VA ~ Sorrow Come Pass Me Around - A Survey Of Rural Black Religious Music [Advent,1975]

A1. Ephram Carter and his Fife & Drum Band - Sorrow, Come Pass Me Around
A2. Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - Do Remember Me
A3. Babe Stovall - The Ship Is At The Landing
A4. Annie Lee & Oscar Crawford - You Don't Know What The Lord Has Done For Me
A5. Rev. Rubin Lacey - Talk About A Child That Do Love Jesus
A6. Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down
A7. Dorothy Lee, Norma Jean & Shirley Marie Johnson - You Got To Give An Account
A8. Katie Mae Young - By The Grace Of My Lord, I've Come A Long Way
A9. Eddie Lee 'Mustright' Jones - My Sun Don't Never Go Down

B1. Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - Climbing High Mountains
B2. Chester Davis; Compton Jones; Furry Lewis - Glory, Glory Hallelujah
B3. Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right
B4. Pattie Rosemon - I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say
B5. Babe Stovall - When The Circle Be Unbroken
B6. Napoleon Strickland - Motherless Children
B7. Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - I Shall Not Be Moved

recorded by David Evans 1969-70



'Among my more treasured possessions is a general survey of black rural religious singing, which David Evans produced. It is called Sorrow Come Pass Me Around, and in terms of superb it is completely off the scale. If nobody has had the foresight to re-issue that LP, and you happen to see it in some expensive second-hand vinyl catalogue, do not pause to worry about how you are going to raise the asking price. Once you have the disc home and on your turntable, all qualms about the bank you so rashly decided to stick up, will be utterly dissipated.' Fred McCormick, Mustrad

an extremely inspired bit of sharing today, to compensate for yesterdays boycott. what we have here are simply the most superb post-war spirituals ever collected onto a piece of wax, period. in fact, my boy Benny is in the process of trying to re-issue this lp on his new label & gave me the green light to spread the word here in the hope of making it more of a reality. he feels confident that once folks hear it, they'll likely feel compelled to own the beautiful platter when it becomes available. a seemingly progressive ideology, but one that this bloggy is founded upon. faith! an all killer no filler sequence of prayers, recorded in southern Georgia, Mississippi & Louisiana by David Evans betwixt 1969-70. my favourite tunes are prolly the cuts from the songster blues traditionalists who accompany themselves on guitar; Blind Pete Burrell, Babe Stovall & Bobby Nighthawk. the first two cats keep it really sweet & uplifting but Robert Nighthawk flips the script & turns the hymns into evocatively mournful dirges. the accapellas & drum n' fife workouts are just as compelling as everythang else. 100% real, ruff n' tumble devotional gospelarian gold. we've listened to this record more than any other this year. 320 benevolent blessings