Walk over God's Heaven - Mahalia Jackson, Dorsey, Thomas A.
If I Can Help Somebody - Mahalia Jackson,
Come on Children, Let's Sing - Mahalia Jackson, Smith, H.
What a Friend We Have in Jesus [#] - Mahalia Jackson, Converse, Charles
I Found the Answer - Mahalia Jackson, Lange, John
It Is Well With My Soul - Mahalia Jackson, Bliss, Philip Paul
Great Gettin' up Morning - Mahalia Jackson,
You Must Be Born Again - Mahalia Jackson, Hamblen, Stuart
Elijah Rock [Live] - Mahalia Jackson, Hairston, Jester
Jesus Met the Woman at the Well - Mahalia Jackson, Alexander, James W.
A Satisfied Mind - Mahalia Jackson, Hayes, Joseph
Keep Your Hand on the Plow - Mahalia Jackson, Traditional
Roll Jordan Roll - Mahalia Jackson,
Calvary [Live] - Mahalia Jackson, Traditional
In My Home over There - Mahalia Jackson, Smith, B.W.
I Will Move on up a Little Higher - Mahalia Jackson, Frye, Theodore
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
In the Upper Room - Mahalia Jackson, Campbell, Lucie E.
The Christian's Testimony - Mahalia Jackson, Weston, David
If We Never Needed the Lord Before (We Sure Do Need Him Now) - Mahalia Jackson, Dorsey, Thomas A.
A City Called Heaven - Mahalia Jackson, Traditional
Trouble of the World - Mahalia Jackson, Traditional
Without God I Could Do Nothing - Mahalia Jackson, Brown, B. [1]
Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Mahalia Jackson, Dorsey, Thomas A.
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho - Mahalia Jackson, Traditional
His Eye Is on the Sparrow - Mahalia Jackson, Martin, Civilla D.
God Put a Rainbow in the Sky - Mahalia Jackson, Jenkins, Andrew [2]
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands [Live] - Mahalia Jackson, Esposito, Andree
A Rusty Old Halo - Mahalia Jackson,
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - Mahalia Jackson, Traditional
Dear Lord, Forgive [#] - Mahalia Jackson,
I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song - Mahalia Jackson, Dorsey, Thomas A.
Search Me Lord - Mahalia Jackson,
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again - Mahalia Jackson,
Walk on by Faith [#] - Mahalia Jackson, Cleveland, James
If the bazillion packagings and repackagings of Mahalia Jackson's music confound you and you don't know where to start, this expertly compiled, carefully annotated double-disc box set is for you. Jackson wasn't just gospel... more » music's first international superstar--she was among its earliest adherents and inventors. Working with the great composer and former blues singer Thomas A. Dorsey in the late 1930s, Jackson gave a distinctly blues-trained, jazzy sass and grace to Dorsey's material and the other hymns and spirituals she sang. More than any other performer, she helped to define gospel music itself as a transcendent, rootsy, melismatic, and heady spiritual sound. Culled from her sides for Columbia in the 1950s and 1960s, some of the arrangements in the set are not ideal and may sound quite a bit dated, but that voice shines and soars and dives straight to the center of your heart. Whether backed by a simple organ or piano or with full studio accompaniment, Jackson's booming, instantly recognizable contralto is indescribable, exciting, and forever a wonder to behold. And if you think that's an exaggeration, you don't own this record. --Mike McGonigal« less
If the bazillion packagings and repackagings of Mahalia Jackson's music confound you and you don't know where to start, this expertly compiled, carefully annotated double-disc box set is for you. Jackson wasn't just gospel music's first international superstar--she was among its earliest adherents and inventors. Working with the great composer and former blues singer Thomas A. Dorsey in the late 1930s, Jackson gave a distinctly blues-trained, jazzy sass and grace to Dorsey's material and the other hymns and spirituals she sang. More than any other performer, she helped to define gospel music itself as a transcendent, rootsy, melismatic, and heady spiritual sound. Culled from her sides for Columbia in the 1950s and 1960s, some of the arrangements in the set are not ideal and may sound quite a bit dated, but that voice shines and soars and dives straight to the center of your heart. Whether backed by a simple organ or piano or with full studio accompaniment, Jackson's booming, instantly recognizable contralto is indescribable, exciting, and forever a wonder to behold. And if you think that's an exaggeration, you don't own this record. --Mike McGonigal
"Purchase of this set was for musical experience rather than the religious message. Therefore Disc 2 is the highlight and Disc 1 more for those after religious inspiration."
Buoyant Collection From The Queen of Gospel Music
Terence Allen | Atlanta, GA USA | 03/12/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
""Gospel, Spirituals, and Hymns" is one of the best, if not the best, collection of songs by the great Mahalia Jackson. Ms. Jackson is still consider the preeminent female gospel singer of all time, and this package will do nothing but burnish her reputation.
Her voice soars, rattles, shakes, and coerces the listener to believe. Her artistry was in conveying such raw, heartfelt emotion that there was no question about her sincerity and belief in her music and its source. Songs like "Great Gettin Up Morning," "Elijah Rock," "I Will Move Up A Little Higher," "If We Never Needed The Lord Before (We Sure Do Need Him Now)," "God Put A Rainbow In The Sky," and many, many others confirm the need for all gospel music lovers to own this record."