The Coleman Brothers - The Coleman Brothers 1943-1948

Published Thursday 12th July 2007
The Coleman Brothers - The Coleman Brothers 1943-1948
The Coleman Brothers - The Coleman Brothers 1943-1948

STYLE: Gospel
RATING 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 26632-12751
LABEL: Acrobat Music ACMCD4080
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1
RRP: £10.99

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

This fascinating compilation fills in one of the most surprising gaps in gospel re-issues as this seminal group of harmonisers based in New Jersey were a hugely important group who until now had never made it onto CD. The 29 recordings here show them to be a fascinating bridge between the disciplined harmony sound of old school jubilee singing and the modern "hard" style of the '50s quartets. These recordings made for the group's own Coleman Records plus sides they recorded for Decca, Manor and even a CBS radio transcription demonstrate the group's winning ways with cool, doomy ballads and syncopated finger-snappers. Dubbed as these are from old and rare 78s, some of the tracks here suffer from quite a lot of surface noise but the genius of Russell, Lander, Everette, Danny, Wallace and Melvin Coleman still shines through. With an excellent sleevenote and rare photos from Opal Louis Nations, this is a classy re-issue for connoisseurs still keen to journey the gospel highway.

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Reader Comments

Posted by D. Reid in New Jersey @ 00:05 on Aug 15 2007

I'm proud to say that Everette is my great, great, grandfather, and his brothers are my great, great uncles.

Thank you for the info.


Reply by D. Reid in NJ @ 20:26 on Mar 16 2011

HI Gail! Yes, we would be related...that is so wild!

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Reply by gail coleman in u.s.a. @ 03:11 on Aug 27 2008

Hello;
I guess we are related !!!!! I am Melvins daughter, making Everette my uncle.

Gail

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