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Artist: The Great Gospel Stars Title: The Great Gospel Stars Label:   Tamla Country: USA Catalogue: TM-222 Date: Feb 1961 Format: LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  3 Own, 2 Want Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay This is an affiliate link for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Great Gospel Stars	He Lifted Me		Rate
A2	The Great Gospel Stars	Jacob Wrestled With The Angels		Rate
A3	The Great Gospel Stars	He Knows It All		Rate
A4	The Great Gospel Stars	Make Everything Alright		Rate
A5	The Great Gospel Stars	If Any Man		Rate
B1	The Great Gospel Stars	Swing Low		Rate
B2	The Great Gospel Stars	Behold The Saints Of God		Rate
B3	The Great Gospel Stars	Lamb On The Altar		Rate
B4	The Great Gospel Stars	He's Using Me		Rate
B5	The Great Gospel Stars	Sweet Bye And Bye		Rate

Notes

Produced by Berry Gordy Jr.

Cover design by Wakefield and Mitchell.
Originally issued in Mono only.

On yellow Tamla labels (later pressings):
a) XCTV-82230.
b) XCTV-82231.

The first ever released Tamla / Motown album and the rarest.
BB April 24, 1961, p. 28 (Reviews and ratings of new albums: Specialty LP's, 3-star review).

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cussincarryinon02 19th Mar 2015		Well, this is tricky. Yes, even though the billing on the 45 is "The Gospel Stars", this does not necessarily indicate that the same billing is valid for this LP. True also that "The Great Gospel Stars" is the album title, but since any other billing is lacking (on both sleeves and labels) it might be said to be, at the same time, the artists billing. It would then be a self-titled album. The only instance, as far as I can see, where the outfit is referred to as "The Gospel Stars" is in the liner notes. Therefore, I would still uphold, on the basis of sleeve and labels, to list them as "The Great Gospel Stars" (in the LP database), according to the rules of 45worlds. As for the date of release, you are right, thanks for pointing it out.
Motownjohnny 19th Mar 2015		The name of the group is The Gospel Stars, not The Great Gospel Stars - that's the name of the album. Check out the two sides lifted from this album on the Tamla single T54037 released on 7 March 1961, where the group name is given as The Gospel Stars. The correct title for A5 is "If Any Man". With the catalogue number TM-222, this would indeed seem to be the third release on the Tamla label, but it is in fact the first album to be released by the company. It came out in February 1961, not November '61 as suggested in the listing. It therefore preceded TM-220 "Hi, We're The Miracles" and TM-221 "The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye", which were both released in June 1961.

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