Black Gospel With Good Sound

I knew you would like the Fairfield Four. The Mavis Staples CD is indeed very fine. If you want to a hear great acapella recording check out The Flirtations Caught Live on the Road. Not a gospel recording but a real in the room presentation. Sadly, most of the members have died. One of my favorite recordings, along with The Fairfield Four and Dave Alvin's King of California that I keep going back to for music and sound.

I thought I had mentioned this recording before, but it seems it doesn't appear in the forums:

Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration

If you like pop/gospel/soul and audio, run right out and add this to your collection.

Tracks 3 and 8 (with Stevie Wonder) are old favorites for me - wonderful interpretations and also great demo tracks with a clear and spacious recording.

Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens on Daptone Records

some of my favorites and well recorded also:

Chanticleer - where the sun will never go down & How sweet the sound.
Original cast recording - The Gospel at Colonus
Fred McDowell - Amazing Grace with Como,MS choir
Amazing Grace - Robery Shaw festival Singers on TELARC
FairField Four - standing in the safety zone
The Gaithers - Atlanta Homecoming & Kennedy Center Homecoming & Freedom Band

For more urban taste:
Soundtrack - say amen somebody
Aretha Franklin - one Lord one faith one baptism
& Amazing Grace

Try the NASHBORO label for the old black southern group stuff. Sound quality will vary.

Beware of these MASS CHOIRS, They are to Gospel, what smooth Jazz, is to real Jazz.