to the Tree of Life

6. In That Awful Hour

7. Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb [#]

8. Shine on Me [#]

9. Faith and Grace

10. Everybody Ought to Love Their Soul [Take 1][#]

11. Blessed Be the Name of the Lord

12. I'm Gonna Move in the Room With the Lord

13. My Loved Ones Are Waiting for Me (Waiting and Watching) [Take 1][#]

14. How Long

15. Who'll Be the One (There's a Vacant Room in Glory) [Take 1][#]

16. The Lord Is My Shepherd

17. Christ Is All (The World to Me) [#]

18. By and By, Pt.1

19. By and By, Pt. 2 [Take 3][Alternate Take][#]

20. By and By, Pt. 2

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Sam Cooke's mentor in the Soul Stirrers was the incredible R. H. Harris, a singer whose influence looms large not just over gospel, but over soul and rock 'n' roll as well. Here are 25 classic Specialty tracks from Harris' heyday, including the incendiary By and By; I'm Still Living on Mother's Prayer; and Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb .

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gospel's Hall of Fame, February 28, 2000

By 

nadav haber (jerusalem Israel) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Shine on Me (Audio CD)

These are the recordings made by the Soul Stirrers in 1950, with R.H.Harris leading them. While the Soul Stirrers are mostly famous as the group that featured Sam Cooke, I believe that they were more exciting with Harris. The opening song is an amazing 5 minute version of the classic "by and by". Paul Foster and Harris exchange the lead building up to a great emotional climax. The group shows its traditionl "old school" gospel capabilities with "Jesus hits like the atomic bomb" - they can sing in this harmony style as good as any other group - including the Golden Gate Quartet. But the Stirrers were the groundbreaking group for the hard gospel style, immediately followed by groups such as the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Detroiters, and others. All the songs here are great, so full of emotion and musical skill. I think it can be firmly stated that no gospel fan can afford to miss this CD.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Soul Stirrers Essential, September 11, 2001

By 

Sherman Cox "SoulPreaching.Com Website Editor" (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shine on Me (Audio CD)

This is an interesting collection of the vocal gymnastics of R.H. Harris. He had a very agile almost whinning voice that would easily slide up into a high falsetta and back down into his normal range.

Just to hear R.H. Harris is worth the CD, but also you hear a younger Paul Foster exchanging with Harris as he did with Cooke and others.

Whether it is Cooke, Harris, Johnny Taylor, or someone else they still have that Soul stirrers sound with Foster as the second soloist and the driving background...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Before Sam, but...., March 28, 2003

By 

. (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Shine on Me (Audio CD)

If you ever wondered, as I have, how Sam Cook(e) came so fully formed 'out of the box', this cd can help explain. Rebert Harris,(on this record approaching the end of a -13- year stay with the group), is the template from which the young Cook had access to attain his seemingly instant maturity. A must have if you already have the Cook stuff or not.