How Sweet It Was

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A multi-faceted “best of the best� gospel compilation covering 40 years of gospel featuring a DVD, CD and an extensive booklet.
How Sweet It Was is a multi-faceted best of the best gospel compilation covering 40 years of gospel’s golden age, featuring both a DVD of filmed performances by gospel icons and a CD with many all time classic music tracks. The all star DVD line-up includes major figures such as James Cleveland, Alex Bradford, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marion Williams, the Soul Stirrers and other powerful performers, all filmed in the early 1960s. The CD highlights recordings from the 1940s through the 1960s and includes legendary greats Mahalia Jackson, Clara Ward, The Dixie Hummingbirds, the Swan Silvertones and many more, plus 9 previously unissued performances. An extensive 32 page companion booklet includes in-depth biographical notes with many rare photos and a gospel music history overview by one of the music’s leading authorities,Anthony Heilbut.
Tracks; DVD 1. THE CONSOLERS The Grace Of God / 2. THE MEDITATION SINGERS Sanctified Lord / 3. CLARENCE FOUNTAIN AND THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Too Close To Heaven / 4. THE RAYMOND RASBERRY SINGERS No Tears In Heaven / 5. DELOIS BARRETT CAMPBELL AND THE BARRETT SISTERS From Out Of Nowhere / 6. SISTER ROSETTA THARPE, DELOIS BARRETT CAMPBELL, AND PROFESSOR ALFRED MILLER In The Garden / 7. SISTER ROSETTA THARPE Commercial / 8. SISTER ROSETTA THARPE Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air / 9. J. ROBERT BRADLEY God’s Amazing Grace / 10. THE SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES Somewhere To Lay My Head / 11. MADAME EMILY BRAM I Want Jesus To Walk With Me / 12. SISTER JESSIE MAE RENFRO Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross / 13. IRA TUCKER AND THE DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS If You See My Savior / 14. IRA TUCKER AND THE DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS Maybe It’s You / 15. MARION WILLIAMS If This Ain’t The Holy Ghost / 16. BROTHER JOE MAY Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone / 17. THE FAMOUS DAVIS SISTERS We’ll Understand It Better By And By / 18. BESSIE GRIFFIN My Eternity / 19. ROBERT ANDERSON O Lord It Is I / 20. DOROTHY LOVE COATES AND THE GOSPEL HARMONETTES You Must Be Born Again 21 /. DOROTHY LOVE COATES AND THE GOSPEL HARMONETTES He’s Right On Time / 22. INEZ ANDREWS AND THE ANDREWETTES Let The Church Roll On / 23. THE SOUL STIRRERS He’s Been A Shelter For Me / 24. THE SOUL STIRRERS I’m A Soldier / 25. PROFESSOR ALEX BRADFORD I've Been Dipped In The Water (Watcha Gonna Do) / 26. JAMES CLEVELAND Deep Down In My Heart / 27. MARION WILLIAMS It Is Well With My Soul.
CD l. SISTER ROSETTA THARPE Stand By Me (1941) / 2. SILAS STEELE AND THE FAMOUS BLUE JAY SINGERS I Am Bound For Canaan Land (1947) / 3. PROFESSOR J. EARLE HINES AND THE ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH CHOIR How Sweet It Is (1948) / 4. SAM McCRARY AND THE FAIRFIELD FOUR No Room At The Inn (1951) / 5. EDNA GALLMON COOKE AND THE RADIO FOUR Somebody Touched Me (1953) / 6. MORGAN BABB AND THE RADIO FOUR My Imagination Of Heaven (1955) / 7. MARION WILLIAMS He’s A High Class Physician (1959) / 8. R. H. HARRIS AND THE SOUL STIRRERS I Thank You Lord (1947) / 9. THE GEORGIA PEACH AND LOIS RUSSELL I'm Waiting For Jesus (1947) / 10. MADAME ERNESTINE B. WASHINGTON We Shall Walk Through The Valley (1948) / 11. MAHALIA JACKSON Medley: Going On With The Spirit / Didn’t It Rain (1951)* / 12. ARCHIE BROWNLEE AND THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF MISSISSIPPI Will My Jesus Be Waiting (1952) / 13. CLARA WARD The Pilgrim’s Song (1951) / 14. IMOGENE GREEN AND THE FAMOUS DAVIS SISTERS Stand By Me (1952)* / 15. IRA TUCKER AND THE DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS I'm Not Unseasy (1953) / 16. MAHALIA JACKSON These Are They (1952)* / 17. BROTHER JOE MAY Medley: What Could I Do / Search Me Lord (1953)* / 18. EUGENE SMITH AND THE ROBERTA MARTIN SINGERS Satisfied (1949) / 19. ALBERTINA WALKER AND THE CARAVANS The Angels Keep Watching Over Me (1955)* / 20. INEZ ANDREWS When The Gates Swing Open (1966) / 21. REVEREND ROBERT BALLINGER AND THE GOSPEL CHIMES John Saw (1963) / 22. DOROTHY LOVE COATES Dot’s Testimony, Part Two (1969)* / 23. DOROTHY LOVE AND THE ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES; AND CLAUDE JETER AND THE SWAN SILVERTONES Coming Home (some distortion) (1953)* / 24. RUTH DAVIS AND THE FAMOUS DAVIS SISTERS The Prodigal Son (1964)* / 25. SISTER ROSETTA THARPE Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (1969)* / 26. MARION WILLIAMS Something Within Me (1984)* *Previously Unreleased