Staple Singers - Pray On / Pray On / Tell it Like it Is (1975) Vinyl LP • Gospel

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Gold government issue stamp on the back. Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Double LP. Gate-fold cover looks good, a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing, discoloration with darker spots and surface impressions (front/back); inner-gate has some surface "bubbling" and surface abrasion spots near top. Inner-sleeves are original (generic white). Spine is easy-to-read with wear near bottom. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners; small splits at right-side corners. Openings are slightly wavy with wear and divots. Release date is approximately 1975. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. It's Been A Change
2. Waiting For My Child
3. How Great Thou Art
4. Wish I Had Answered
5. The Tramp On The Street
6. When Was Jesus Born?
7. Pray On
8. Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
9. The Lord's Prayer
10. Had No Room
11. John Brown
12. What The World Needs Now Is Love
13. Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Around
14. I Wonder Why
15. Let's Get Together
16. Crying In The Chapel
17. Place In The Sun
18. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
19. People Get Ready
20. Downward Road
21. Nothing Lasts Forever

About The Record:

Pray On, is a collection of gospel songs by The Staple Singers who were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children. While the family name is Staples, the group used "Staple" commercially. The Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2018. They were also honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Drew, Mississippi. In 2005, the group was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Rob Bowman, a writer on Allmusic, said of the group, "superb gospel shouting."