Sister Rosetta Tharpe Essential Early Recordings CD

2011 two CD collection. Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the great Gospel guitarists and singers, male or female, of all time. Her amazing vocal performances brought Gospel music to life and her incorporation of Blues, Jazz, as well as traditional sanctified guitar techniques, brought Pop sensibilities to Gospel helping it to become a much more popular and influential musical genre. This compilation contains all of the important and groundbreaking songs in Sister Rosetta's songbook. Primo.

1. My Man and I 2. The Lonesome Road 3. I Looked Down the Lane (And I Wondered) 4. Saviour Don't Pass Me By 5. Sit Down 6. Stand By Me 7. Trouble in Mind 8. Shout, Sister, Shout 9. Rock Me 10. That's All 11. Just a Closer Walk with Thee 12. Precious Lord, Hold My Hand 13. I Want a Tall Skinny Papa 14. What He Done for Me 15. All Over This World 16. Let That Liar Alone 17. Sleep on Darling Mother 18. What Is the Soul of Man? 19. I Claim Jesus First 20. Strange Things Happen Every Day 21. Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread 22. Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend 23. How Far from God 24. When I Move to the Sky 25. Jesus Is Here to Stay 26. Jonah 27. God's Mighty Hand 28. This Train 29. Didn't It Rain 30. When I Come to the End of My Journey 31. Beams of Heaven 32. Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air 33. My Journey to the Sky 34. Teach Me to Be Right 35. I Heard My Mother Call My Name 36. Heaven Is Not My Home 37. Ain't No Grave Hold My Body Down 38. Lay Down Your Soul 39. Down By the Riverside 40. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?