Savoy Gospel

chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez · August 17, 2011

i dont think posting this is going to hinder my chances of finding records, so im gonna share with you all: omg, i am in love with Savoy gospel. first off all the records go well into the early 80s, its the last connection to the great bebop label of yesteryear. but this has nothing to do with the jazz message of hank mobley #1 & #2. these records are the funkiest records in my collection. the are abouste J-A-M-S. another point is it is very REGIONAL, all the lps specifically feature where exactly the lp was recorded, be it a choir from a church in southern california, neberaska, or greensville S.C. ( i have all of these). this one guy REV. JAMES CLEVLEAND i notice on many of the lps, like he went and guested with choirs all over the country. i dont know anything about him yet, but he was a long term savoy gospel artist.

another matter alltogether is the discogrphy. it is MASSIVE. lets just forget for a min about all the rvg cut 50s issues (theres a ton), in the 70s and 80s alone the list is massive. 50s and 60s not even counting. i bet you NOBODY, has a compete savoy gospel collection. it is aboustely a humongus list of lps

unlike with jazz lps, the best savoy gospel lps, are not the 1950s-60s vangelder stamped ones....the best are the ones from the early 80s. i have this one from 1983 and the one im listening to from 1980 right now, are aboustely DROPPIN' IT. this one right now kicks off with a 15 minute funk jam called "My god can do it all" (parts I & II). from what i can gather, going to black church in the early 80s was like going to a really good funk concert with a giganic band (lots of people singin, big presence, sounds great!). organ plays a major role. sometimes synthesizers are involved too this rev. james cleavland lp live at carnegie hall 1977 i got (2 lp set i believe)...the back has one guy on organ, but another guy is on clavinet or polymoog or something like that,

i know its against the rules but if i was around at the time i would of definetly stayed up all night drinkin' the thunderbird, then go to church and move and groove and dance all morning long. jsngry, i know youd come with me, lol :party: