Faith & Grace (4-CD Box Set)

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The first-ever comprehensive, career-spanning overview of one of the most important American musical acts of the 20th century. A limited-edition 4-CD box set, Faith and Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976 features all of the band's best-loved hits, studio and live recordings, plus a handful of never-before-released rarities, including a special bonus: the earliest known recordings of the group, housed on a 7-inch vinyl record, marking the first time that these two tracks have been available in any format since the Staples' self-released edition of 500 in 1953. Housed in a deluxe, old-school '45-folio' package, the accompanying book boasts new liner notes by Mavis Staples, James Miller, Opal Louis Nations, and compilation producer Joe McEwen, as well as rarely seen photos of the family band taken over the course of their career.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. It Rained Children
2. I Just Can't Keep It to Myself
3. Each Day
4. God's Wonderful Love
5. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray
6. I've Got a New Home
7. Uncloudy Day
8. Come on Up in Glory
9. I Know I Got Religion
10. Swing Down Chariot
11. I Had a Dream
12. Help Me Jesus
13. Low Is the Way
14. This May Be the Last Time
15. So Soon
16. I'm So Glad
17. Pray On
18. Good News
19. Downward Road
20. Don't Drive Me Away

Disc 2

1. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
2. Don't Knock
3. Medley: Too Close/I’m on My Way Home/I’m Coming Home/He’s Alright
4. Swing Low
5. Calling Me
6. Stand by Me
7. Hammer and Nails
8. Gloryland
9. Hear My Call, Here
10. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
11. New-Born Soul
12. Dying Man's Plea
13. Great Day
14. There Was a Star
15. Use What You Got
16. Let That Liar Alone
17. I Can't Help From Cryin' Sometime
18. Blowin in the Wind
19. This Land
20. I Know I've Been Changed

Disc 3

1. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
2. Masters of War
3. What Are They Doing (In Heaven Today)
4. I Wish I Had Answered
5. I'll Fly Away
6. Tell Him What You Want
7. Be Careful of the Stones You Throw
8. Samson and Delilah
9. As an Eagle Stirreth
10. The Freedom Highway
11. Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
12. John Brown
13. Waiting for My Child
14. It's Been a Change
15. For What It's Worth
16. Let's Get Together
17. Crying in the Chapel
18. Long Walk to D.C.
19. Got to Be Some Changes Made
20. Slow Train

Disc 4

1. I See It
2. The Ghetto
3. When Will We Be Paid
4. God Bless the Children
5. The Challenge
6. Brand New Day
7. Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
8. I Like the Things About You
9. You're Gonna Make Me Cry
10. Respect Yourself
11. I'll Take You There
12. The World
13. I'm Just Another Soldier
14. Are You Sure
15. If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
16. Touch a Hand (Make a Friend)
17. Back Road Into Town
18. Let's Do It Again
19. The Weight
20. Respect Yourself

7 Inch

1. Faith and Grace
2. These Are They

Features

• Includes bonus 7"