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Parchman Prison Prayer-some Mississippi Sunday Morning

Haunting in situ recordings from Parchman Farm maximum security prison in Mississippi (USA). Producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ustad Saami, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Zomba Prison Project) recorded the prison's Sunday gospel service and the results are unforgettable. The raw performances range from solo a capella to a floor-shaking electric band. The repertoire includes both traditional and newly penned spirituals. "Some Mississippi Sunday Morning" is an unfiltered and deeply resonant journey into a musical world rarely seen or heard. Most songs are covers of Gospel standards, but delivered so imbued with subtext that they were transformed almost unrecognizably from the source material. One of the beauties of the experience was that it was a successful integration of white and black inmates, whose services are often held separately due to racial tensions.

Price
€ 23.75
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release date
15-09-2023
Label
Item-nr
590044
EAN
4030433614310
Availability
In stock
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART, LORD 01:27
2. I GIVE MYSELF AWAY, SO YOU CAN USE ME 03:18
3. BREAK EVERY CHAIN 02:32
4. JESUS, EVERY DAY YOUR NAME IS THE SAME 01:29
5. STEP INTO THE WATER 01:44
6. SOLVE MY NEED 01:37
7. FALLING IN LOVE WITH JESUS WAS THE BEST THING IVE EVER DONE 01:59
8. YOU DID NOT LEAVE ME, YOU BLESS ME STILL 01:38
9. IF I COULDNT SAY ONE WORD, ILL JUST WAVE MY HAND 04:18
10. I GOTTA RUN 00:50
11. HOSANNA 03:37
12. LOCKED DOWN, MAMA PRAYS FOR ME 01:32
13. ITS IN MY HEART 01:59
14. IM STILL HERE 02:13
15. LAY MY BURDEN DOWN 07:05