Mississippi Fred McDowell

Album: Live at the Gaslight
Format: CD
Label/Info: Grapeshot/Live Archive GRR 1001

Recorded live November 5, 1971, at The Gaslight Cafe, MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City; also featuring Tom Pomposello on 2nd guitar. The Mississippi Delta legend's last recording featuring his signature bottleneck style on electric guitar.

V/A

Album: Oh Graveyard, You Can't Hold Me Always
Format: LP
Label/Info: Mississippi Records MR-030/SM-01

Mono. Compilation of rare gospel recordings from the 1960s and early 1970s. Artists include Mosby Family Singers, Straight Street Holiness Group, Laura Rivers, Rev. Lonnie Farris, Radio Four, Joe Townsend, White Family, Silver Quintette, James Carter & The Mighty Stars, Farris & Williams, Brother Willie Eason, Traveling Echoes, and Sensational Happy Travelers.

Washington Phillips

Album: What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?
Format: LP
Label/Info: Mississippi Records MR-006

Album: The Key To The Kingdom
Format: CD
Label/Info: Yazoo 2073

Phillips was a pioneering gospel performer in the 1920s. Born in Texas in 1880, his entire musical catalogue consists of 18 or so unique performances. Recorded between 1927 and 1929, these tracks feature Phillips self-accompanied by an instrument that sounds like a fretless zither. This instrument, which has been variously identified as a Dolceola, a Celestophone, and a Phonoharp (and also is considered by some to be an instrument entirely home-made by Phillips) creates a unique sound that is immediately charming and intriguing. For Phillips' complete recordings consult the Yazoo CD.

Otis Redding

"The Posthumous Releases" - 1967 recordings completed just before his death.
Format: LP (Otis was made for vinyl.)















Album: The Dock of the Bay (1968) - Volt S-419; ATCO SD 33-288; Sundazed Reissue LP 5172 (2003)

Album: The Immortal Otis Redding (1968) - ATCO SD 33-252

Album: Love Man (1969) - ATCO SD 33-289

Album: Tell the Truth (1970) - ATCO SD 33-333