The 100 Voices of Gospel sing the great standards of gospel, traditional American religious songs expressing the pain of slavery as much as the joy of being together. They also play Caribbean, African gospel and current urban gospel. Their powerful up-tempo songs include renditions of Oh Happy Day, Set On You, Let It Shine and many others. They create a vibrant, uplifting experience and encapsulate a sense of community by singing about brotherhood, love and passion of music.

A total joy from beginning to end!

TRACKS
We’ve Come to Praise Him
Let Everything That Has Breath
Sweeping Through the City
Al’s Medley
Set On You
The Prayer
He Brought Me
Baba Yetu
Hallelujuia
When the Saints Go Marching In
Lord Prepare Me To Be A Sanctuary
Change
Whatever You Want
In Jesus’ Name
When The Saints Go to Worship
Let It Shine
Oh Happy Day
Jesus You’re The Center of My Joy

Gotta Serve Somebody features roof-raising performances by these spirited artists while documenting the making of the album of the same name.

The DVD interweaves bracing reinterpretations with interviews of these celebrated gospel artists. It also presents commentary by musicians including Jim Keltner, Spooner Oldham, Fred Tackett and Regina McCrary (who recorded and performed with Bob Dylan during his gospel period), legendary record producer Jerry Wexler and respected music journalists Paul Williams and Alan Light who also offer insights on this fascinating body of work.

This musical documentary premieres 1980 footage of Bob Dylan performing “When He Returns” as the first archival performance released from this important era.

Track Listing:
Arlethia Lindsey – Every Grain of Sand
Bob Dylan – When He Returns
Sounds of Blackness – Solid Rock
Shirley Caesar – Gotta Serve Somebody
Dottie Peoples – I Believe in You
Aaron Neville – Saving Grace
Helen Baylor – What Can I Do For You’
The Fairfield Four – Are You Ready
Great Day Chorale – In the Garden
Mighty Clouds of Joy – Saved
Chicago Mass Choir featuring Regina McCrary – Pressing On
Rance Allen – When He Returns

Robert Mugge’s 1984 film GOSPEL ACCORDING TO AL GREEN documented the seventh-anniversary service at Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle Church, a rehearsal in his Memphis recording studio, an extended interview and a concert at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. Also interviewed for the film were legendary record producer Willie Mitchell, who produced and co-wrote Green’s most famous soul hits, and music and TV critic Ken Tucker, who helped to place Green’s accomplishments in a larger cultural context.

In short, as presented in the film, Green’s story is a mythic tale about a rhythm and blues artist who started out singing love songs to women, but ended up singing similar songs to God. Thanks to the film’s 4K remastering, the power of Green’s performances and the intimacy of his storytelling have never shone more brightly.

Bonus Materials
90-minute audio interview, reflections by director Robert Mugge, concert excerpts, extended song, extended audio excerpt of church service, and original theatrical trailer

TRACKS
    Let’s Stay Together
    Free At Last
    People Get Ready
    Straighten Out Your Life
    Hallelujah (I Just Want to Praise the Lord)
    Let’s Stay Together (commercial recording)

This musical documentary shows the immediate popularity they received from the audiences of the world and the winning of the now-famous Grammy Award for their first US album, ‘Shaka Zulu’ and features those wonderful collaborations with Paul Simon on ‘Homeless’ and ‘Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes’.

‘Journey Of Dreams’ unfolds the aspirations of a people to whom music is much more than entertainment. To black Africa music is voice, a rallying cry, a mode of worship. On every one of those levels, the ten-piece Ladysmith Black Mambazo are a yardstick by which other vocal ensembles are measured.