Various Artists — Soul Jazz Presents Holy Church Of the Ecstatic Soul: A Higher Power: Gospel, Funk & Soul at the Crossroads 1971-1983 [RSD '23]

2023 Record Store Day releases will be for sale in person at the special sale at The Sanctuary in Montgomery Alabama at 10am on Saturday April 22nd. There will be no holds or reservations with all RSD product sold on a first come first served basis. RSD Exclusive stock it will be made available online on Saturday April 22nd 2023 at 12pm. Soul Jazz Records’ new Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 is a one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition coloured vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Record Store Day 2023. The album draws upon the extensive links between black American gospel music and soul music, showing how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caesar, Dorothy Norwood, Andraé Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this period. Many of the most successful soul artists – from Aretha Franklin to Al Green, The Staple Singers to Sam Cooke – all drew upon their upbringing in the chur