Audio Remasterer: Randy Perry .Liner Note Author: Billy Vera.Photographer: Billy Vera.If all you know of the Staple Singers is their "Respect Yourself"-era funky material from the early '70s, BEST OF THE VEE-JAY YEARS will be somet...
Audio Remasterer: Kirk Felton.Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman.From Fantasy Records comes this 20-track retrospective that covers the entire ambit of the Staple Singers' career, heavy on their 1970s heyday classics like "I'll Take You Th...
The Staple Singers include: Roebuck "Pops" Staples (vocals, guitar); Mavis Staples (vocals); Yvonne Staples, Cleotha Staples (vocals).Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand.Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1986, Fantasy Studios,...
Arranger: The Staples.Although not as well known as their later recordings for the Stax, Riverside and Epic labels, the Staple Singers' early sides for Chicago's Vee Jay Records may well be the most powerful they ever did. Driven by Pops...
Narrated by Louis Gossett Jr., LET FREEDOM SING! examines the Civil Rights Movement through the lens of popular music, celebrating the singers and songs that inspired a generation to fight for change. The engaging documentary combines touch...
The Staple Singers: Roebuck "Pops" Staples (vocals, guitar); Mavis Staples (vocals).It's hard to vote against the Staple Singers, and even though this ten-track set of gospel pieces drawn from a live concert is a bit on the brief side, t...
Staple Singers: Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Cleotha Staples, Pervis Staples, Yvonne Staples, Mavis Staples.Includes liner notes by Peter Noble.This is part of the Aim Live In Concert series.All tracks have been digitally remastered....
Fantasy's Greatest Hits collection may be devastatingly sparse, but what it does have is pure Staple Singers gold. Focusing primarily on their '60s soul era, the scant eight tracks, which include "Respect Yourself," "I'll Take You There," a...
The Staple Singers: Roebuck Staples (vocals, guitar); Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples, Pervis Staples (vocals).Additional personnel: Steve Cropper (guitar); Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love, Joe Arnold (The Memphis Horns); Marvell Thomas (keybo...
Staple Singers: Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Cleotha Staples, Pervis Staples, Yvonne Staples, Mavis Staples.Includes liner notes by Peter Noble.This is part of the Aim Live In Concert series.All tracks have been digitally remastered....
Arranger: Roebuck "Pops" Staples.It's hard to vote against the Staple Singers, and even though this ten-track set of gospel pieces drawn from a live concert is a bit on the brief side, there's still enough of Pops Staples' chicken-scratc...
Personnel includes: Clayton Ivey, Barry Beckett, Jimmy Johnson, Eddie Hinton, Raymond Jackson, David Hood, Roger Hawkins, The Memphis Horns.Recorded between 1972 and 1974.Recording information: Ardent Recording Studios, Memphis, TN (1...
The Staple Singers: Roebuck Staples (guitar, vocals); Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples, Yvonne Staples (vocals).Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1990, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).By the early '70s, despite a roster tha...