v/a- A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 2LP compilation Boasting a bouncy creepiness

Boasting a bouncy creepiness

with the results sounding like the combined efforts of a choir from a religious cult whose deity is the Super Nintendo Entertainment System

) We setup as though we were rehearsing- drums

Elizabeth is the recording name of London-based artist and academic Rachael Finney

At some point in the near future I will be finding out what all the fuss is about

v/a- A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 2LP compilation Boasting a bouncy creepinessThe first of three volumes surveying surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all. Stomping, rollicking gospel music, intermingling with raw soul, searing blues, hard rocking doo wop and jazz, and storming R&B. Infused and incandescent with the hurting, surging indignation of the Civil Rights movement, here are twenty four precious scorchers by giants like the Staple Singers and Jimmy Scott, alongside devastating sides by less celebrated names like