Mavis Staples (COLOR)

TRACKLIST 

A1. Until I Met You 

A2. Sweet Things You Do 

A3. The Choking Kind 

A4. You're Driving Me (To The... 

A5. A House Is Not A Home 

B1. Security 

B2. Son Of A Preacher Man 

B3. Pick Up The Pieces 

B4. Chained 

B5. Good To Me 

B6. You Send Me 

DESCRIPTION

2024 Reissue / Repress - 55th Anniversary - RSD Essentials Series.

This exclusive “Gold Star” vinyl edition of Mavis Staples self-titled debut solo album is released to celebrate the 55th anniversary of its original released in 1969. Part of the legendary Staple Singers, along with her father Roebuck “Pops” Staples and her siblings Cleotha, Pervis and Yvonne, this first solo outing was released on Stax Records subsidiary Volt and produced by Stax’s Al Bell and Steve Cropper. Included are the single "You're Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger)" along with powerful versions of “Son of A Preacher Man” and “A House Is Not A Home”. The musicians who play on the album is a who’s who of soul including, Isaac Hayes (organ), Steve Cropper (guitar), Donald “Duck” Dunn (bass), and Al Jackson Jr. (drums).