The Staple Singers Xmas Album Reissued

10/08/07
. (PR) The Staple Singers were best known for their '70s Stax hits like "Respect Yourself," "I'll Take You There" and "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)," but in fact the Chicago quartet's recording career dates back to the '50s on the Vee-Jay and Riverside labels. Their fifth effort was a Christmas album titled The 25th Day of December, which the All Music Guide calls "the group's finest '60s collection." The long-out-of-print album will be available once again this holiday season on Riverside Records through Concord Music Group. The Staple Singers Christmas reissue has been digitally mastered and is enclosed in a DigiPack with all new artwork.

Reissued for the first time, the album contains 12 holiday and spiritual classics including "Joy To The World," "Silent Night" and "Go Tell It on the Mountain." Included also is the Staples' treatment of the Rev. Thomas Dorsey's "The Savior Is Born."

The album delves deep into traditional spirituals such as "The Virgin Mary Had One Son," "Wasn't That a Mighty Day" and "Last Month of the Year" and includes an original by group founder Roebuck "Pops" Staples titled "There Was a Star." Orrin Keepnews, one of Riverside's two founders, produced the album, which found the Staples' harmonies at their purest and most exciting.

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