The Staple Singers - Great Day
Genre: Funk / Soul
Singer: The Staple Singers
Title: Great Day
Short-info: Label: Ace ‎– CDCHD 391
Type: CD, Compilation, Reissue
Country: UK
Date of released: 1992
Category: Funk / Soul
Style: Gospel, Soul
MP3 album size .rar: 1499 mb
APE album size .rar: 1291 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC WMA MPC AC3 FLAC AUD RA VOC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Gloryland
Written By – Mosley
3:07
2 Everybody Will Be Happy
Arranged By – R. Staples*
2:35
3 Hear My Call, Here
Written-By – Staples*, Westbrooks*
4:10
4 Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Arranged By – R. Staples*
2:34
5 I'm Willin' (Part 1) 2:55
6 I'm Willin' (Part 2) 3:15
7 Great Day 2:02
8 Do You Know Him? 2:14
9 New-Born Soul 2:11
10 A Dying Man's Plea
Arranged By – R. Staples*
2:48
11 New Home 3:45
12 Wish I Had Answered
Arranged By – R. Staples*
2:47
13 A Better Home 3:17
14 Old Time Religion 2:30
15 Swing Down, Chariot 2:38
16 Motherless Children 3:00
17 Gamblin' Man 2:42
18 I Know I've Been Changed 2:37
19 Jesus Is All 3:27
20 You Got Shoes 2:34
21 What Are They Doing (In Heaven Today)
Arranged By – R. Staples*
2:09
22 Will The Lord Remember Me 2:50
23 My Dying Bed 2:29
24 Let Jesus Lead You 2:15
25 Praying Time 2:07
26 I Can't Help From Cryin' Sometime 2:17
27 Masters Of War
Written-By – Bob Dylan
4:34

Companies, etc.

  • Licensed To – Ace Records Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fantasy, Inc.
  • Copyright (c) – Fantasy, Inc.
  • Made By – PDO, UK – 10188381
  • Published By – Staples Music
  • Published By – Warner Bros. Music
  • Recorded At – Plaza Sound Studios
  • Recorded At – Universal Recording Studio
  • Mastered At – Fantasy Studios

Credits

  • Acoustic Bass – Johnny Pate (tracks: 12 to 16, 18, 19, 24)
  • Art Direction – Phil Carroll
  • Backing Vocals – Cleotha Staples (tracks: 1 to 11, 13, 19, 24), Yvonne Staples (tracks: 14 to 18, 20 to 23, 25 to 27)
  • Bass – Leonard Gaskin (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 11)
  • Drums – Al Duncan (tracks: 12 to 27), Gus Johnson (tracks: 2, 7, 10), Joe Marshall (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
  • Electric Bass – Phil Upchurch (tracks: 12 to 16, 18 to 25, 27)
  • Engineer [Original Recording Engineer] – Bob Averill (tracks: 12 to 27), Bob Kidder (tracks: 12 to 27), Ray Fowler (tracks: 1 to 11)
  • Guitar – Roebuck Staples*
  • Lead Vocals – Mavis Staples, Roebuck*
  • Liner Notes – Stanley Crouch
  • Organ – Maceo Wood* (tracks: 17, 26)
  • Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ted Williams
  • Photography By [Inside Photo] – Steve Schapiro
  • Producer [Original Recordings And This Reissue] – Orrin Keepnews
  • Remastered By [Digital Mastering] – Joe Tarantino
  • Vocals – Pervis*
  • Written-By – Traditional (tracks: 2, 4 to 26)

Notes

Digital mastering, 1989 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley

1 to 11 recorded at Plaza Sound Studios; New York City
12 to 27 recorded at Universal Sound Studios; Chicago

4 recorded February 20, 1962
1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 recorded February 21, 1962
17, 26 recorded July 28, 1962
12 to 16, 18, 19, 24 recorded June 12 and 13, 1963
20 to 23, 25, 27 recorded January 1964

Selections appear here basically as originally released, rather than in order of recording.
1 to 11 originally on Hammer And Nails (Riverside 3501)
12 to 17 originally on This Land (Riverside 3524)
20 to 27 originally on This Little Light (Riverside 3527)
18 and 19 previously unissued

1 Publisher unknown
2 Staple Music - BMI
3, 4, 10, 12, 21 Staple - BMI
27 Warner Bros. Music - ASCAP

℗ © 1975
Not licensed for sale in the USA or Canada
Made in The United Kingdom

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 29667 13912 0
  • Matrix / Runout: CDCHD391 10188381 04 % MADE IN U.K. BY PDO
  • SPARS Code: AAD
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
M-47028 The Staple Singers Great Day ‎(2xLP, Album, Comp) Milestone Records M-47028 US 1975
MCD-47028-2 The Staple Singers Great Day ‎(CD, Comp) Milestone Records MCD-47028-2 US Unknown
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