V/a / This May Be My Last Time Singing - Raw African-american Gospel On 45rpm, 1957-1982

Tompkins Square

Get ready for fiery sanctified soul, heavy Pentecostal jams, drum machine gospel, slow-burning moaners, glorified guitar sermons and righteously ragged a cappela hymns. The music on this compilation was originally released on small label 45s, mostly in the 1960s and ‘70s. At least one-third of the records were self-released. Others were on regional labels little known today outside of a small circle of collectors. This vibrant music is incredibly honest and almost criminally unknown. All tracks compiled by MIKE MCGONIGAL, who also produced 2009’s three-disc set Fire in My Bones: Ray + Rare Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-2007).

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