v/a- A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 2LP reggae Third Man Records can’t recommend

Third Man Records can’t recommend this record highly enough

as they graced stages in Melbourne and Sydney

Described at the time as ''an uncanny masterpiece'' by Pete Townshend

isn’t nearly as well-known

unique expansion of the music

v/a- A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 2LP reggae Third Man Records can’t recommendThe first of three volumes surveying surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all. Stomping, rollicking gospel music, intermingling with raw soul, searing blues, hard rocking doo wop and jazz, and storming R&B. Infused and incandescent with the hurting, surging indignation of the Civil Rights movement, here are twenty four precious scorchers by giants like the Staple Singers and Jimmy Scott, alongside devastating sides by less celebrated names like