Sister Rosetta Tharpe

•  PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE CONCERTS 

• DELUXE LIMITED-EDITION

LIVE IN FRANCE: THE 1966 CONCERT IN LIMOGES is a previously unissued live solo recording of the "Godmother of Rock n’ Roll," Sister Rosetta Tharpe, captured at the auditorium of the Grand Theatre in Limoges, France on November 11, 1966.

This is an official release on producer Zev Feldman's new Deep Digs record label. It is released in partnership with Elemental Music, and in cooperation with the Sister Rosetta Tharpe Estate and INA France. Transferred from the original tape reels, this recording was restored and mastered by multi-GRAMMY award-winning engineer Michael Graves at Osiris Studio, with lacquers cut by the legendary Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios.

This 2-CD set  includes an extensive insert with rare photographs by Jan Persson, Hans Harzheim, Don Schlitten and Burt Goldblatt; two sets of liner notes by American and French Tharpe biographers — Gayle Wald (Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe) and Jean Buzelin (Sister Rosetta Tharpe: La femme qui inventa le Rock 'n' Roll); as well as statements by Susan Tedeschi, Henry Rollins, Bonnie Raitt, Shemekia Copeland, Billy Gibbons, Brian Ray and Rhea Hamilton.

PERSONNEL:

• SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - (guitar & vocals)

Recorded on November 11, 1966 at the Grand Theater in Limoges, France.

TRACKS:

• 01. THIS TRAIN
• 02. WHEN MY LIFE WORK IS ENDED
• 03. DID’NT IT RAIN
• 04. MOTHER’S PRAYER
• 05. UP ABOVE MY HEAD, I HEAR MUSIC IN THE AIR
• 06. MOONSHINE
• 07. SIT DOWN
• 08. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
• 09. WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
• 10. JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO
• 11. JESUS MET THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
• 12. TWO LITTLE FISHES, FIVE LOAVES OF BREAD
• 13. TRAVELLING SHOES
• 14. BEAMS OF HEAVEN
• 15. THAT’S ALL / DENOMINATION BLUES
• 16. GOING HOME
• 18. BRING BACK THOSE HAPPY DAYS
• 19. GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION
• 20. IF ANYBODY ABOVE ME
• 21. NOBODY’S FAULT BY MINE