The Staple Singers - Songs For Uncloudy Days - The Early Years: 1953-1962 [Vinyl LP]

The Staple Singers, Mavis Staples

The Staple Singers - Songs For Uncloudy Days - The Early Years: 1953-1962 [Vinyl LP]


This 16-track LP shines a light on "Pops" and his family's early years, featuring singles and album tracks from a time before they had their soul chart successes. A time that needs to be remembered, listened to, and adored.


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The Staple Singers were one of gospel music's most unique and best-known family groups. Thanks to leading lady Mavis Staples powerhouse of a voice, they went on to have soul chart success in the 1970's with hits such as I'll Take You There. This, however, is a different sound. Beauty and soul laid bare. Taking influences from contemporaries such as Charley Patton, Roebuck "Pops" Staples combined his love of the blues and gospel to create a family gospel group so unique they were often mocked. Replacing the traditional piano accompaniment of gospel with his unashamedly bluesy, highly reverbed Mississippi cotton-patch electric guitar and sharing lead vocals with his 14-year-old daughter Mavis, "Pops" and the family became an influence on artists such as Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent and The Band.

Track Listing

  • It Rained Children
  • Uncloudy Day
  • Help Me Jesus
  • Going Away
  • Tell Heaven
  • I Just Can't Keep It To Myself
  • This May Be The Last Time
  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  • Pray On
  • Don't Knock
  • Swing Low Sweet Chariot
  • I'm So Glad
  • Stand By Me
  • Hammer And Nails
  • Great Day
  • New-Born Soul