Track Listing 1. Lift Him up That's All 2. Paul and Silas in Jail 3. Mother's Last Word to Her Son 4. Church Needs Good Deacons, The 5. Jesus Is My Friend 6. Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter, A 7. I Had a Good Father and Mother 8. I Am Born to Preach the Gospel 9. Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There 10. Denomination Blues - Part 1 11. Denomination Blues - Part 2 12. What Are They Doing in Heaven Today 13. I've Got the Key to the Kingdom 14. Train Your Child 15. You Can't Stop a Tattler - Part 1 16. You Can't Stop a Tattler - Part 2 17. Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All - (with Blind Mamie Forehand/A.C. Forehand) 18. I'm So Glad Today, Today - (with Blind Mamie Forehand/A.C. Forehand) 19. Honey in the Rock - (with Blind Mamie Forehand/A.C. Forehand) 20. Mother's Prayer - (with Blind Mamie Forehand)
| Details | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel include: Washington Phillips (vocals, zither); Blind Mamie Forehand, A.C. Forehand. THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM contains the 16 surviving recordings by the mysterious gospel singer Washington Phillips, originally released by Columbia Records between 1927 and 1929, as well as four tracks from the even more obscure gospel duo of Blind Mamie and A.C. Forehand that were originally released on the compilation STOREFRONT AND STREETCORNER GOSPEL 1927-1929. This Yazoo release features far superior remastered sound and crucial new liner notes that cast new light on Phillips's life and work. Most interestingly, the notes deduce that rather than playing the obscure dolceola, he is in fact playing two modified zithers simultaneously.
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