Various Artists: Great Lakes Gospel - Detroit (Vinyl LP)

Over the decades, Numero has excavated a metric ton of recordings from the depths of Detroit. From all manner of mini Motowns we’ve uncovered soul, R&B, funk, disco, boogie, and by nature of proximity - gospel.

Previous examinations of the Revival and Big Mack labels turned up more than a few new apocryphal hymns, and Great Lakes Gospel Vol. 2 compiles a dozen curious church groups devotionally reaching towards the genre’s frayed edge. Get lost in ecstatic choir funk, pulpit rappin’, direct-injection guitar solos, and the holy spirit, should it move you. Look around the room. You could start a church with this thing.

1. Voices Of Conquest – O Yes My Lord
2. Ada Richards – I’m Drunk & I’m Real High (In The Spirit Of God)
3. The Gospel Supremes – Sinnerman
4. Mighty Voices Of Wonder – I Thank The Lord
5. The Mighty Walker Brothers – God’s Been Good To Me
6. The Apostles Of Music – Wade In The Water
7. LaVice & Company – Thoughs Were The Days
8. Calvin Cooke – Walk With Me
9. Deliverance Echoes – Heaven
10. Liz Davis – Motherless Child
11. The Soul Superiors – Faith
12. Otis G. Johnson – Time To Go Home
13. Wayne & Thelma And The McAllister Singers – Peace When He Comes