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The Staple Swingers

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Released
  
1971

Length
  
45:06

Release date
  
1971

Label
  
Stax

Recorded
  
1970-1971

Artist
  
The Staple Singers

Producer
  
Al Bell

Genre
  
Soul music

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Studio
  
Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama

The Staple Swingers (1971)
  
Be Altitude Respect Yourself (1972)

Similar
  
The Staple Singers albums, Soul music albums

The Staple Swingers is a 1971 soul album by the Staple Singers.

Contents

Reception

This would be The Staple Singers first album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals. Other changes saw brother Pervis Staples be replaced by sister Yvonne Staples prior to the recording of this album. Released in 1971, this album would chart at. number nine on the Billboard Top Soul Albums charts.

Personnel

  • Cleotha Staples, Mavis Staples, Yvonne Staples - lead and backing Vocals
  • Roebuck "Pops" Staples - vocals, guitar
  • Terry Manning – melodica, guitar, harmonica, vibraphone
  • The Memphis Symphony Orchestra - strings, horns
  • Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
  • Dale Warren - arrangements
  • Bar-Keys - horn arrangements
    • Technical
  • Jimmy Evans, Larry Hamby, Terry Manning - engineer
  • Joel Brodsky - photography

    • Songs

    1This Is a Perfect World4:20
    2What's Your Thing4:21
    3You've Got to Earn It3:32

    References

    The Staple Swingers Wikipedia
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