So, after spending time with Brother Scott in Chicago that went exactly as some might think (late nights, 6am tequila toasts, heart-to-hearts and way, way too much music talk), I opened his gift to me. A Wattstax 3-cd compilation of the live show (previously unreleased, thank you) which got me revisiting my love of gospel. All things gospel. Even Elvis’ period. So, I went online to find more gospel and ended up downloading this ‘Flashbacks’ 8-cd set which included all sorts of goodness from the 1920-30’s: loneliness, drugs (!), fantastic gospel and war propaganda song/ announcements.
I’m in love with this – imagine over 100 songs from that time period along with gems like the intro to the (still) cult classic program ‘Lights Out’:
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Someone mix this into something…Bauhaus-y.
Happy Christmas!
