Staple Singers (The)

The Staple Singers: Gospel Music Anthology: The Staple Singers, Vol. II

CD / Essential Media Group / 2013-02-12

Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Swing Low Sweet Chariot/Uncloudy Day

CD / Soul Jam / 2012-10-16

Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Staple Swingers [Expanded Edition]

CD / Soul Music Records / 2012-07-24

Tracks: Are You Ready; Life During wartime; Nobody Can Make it On Their Own; Back to the War; Reason to Love; We Stand (Together, Forever); Start Walking; Love Works in Strange Ways; Are You Ready [US Single...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples; Yvonne Staples (vocals); Roebuck "Pops" Staples (vocals, guitar).

Additional personnel: Terry Manning, The Memphis Symphony Orchestra, The Ba...continue...

The Staple Singers: Turning Point

CD / Essential Music & Marketing / 2012-02-07

Tracks: This Is Our Night; Slippery People; Bridges Instead Of Walls; Turning Point, The; Right Decision; H-A-T-E (Don't Live Here Anymore); On My Own Again; That's What Friends Are For; Slippery People [US ...
Artists: The Staple Singers

Additional personnel includes: David Byrne (guitar).

The last of the truly great gospel sides by this seminal family folk-gospel outfit. ~ Opal Louis Nations...continue...

The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

CD / Universal Music / 2011-11-22

Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Roebuck Staples (guitar, vocals); Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples, Yvonne Staples (vocals).

Engineers: Ralph Rhodes, Jerry Masters, Terry Manning.

Those who would rath...continue...

The Staple Singers: Platinum Gospel: Staple Singers *

1 CD / SMC Records / 2011-09-27

Tracks: Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Uncloudy Day; Low is the Way; Will the Circle Be Unbroken; Too Close; Don't Knock; Pray On; Two Wings; Day is Passed and Gone, The; This May Be the Last Time
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

1 CD / Concord / 2011-05-10

Tracks: World; Respect Yourself; Name the Missing Word; I'll Take You There; This Old Town (People in This Old Town); We the People; Are You Sure; Who Do You Think You Are?; I'm Just Another Soldier; Who; Wa...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Roebuck Staples (guitar, vocals); Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples, Yvonne Staples (vocals).

Engineers: Ralph Rhodes, Jerry Masters, Terry Manning.

Personnel: The Stapl...continue...

The Staple Singers: Gold

CD / JDC Records / 2011-01-25

Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Family Tree

CD / Wounded Bird / 2010-04-06

Tracks: Family Tree; What You Doing Tonight; See a Little Further (Than My Bed); I Honestly Love You; Hang Loose; Let's Go to the Disco; Color Me Higher; Boogie for the Blues
Artists: The Staple Singers

First time on CD for this 1977 album from this Staples Singers offshoot. The Staples, aka The Staple Singers, have been around since the second...continue...
Personnel: Eugene Record (guitar, mini-Moog synthesizer, string synthesizer); John Bishop, Byron Gregory, Phil Upchurch (guitar); Marlou Johnston, Edward Greene III, Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky, Sol Bobrou...continue...

The Staples/The Staple Singers: Pass It On

CD / Wounded Bird / 2010-04-06

Tracks: Real Thing Inside Of /Party, The; Take Your Own Time; Sweeter Than The Sweet; Love Me, Love Me, Love Me; Pass It On; Making Love; Take This Love of Mine; Precious, Precious
Artists: The Staples/The Staple Singers

First time on CD for this 1976 album from this Staples Singers offshoot. The Staples, aka The Staple Singers, have been around since the second...continue...
Personnel: Curtis Mayfield, Gary Ray Thompson , Phil Upchurch (guitar); Rich Tufo (keyboards); Quinton Joseph, Donnelle Hagan (drums); Master Henry Gibson (congas, bongos)....continue...

The Staples/The Staple Singers: Unlock Your Mind

CD / Wounded Bird / 2010-04-06

Tracks: Chica Boom; Don't Burn Me; (Shu-Doo-Pa-Poo-Poop) Love Being Your Fool; Showdown; Unlock Your Mind; Handwriting on the Wall; Mystery Train; Leave It All Up To Love; I Want You To Dance; God Can
Artists: The Staples/The Staple Singers

First time on CD for this 1978 album from this Staples Singers offshoot. The Staples, aka The Staple Singers, have been around since the second...continue...
Personnel: Pete Carr (guitar); Anthony Parson (flute); Harvey Thompson (tenor saxophone); Ronnie Eades (baritone saxophone); Harrison Calloway, Lloyd Barry (trumpet); Charles Rose (trombone); Muscle S...continue...

The Staple Singers: The 25th Day of December

1 CD / Riverside Records (Jazz) / 2007-09-18

Tracks: Last Month of the Year, The; Virgin Mary Had One Son, The; Go Tell It on the Mountain; Joy to the World; Holy Unto the Lord; Savior Is Born, The; Sweet Little Jesus Boy; No Room at the Inn; There Was...
Artists: The Staple Singers

Personnel: Roebuck "Pops" Staples (vocals, guitar); Cleotha Staples, Yvonne Staples, Mavis Staples, Pervis Staples (vocals); Rev. Maceo Woods (organ); Gus Johnson , Al Duncan (drums).

Recording...continue...

The Staple Singers: The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair

1 CD / Kent Soul / 2007-08-28

Tracks: Hammer & Nails; Nobody's Fault But Mine; Too Close; Uncloudy Day; Won't You Sit Down (Sit Down Servant); I Wish I Had Answered; Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; Swing Low; This May Be the Last Time; For What ...
Artists: The Staple Singers

A long overdue salute to the first family of gospel soul....continue...
This retrospective pays tribute to the lengthy career of legendary gospel family the Staple Singers, featuring such tracks as "Hammer & Nails" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine."

Considering what a ...continue...

The Staple Singers: The Very Best of the Staple Singers [Stax]

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 2007-06-19

Tracks: Long Walk to D.C.; Ghetto, The; (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay; When Will We Be Paid; Brand New Day (Theme from the Landlord); Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom); Love Is Plentiful; Who Took ...
Artists: The Staple Singers

This 24-bit remastered CD is a collection of 20 greatest hits, including 'Respect Yourself', 'I'll Take You There', and many more! It also includes rare...continue...
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 ...continue...

The Staple Singers: In Praise of Him

1 CD / Collectables / 2006-09-05

Tracks: Glory, Glory Hallelujah!; Lord's Prayer, The; Jacob's Ladder; Amen; How Great Thou Art; Will the Circle Be Unbroken; Wade in the Water; Nobody's Fault But Mine; Crying in the Chapel; He
Artists: The Staple Singers

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...continue...

The Staple Singers: Stax Profiles

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 2006-04-25

Tracks: I'll Take You There; Respect Yourself; If You're Ready (Come Go with Me); Be What You Are; Are You Sure; Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom); Oh La de Da; Touch a Hand, Make a Friend; You've Got...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Yvonne Staples, Cleotha Staples, Mavis Staples, Roebuck "Pops" Staples (vocals); Pervis Staples.

Personnel: Pervis Staples (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Eddie Hinton, Roebuck "P...continue...

The Staple Singers: In Praise of Him

1 CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2001-04-10

Tracks: Glory, Glory Hallelujah!; Lord's Prayer, The; Jacob's Ladder; Amen; How Great Thou Art; Will the Circle Be Unbroken; Wade in the Water; Nobody's Fault But Mine; Crying in the Chapel; He
Artists: The Staple Singers

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...continue...

The Staple Singers: Greatest Hits

1 CD / Universal Music Classics and Jazz / 1999-08-25

Tracks: Respect Yourself; Oh la de da; Touch a Hand (Make a Friend); This Is a Perfect World; I'll Take You There; Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom); City in the Sky; If You're Ready
Artists: The Staple Singers

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 "Res...continue...

The Staple Singers: City in the Sky

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1996-03-07

Tracks: Back Road into Town; City in the Sky; Washington We're Watching You; Something Ain't Right; Today Was Tomorrow Yesterday; My Main Man; There Is a God; Blood Pressure; If It Ain't One Thing It's Anoth...
Artists: The Staple Singers

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 inf...continue...

The Staple Singers: We'll Get Over

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1994-09-10

Tracks: We'll Get Over; Give a Damn; Everyday People; End of Our Road, The; Tend to Your Own Business; Solon Bushi; Challenge, The; God Bless the Children; Games People Play; Wednesday in Your Garden, A; Gar...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers includes: Roebuck Staples.

Additional personnel: Marvell Thomas, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr.

Recorded in February, 1969 and April, 1969.

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The Staple Singers: The Staple Swingers

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1992-09-24

Tracks: This Is a Perfect World; What's Your Thing; You've Got to Earn It; You're Gonna Make Me Cry; Little Boy; How Do You Move a Mountain; Almost; I'm a Lover; Love Is Plentiful; Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples; Yvonne Staples (vocals); Roebuck "Pops" Staples (vocals, guitar).

Additional personnel: Terry Manning, The Memphis Symphony Orchestra, The Ba...continue...

The Staple Singers: Soul Folk in Action

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1991-09-27

Tracks: We've Got to Get Ourselves Together; (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay; Top of the Mountain; Slow Train; Weight, The; Long Walk to D.C.; Got to Be Some Changes Made; Ghetto, The; People, My People; I ...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Roebuck Staples (vocals, guitar); Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples, Pervis Staples (vocals).

Additional personnel: Steve Cropper (guitar); Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love, Joe Arno...continue...

The Staple Singers: Freedom Highway

1 CD / Legacy / 1991-07-09

Tracks: Will the Circle Be Unbroken; Move Along Train; Are You Sure; Wade in the Water; If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again; Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!; Lord's Prayer, The; Jacob's Ladder; Why? (Am I Treated...
Artists: The Staple Singers

In soulfulness, nuance, and the power and feeling in the performances, these classics equal anything else in the Staple catalogue.The vibe here is extremely laid back, with a weary-soul feel that brin...continue...

The Staple Singers: Respect Yourself

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1990-07-03

Tracks: Heavy Makes You Happy; Long Walk to D.C.; This World; You've Got to Earn It; Love Is Plentiful; Got to Be Some Changes; Respect Yourself; I See It; We'll Get Over; I'll Take You There; Oh la de Da; A...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers: Great Day

1 CD / Milestone Records (Label) / 1990-01-23

Tracks: Gloryland; Everybody Will Be Happy; Hear My Call, Here; Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; I'm Willin', Pt. 1; I'm Willin', Pt. 2; Great Day; Do You Know Him?; New Born Soul; Dying Man's Plea, A; Ne...
Artists: The Staple Singers

2 LPs on 1 CD.

The Staple Singers: Roebuck Staples (guitar, vocals); Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples, Pervis Staples (vocals).

Additional personnel: Maceo Wood (organ); Phil Upchurch, Joh...continue...

The Staple Singers: The Best of the Staple Singers [Stax]

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1987-01-01

Tracks: Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom); You've Got to Earn It; Love Is Plentiful; This World; (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay; Weight, The; Respect Yourself; We'll Get Over; I'll Take You There; O...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers include: Roebuck "Pops" Staples (vocals, guitar); Mavis Staples (vocals); Yvonne Staples, Cleotha Staples (vocals).

Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand.

Digitally r...continue...