tracks

Hammer And Nails
Gloryland
Everybody Will Be Happy
Hear My Call, Here
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Great Day
I'm Willin' (Part 1)
I'm Willin' (Part 2)
Do You Know Him?
New-Born Soul
A Dying Man's Plea
New Home

notes

Recorded in New York City; Feb. 20 (tracks A1, A3, A5, A6, B5; drummer Gus Johnson) and Feb 21, 1962 (tracks A2, A4, B1-B4, B6, drummer Joe Marshall Jr.) Session details from GOSPEL MUSIC 1943-1969, A BLACK MUSIC DISCOGRAPHY, Volume Two, L to Z, by Cedric J. Hayes and Robert Laughton, published by Record Information Services, London, 1993. ISBN0 907872 29 8.

This is a reissue of Riverside RLP 93501, The Staple Singers - Hammer And Nails, with replica Riverside labels.

credits

Bass – Leonard Gaskin
Drums – Gus Johnson (tracks: A1, A3, A5, A6, B5), Joe Marshall, Jr., (tracks: A2, A4, B1-B4, B6)
Guitar, Vocals – Roebuck Staples
Vocals – Cleotha Staples, Mavis Staples, Purvis Staples,

companies

Manufactured By – 4 Men With Beards
Licensed From – Concord Music Group

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