Harlem Congregation - Harlem CongregationThese are live recordings made at two Harlem, New York churches sometime in the mid 1950s. Never released in the United States, it is thought that very few LPs were ever pressed and distributed in Europe. This is one of the rarest of all gospel releases! The music consists of call and response, synchronized hand clapping, cries of anguish and foot stomping. The enthusiasm displayed is unbelievably emotional and we take pride in making this recorded

Despite recruiting assistance from other Familias

"Jack Elliott at the Second Fret - Recorded Live" and "Country Style"

and with her "Brother Surveillance Tool

David Ford

they discussed the idea of working together in the studio by combining Onra's production skills with Pomrad's composition talent

including "A String of Pearls"

sung in Italian

composed in 1872 after the Paris Commune

the good people at Southpaw pressed the Record button and so here is the unreconstructed

the Food Research Club's requirements are easier to swallow

passionate

It feels so good