Highway QC's - Highway QC's
Genre: Funk / Soul
Singer: Highway QC's
Title: Highway QC's
Short-info: Label: Vee Jay Records ‎– LP-5005
Series: Spiritual Series –
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Date of released: 1959
Category: Funk / Soul
Style: Gospel
MP3 album size .rar: 1456 mb
APE album size .rar: 1860 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC MMF WMA MP4 AC3 AHX AUD FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Somewhere To Lay My Head
A2 Working On The Building
A3 Behold Thy Mother
Written-By – S. Taylor*
A4 I Dreamed That Heaven Was Like This
Written-By – J. Taylor*
A5 I'll Trust His Word
Written-By – J. Taylor*
A6 Pray
Written-By – J. Taylor*
B1 Child Of God
Written-By – S. Taylor*
B2 The Way Up The Hill
Written-By – B. Ruth*, J. Broderick*
B3 Something On My Mind
Written-By – S. Taylor*
B4 He Lifted My Burdens
Written-By – C. Copeland*
B5 Count Your Blessings
Written-By – S. Taylor*
B6 Every Man, Woman And Child
Written-By – S. Taylor*

Credits

  • Baritone Vocals – Arthur Crume (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B5), Credell Copeland (tracks: A1, A4, A5, A6, B4, B6), James Davis (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B5), Johnnie Taylor (tracks: A6), Spencer Taylor (tracks: A4, A5, B4)
  • Bass Vocals – Charles Richardson (tracks: A1, A4, A5, A6, B4, B6), James Walker (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B5)
  • Drums – Al Duncan (tracks: B2, B3), Buddy Smith (tracks: A2, B5), Walter Perkins (tracks: A3, B1)
  • Guitar – Arthur Crume (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B5), Sonny Mitchell (tracks: A4, A5, B4)
  • Lead Vocals – Johnnie Taylor (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B4, B6), Spencer Taylor (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B5)
  • Liner Notes – Barbara Gardner
  • Organ – Maceo Woods (tracks: A3, B1)
  • Tenor Vocals – Chris Flowers (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B5), Lee Richardson (tracks: A1, A4, A5, A6, B4, B6), Ray Crume (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B5), Sonny Mitchell (tracks: A1, A4, A5, A6, B4, B6)

Notes

Original pressing with maroon labels.

Includes the first recordings by future soul star Johnnie Taylor.

Recording details:
Chicago, 22 May 1955 (tracks A1, A2, B6) - Sonny Mitchell, Lee Richardson, Johnnie Taylor, Credell Copeland, Charles Richardson, unknown organ;

Chicago, 6 March 1956 (tracks A4, A5, B4) - group as last, plus Spencer Taylor, Sonny Mitchell also on guitar, unknown piano, bass & drums

Chicago, 3 October 1957 (tracks B2, B3) - Ray Crume, Chris Flowers, Spencer Taylor, James Davis, Arthur Crume (baritone & guitar), James Walker, Al Duncan

Chicago, 12 February 1959 (tracks A2, B5) - as last with Buddy Smith replacing Al Duncan on drums

Chicago, 20 May 1959 (tracks A3, B1) - as last except Walter Perkins on drums and Maceo Woods on organ.

Recording details from "Gospel Records 1943-1969, A Black Music Discography, Volume One, A to K" by Cedric J. Hayes & Robert Laughton (Record Information Services, London, 1993; ISBN 0 907872 28 X).

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
TLP-7005 Highway QC's* Highway QC's ‎(LP, Comp) Trip TLP-7005 US Unknown
LP-5005 Highway QC's* Highway QC's ‎(LP, Comp, RE) Vee Jay Records LP-5005 US Unknown
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