Local Customs: Downriver Revival, by Various Artists

Local Customs: Downriver Revival

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Between 1967 and 1981, Detroit's downriver neighbor Ecorse, Michigan, had its very own Moe Asch. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, electronics wiz, guitarist, and Ford plant foreman Felton Williams chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse's citizens and issued them on his Solid Rock, Compose, Cass, and Revival labels.

Cendy Moi Yeeesss, please! Shake my soul!Cuz there's light shining over meee Favorite track: There's a Light.

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1.	Shirley Ann Lee - There's a Light 01:59	buy track
2.	Gospel Supremes - Sinnerman 02:35	buy track
3.	Coleman Family - Peace On Earth 01:47	buy track
4.	Calvin Cooke - Walk With me 02:38	buy track
5.	Shirley Ann Lee - I Shall Not Be Moved 02:55	buy track
6.	The Revelations - Take Care of Us 02:47	buy track
7.	Bobby Cook & The Explosions - Untitled 02:23	buy track
8.	The Organics - Footstumpin' (Alternate Take) 02:22	buy track
9.	The Combinations - While You Were Gone 02:04	buy track
10.	The Apostles of Music - Wade In The Water 03:28	buy track
11.	Deliverance Echoes - Heaven 03:26	buy track
12.	Bobby Cook & The Explosions - On The Way 03:15	buy track
13.	Shirley Ann Lee - How Can I Lose 02:00	buy track
14.	Young Generation - Running Mod 01:58	buy track
15.	Burgess Band - Untitled 00:45	buy track
16.	Bobby Cook Quartette - Ridin' High 04:10	buy track
17.	Mighty Voices of Wonder - Every Year Carries A Number 02:54	buy track
18.	Shirley Ann Lee - Please Accept My Prayer 02:10	buy track
19.	Calvin Cooke - What Happens To People 03:35	buy track
20.	Coleman Family - People Has It Hard 03:02	buy track
21.	Junior Mays Group - Round n' Round 01:34	buy track
22.	Pilgrim Wonders - He Never Failed 02:41	buy track
23.	Mighty Walker Brothers - He'll Make A Way 05:39	buy track
24.	Voices of Deliverance - The Power of God 05:16	buy track

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Between 1967 and 1981, Detroit's downriver neighbor Ecorse, Michigan, had its very own Moe Asch. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, electronics wiz, guitarist, and Ford plant foreman Felton Williams chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse's citizens and issued them on his Solid Rock, Compose, Cass, and Revival labels. Compiled here are 24 of Williams' most fascinating recordings, covering gospel (Shirley Ann Lee, Gospel Supremes, Calvin Cooke, etc), group soul (the Combinations), garage-punk (Young Generation), jazz (Bobby Cook & the Explosions), and funk (The Organics, Burgess Band). Also included in both the CD and double LP is a Region 1 DVD stuffed with more than 200 sound recordings culled from Williams' extensive archive, giving the listener a chance to hear every demo, steel guitar tutorial, and choir practice, plus a 30-minute documentary film featurette on the making of Downriver Revival.

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Local Customs

Capturing cross-sections of hometown music history, each entry in Numero's Local Customs series delves deeply into an enclosed world created by a single regional studio, and the dedicated entrepreneur who ran tape while the sound of his surrounding area ran wild. ... more

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