Earlier
this year, Omnivore Recording began their reissue campaign of the turn
of the century albums from the Blind Boys Of Alabama. The albums "Spirit
Of The Century" and "Higher Ground" (reviews: jpsmusicblog.blogspot.com)
were released in May and on November 4th, Omnivore Recordings continue
with "Go Tell It On The Mountain" and "Atom Bomb." Both albums with be
reissued on CD with bonus tracks.
Beginning
with their 2003 Grammy-winning Christmas album "Go Tell It On The
Mountain," The Blind Boys Of Alabama were riding a big wave of popularity as
their last two album sold very well. They also began inviting guests to
perform with them on their albums and "Go Tell It On The Mountain"
includes a load of guests, beginning with Solomon Burke on the Harry
Connick Jr. original "I Pray On Christmas." The songs on this album
perfectly match their guests as Michael Franti gives a deep, spoken word
delivery of "Little Drummer Boy" and Aaron Neville lifts your spirits
with an accapella version of "Joy To The World." Shelby Lynne duets with
Clarence Fountain on the warming tones of "The Christmas Song," before
the Blind Boys Of Alabama close the album with the straight gospel
sounds of "Silent Night." The bonus tracks feature the Blind Boys
performing an accapella version of the traditional "My Lord What A
Morning" and live versions of "Go Tell It On The Mountain" and "Amazing
Grace."
After
performing on two albums with Ben Harper, the Blind Boys Of Alabama
returned with their 2005 release "Atom Bomb." The album featured the
Blind Boys back on lead on vocals, beginning with the wonderful
harmonies of "(Jesus Hits Like The) Atom Bomb." The Gift Of Gab adds a
little hip-hop flavor to "Demons," featuring special guests Billy
Preston on piano and David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) on guitar. The album
featured a mix a traditional gospel songs like "Old Blind Barnabas" and
covers of sixties classics like Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky"
and Blind Faith's "Presence Of The Lord." The original ten-song release
gets expanded with seven bonus tracks, which include instrumental
versions of some of the songs from the original album. To find out more
about these two new expanded reissues from the Blind Boys Of Alabama,
please visit omnivorerecordings.com
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