MAVIS STAPLES - Mavis Staples (55th Anniversary RSD Essential Edition) - LP - Gold Star Colour Vinyl [DEC 13]

LP - Limited 55th Anniversary RSD Essential Edition "Gold Star" Colour Vinyl.  

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 here is 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).

Tracklist: 

A1. Until I Met You
A2. Sweet Things You Do
A3. The Choking Kind
A4. You're Driving Me (To The Arms Of A Stranger)
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