Local customs [sound recording] : downriver revival.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 026 | Numero GroupNB026 | Numero GroupPublication details: [Chicago] : Numero Group p2009.Description: 1 sound disc (68 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)Other title: - Downriver revival [Portion of title]
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | R&B Local Customs | Available | 33111007382886 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This album inaugurates a new series from the Numero Group label, one that celebrates "the lost sounds of mid-America from the '60s and '70s." Downriver Revival focuses on recordings produced during that period by Felton Williams, whose several labels and basement studio in Ecorse, MI, acted as something of a clearinghouse for local talent between 1967 and 1981. The 24 tracks collected here run the gamut from gospel to instrumental funk to scrappy garage punk, with a particular focus on gospel material. As it turns out, it's the gospel material that is most compelling, especially the four contributions from Shirley Ann Lee -- her "How Can I Lose" and, especially, the quietly wonderful "Please Accept My Prayer" are absolutely brilliant. Other top-notch entries include the Gospel Supremes' "Sinner Man," which sounds like it was recorded in church, and the excellent "Round n' Round" by the Junior Mays Group, who sound like an old-school gospel quartet. The instrumental tracks mostly feel like filler, but some of the secular vocal numbers are quite good -- in particular, the Combinations' "While You Were Gone," which sounds a bit like a rewrite of the Peter Tosh/Mick Jagger song "(You Gotta) Walk and Don't Look Back." But it's the gospel material that really elevates this remarkable album. ~ Rick Anderson
Compact disc and DVD.
DVD includes archival footage, alternate performances of songs on the CD and the documentary Downriver revival, directed by Kyle Obriot & Ben Poster
Music no.: NB026 (disc); 026 (container).
Principally gospel music in various styles.
Program notes (23 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
CD. There's a light (Shirley Ann Lee) -- Sinner man (Gospel Supremes) -- Peace on earth (Coleman Family) -- Walk with me (Calvin Cooke) -- I shall not be moved (Shirley Ann Lee) -- Take care of us (Revelations) -- Untitled jam (Bobby Cook & the Explosions) -- Foot stumping (alternate) (Organics) -- While you were gone (Combinations) -- Wade in the water (Apostles of Music) -- Heaven (Deliverance Echoes) -- On the way (Bobby Cook & the Explosions) -- How can I lose (Shirley Ann Lee) -- Running mod (Young Generation) -- Untitled (Burgess Band) -- Ridin' high (Bobby Cook Quartet) -- Every year carries a number (Mighty Voices of Wonder) -- Please accept my prayer (Shirley Ann Lee) -- What happens to people (Calvin Cooke) -- People has it hard (Coleman Family) -- Round n' round (Junior Mays Group) -- He never failed (Pilgrim Wonders) -- He'll make a way (Mighty Walker Brothers) -- Power of God (Voices of Deliverance).
Various performers, featuring Felton Williams, steel guitar.
Recorded 1967-1972 on Revival and other imprints run by Felton Williams, primarily in Ecorse, Mich.; some selections previously released.