Label: Jerome
Released 2014
Spain Import
If you enjoy uplifting sing-along family spiritual songs with crystal-clear vocal harmonies and a swirling synth-organ, this gospel album definitely is not for you. Go Devil Go! represents precisely the other side of the coin. The material collected here shows the most savage and visceral side of vintage gospel music. On this God-forsaken disc, the hymnals range from hypnotic mid-tempo primitive rural blues to chaotic, raw R'n'B workouts. Guitars and furious hand-claps accompany singers who do not speak of this world and are pushing hard to get to the other side. But fear not, the lyrics, messages and screams on this LP call out to the bottom-feeders, backsliders, and miscreants to redeem ourselves from the wages of sin and the inferno that waits for us down below.
Track listing:
- The Phillips Specials– I'm A Soldier
- The B.C. Harmonizers– You Ought To Been There
- Helen McGiver And The McGiver Singers– I'm Just A Voice
- Rev. Steward & Family– Made A Vow To The Lord
- Mississippi Nightingales– Don't Let Him Ride
- Elder S. Patterson & The Christian Crusaders– This Train
- Reverend Billy H. Grady– Holy Rock
- Madam Ira Mae Littlejohn– Go Devil Go
- Nathaniel Rivers– The Wicked Shall Cease
- Elder & Sister Brinson & The Brinson Brothers– He's Coming Back
- Rev. Roger L. Worthy & His Sister Bonnie Woodstock– Get Back Satan
- Rev. Utah Smith– God's Mighty Hand
- The Bible Aires Spiritual Singers (Belle Aires)– You Better Get Ready
- Little Ax & The Golden Echoes– So Soon