American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)

American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36) Artist: Various Artists
Label: Revenant Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: Not rated
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 630814020620
EAN: 0630814020620
ASIN: B000001Z3Z


Release Date: 1997-10-21

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Tracks:

  1. Oh Death/Prayer Of Death-Part I And II - Charley Patton
  2. You Better Quit Drinking shine/I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) - Rev. I.B. Ware With Wife And Son
  3. I Am In The Heavenly Way - Booker T. Washington 'Bukka' White
  4. Sinner You'll Need Jesus/I Believe I'll Go Back Home/When That Great Ship Went Down/Everybody... - William Smith/Versey Smith
  5. I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis
  6. Troubled 'Bout My Soul - Frank Palmes
  7. I'm On My Way To The Kingdon Land - Bo Weavil Jackson
  8. Holy Mountain - Elder Otis Jones
  9. This Time Another Year You May Be Gone - Rev. Edward Clayborn
  10. Lord I'm The True Vine - Eddie Head And His Family
  11. Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Blind Roosevelt Graves And Brother
  12. Holy Mountain - Elder Otis Jones
  13. I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) - Rev. I.B. Ware And Wife And Son
  14. Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William Smith/Versey Smith
  15. Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime - Dennis Crumpton/Robert Summers
  16. Tryin' To Get Home - Eddie Head And His Family
  17. I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Blind Roosevelt Graves And Brother
  18. I'm On My Way To The Kingdom - Be Weavil Jackson
  19. Troubled 'Bout My Soul - Frank Palmes
  20. When That Great Ship Went Down - William Smith/Versey Smith
  21. I Am In The Heavenly Way - Washington White
  22. Good Lord (Run Old Jeremiah) - Austin Coleman
  23. Jesus Is Getting Us Ready For That Great Day - Luther Magby
  24. I Believe I'll Go Back Home - William Smith/Versey Smith
  25. Prayer Of Death-Part I - Elder J.J. Hadley
  26. Prayer Of Death-Part II - Elder J.J. Hadley

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a thrill.......2007-02-13

A fine selection of gospel, most of which was probably sold through the "race" market, and I've never seen any of these, even in the vintage sellers. Buy it!

5 out of 5 stars Just buy it, you'll life will be better for it..........2004-10-01

Albums like this make me feel great and really bummed out at the same time. Great because this music is as pure, raw and unpop as you can get, just amazingly real, but bummed because real music like this is gone and dead. At least we have these records of a time before proffesionalism and corporations destroyed music (and everyother art form).
I don't beleive in god or religion, but this is still one of my fave cds, heck if there was music like this in churches nowadays, i'd be going to church all the time. So don't let the term Gospel turn you off, this doesn't sound like Gospel, it's only gospel cause they mention jesus once and a while.

3 out of 5 stars The music's great, find better copies of the 78s to transfer.......2002-03-28

Obviously the music presented here is really great. My only beef is the really poor condition of some of the 78s used. I know this stuff is really rare, but I bet there are cleaner copies of these records out there. Is it supposed to be important that these are John Fahey's 78s? It's not to me. I don't have much music of this type, but I found a much cleaner copy of the Jaybird Coleman track on an old Biograph LP called "This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix." Even dubbing the version off this LP would have been better that the severely damaged copy of the 78 used for this CD. I wonder if their Charley Patton CD box set was also produced with poor condition 78s like these?

5 out of 5 stars Another Outstanding Revenant Compilation.......2001-08-18

Revenant has issued some of the best old music compilations: Dock Boggs' "Country Blues," the Stanley Brothers' first recordings, the Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 4 (not to mention the upcoming super-definitive collection of Charley Patton recordings: "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues). Great, obscure music, and inventive, eye-catching packaging.

This compilation is no exception. This is the most astounding collection of old-time gospel and sacred music ever compiled. From the bone-shattering sacred songs of Charley Patton (as the Elder J.J. Hadley) to the sublime Blind Roosevelt Graves to the strange Rev. I. B. Ware.....there is simply no weak tune here. The title isn't misleading: this is as raw as you can get. Sanctified and rockin' and spine-tingling, this is simply one great album!

5 out of 5 stars Listen to the L.A. guy.......2001-07-11

I did. If this one might be better than "The Half Ain't Never Been Told" then it must be essential. It is. This disc will snap your head back. Powerful no nonsense music. American roots music, oh baby that's one thing we did absolutely right.

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