Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Live in France: The 1966 Concert in Limoges

SPECIAL RECORD STORE DAY EDITION

DELUXE LIMITED EDITION CD

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE CONCERTS FROM THE “GOODMOTHER OF ROCK N´ ROLL”

LIVE IN FRANCE: THE 1966 CONCERT IN LIMOGES is a previously unissued live solo recording of the "Godmother of Rock n’ Roll," Sister Rosetta Tharpe, captured at the auditorium of the Grand Theatre in Limoges, France on November 11, 1966. This is an official release on producer Zev Feldman's new Deep Digs record label. It is released in partnership with Elemental Music, and in cooperation with the Sister Rosetta Tharpe Estate and INA France. Transferred from the original tape reels, this recording was restored and mastered by multi-GRAMMY award-winning engineer Michael Graves at Osiris Studio, with lacquers cut by the legendary Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios. The deluxe CD includes an extensive insert with rare photographs by Jan Persson, Hans Harzheim, Don Schlitten and Burt Goldblatt; two sets of liner notes by American and French Tharpe biographers — Gayle Wald (Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe) and Jean Buzelin (Sister Rosetta Tharpe: La femme qui inventa le Rock 'n' Roll); as well as statements by Susan Tedeschi, Henry Rollins, Bonnie Raitt, Shemekia Copeland, Billy Gibbons, Brian Ray and Rhea Hamilton.

Tracklist:

1) THIS TRAIN

2) WHEN MY LIFE WORK IS ENDED

3) DID’NT IT RAIN

4) MOTHER’S PRAYER

5) UP ABOVE MY HEAD, I HEAR MUSIC IN THE AIR

6) MOONSHINE

7) SIT DOWN

8) DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

9) WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN

10) JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO

11) JESUS MET THE WOMAN AT THE WELL

12) TWO LITTLE FISHES, FIVE LOAVES OF BREAD

13) TRAVELLING SHOES

14) BEAMS OF HEAVEN

15) THAT’S ALL / DENOMINATION BLUES

16) GOING HOME

17) GO AHEAD

18) BRING BACK THOSE HAPPY DAYS

19) GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION

20) IF ANYBODY ABOVE ME

21) NOBODY’S FAULT BY MINE

Personnel:

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE guitar and vocals

Recorded on November 11, 1966 at the Grand Theater in Limoges, France