Track List
There's A Light - Shirley Ann LeeSinner Man - Gospel SupremesPeace On Earth - Coleman FamilyWalk With Me - Calvin CookeI Shall No Be Moved - Shirley Ann LeeTake Care Of Us - RevelationsUntitled Jam - Bobby CookeFoot Stumping (Alternate) - OrganicsWhile You Were Gone - CombinationsWade In The Water - Apostles Of MusicHeaven - Deliverance EchoesOn The Way - Bobby CookeHow Can I Lose - Shirley Ann LeeRunning Mod - Young GenerationUntitled - Burgess BandRiding High - Bobby CookeEvery Year Carries A Number - Mighty Voices Of WonderPlease Accept My Prayer - Shirley Ann LeeWhat Happens To People - Calvin CookePeople Has It Hard - Coleman FamilyRound N' Round - Junior Mays GroupHe Never Failed - Pilgrim WondersHe'll Make A Way - Mighty Walker BrothersPower Of God, The - Voices Of DeliveranceAlbum Reviews:
Paste (magazine) (p.69) - "An absolute sweetness and primitive clarity pervades the set. Including the earliest sides of sacred-steel master Calvin Cooke, there are literally hundreds of surprises..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Voices Of Deliverance and The Gospel Supremes testify loud and proud on 1082's 'The Power Of God' and 1967's 'Sinner Man' respectively..."
Album Notes
A fascinating look at boutique recording in the Downriver region of blue-collar suburban Detroit during the late 1960s/early '70s, DOWNRIVER REVIVAL is, like many other Numero Group releases, as much about social and cultural history as it is actual music. Born out of a local pentecostal church, Double U Sound and its proprietor Felton Williams recorded anyone and everyone who walked through their doors. And while the set primarily focuses on the gospel music Williams released on his Revival label, there are also doses of Nuggets-style garage (Young Generation's "Running Mod"), sizzling slow-burn funk (The Explosions' "On the Way," which features a young James "Blood" Ulmer on guitar), and lo-fi doo-wop ("Round N' Round" by the Junior Mays Group).Still, Williams's devotional recordings are the true stand-outs here. The deeply soulful yet exquisitely rough vocal talents of artists such as Calvin Cooke and the brilliant Shirley Ann Lee could alone carry this set, yet it's the enigmatic production touches that give these performances a warm homegrown tone and push them into their own distinctive realm. Williams's steel guitar, in particular, guides many of these songs. It's played with no real connection to the instrument's usage in any conventional context, and the mood it helps create illustrates both the Downriver community's (and by default Double U's) relative isolation and its artists' quest to create an expansive and downright heavenly noise.
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There's A Light - Shirley Ann LeeSinner Man - Gospel SupremesPeace On Earth - Coleman FamilyWalk With Me - Calvin CookeI Shall No Be Moved - Shirley Ann LeeTake Care Of Us - RevelationsUntitled Jam - Bobby CookeFoot Stumping (Alternate) - OrganicsWhile You Were Gone - CombinationsWade In The Water - Apostles Of MusicHeaven - Deliverance EchoesOn The Way - Bobby CookeHow Can I Lose - Shirley Ann LeeRunning Mod - Young GenerationUntitled - Burgess BandRiding High - Bobby CookeEvery Year Carries A Number - Mighty Voices Of WonderPlease Accept My Prayer - Shirley Ann LeeWhat Happens To People - Calvin CookePeople Has It Hard - Coleman FamilyRound N' Round - Junior Mays GroupHe Never Failed - Pilgrim WondersHe'll Make A Way - Mighty Walker BrothersPower Of God, The - Voices Of Deliverance
