I have a few albums by The Staples Singers in the various incarnations and also Pops penultimate album, the terrific Peace to the Neighbourhood. A few months ago Mavis announced that she was working on releasing a posthumous album based on a collection of songs Pops recorded shortly before passing away and which he had labelled "Don't Lose This!".
After working with Jeff Tweedy on her last two albums Mavis turned again to him to tidy up the recordings so that they could be released. So pleased with the outcome it was decided to release the album with the title the same as Pops' instruction.
After working with Jeff Tweedy on her last two albums Mavis turned again to him to tidy up the recordings so that they could be released. So pleased with the outcome it was decided to release the album with the title the same as Pops' instruction.
So about a month ago Don't Lose This appeared and it is every bit as good as Peace to the Neighbourhood. Some new songs and reworkings of old songs. Plenty of Pops distinctive guitar sound (on one track even played by Jeff Tweedy).
Somebody Was Watching, Gotta Serve Somebody, Friendship, Nobody's Fault But Mine all standout and sound like they could have been written in any part of the last 30 years of Pops career. I think the only blemish on the album for me (and its really hard to call a great Mavis track a blemish) is the track Love is on My Side where Pops does not feature.
Somebody Was Watching, Gotta Serve Somebody, Friendship, Nobody's Fault But Mine all standout and sound like they could have been written in any part of the last 30 years of Pops career. I think the only blemish on the album for me (and its really hard to call a great Mavis track a blemish) is the track Love is on My Side where Pops does not feature.
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