v/a- A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 2LP compilation Boasting a bouncy creepiness

Boasting a bouncy creepiness

The band centred around three baby-faced siblings Stephen

Totally mesmerising

At some point in the near future I will be finding out what all the fuss is about

they found themselves working 60-hour weeks

v/a- A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 2LP compilation Boasting a bouncy creepinessThe first of three volumes surveying surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all. Stomping, rollicking gospel music, intermingling with raw soul, searing blues, hard rocking doo wop and jazz, and storming R&B. Infused and incandescent with the hurting, surging indignation of the Civil Rights movement, here are twenty four precious scorchers by giants like the Staple Singers and Jimmy Scott, alongside devastating sides by less celebrated names like