Mavis Staples - Mavis Staples (RSD Essential, Gold Star LP Vinyl)
Mavis Staples - Mavis Staples
- Record Store Day Essential #066
- Gold Star LP Vinyl
- Limited Edition
RELEASE DATE: 12/6/2024
DESCRIPTION
This exclusive “Gold Star” vinyl edition of Mavis Staples' self-titled debut solo album is released to celebrate the 55th anniversary of its original released in 1969. Part of the legendary Staple Singers, along with her father Roebuck “Pops” Staples and her siblings Cleotha, Pervis and Yvonne, this first solo outing was released on Stax Records subsidiary Volt and produced by Stax’s Al Bell and Steve Cropper. Included are the single "You're Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger)" along with powerful versions of “Son of A Preacher Man” and “A House Is Not A Home”. The musicians who play on the album is a who’s who of soul including, Isaac Hayes (organ), Steve Cropper (guitar), Donald “Duck” Dunn (bass), and Al Jackson Jr. (drums)
TRACKLIST
A1. Until I Met You
A2. Sweet Things You Do
A3. The Choking Kind
A4. You're Driving Me (To The Arms Of A Stranger)
A5. A House Is Not A Home
B1. Security
B2. Son Of A Preacher Man
B3. Pick Up The Pieces
B4. Chained
B5. Good To Me
B6. You Send Me
LABEL: Volt
UPC: 888072626560