The Swan Silvertones - I Found the Answer - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Featuring close barbershop harmonies and the virtuoso lead singing of front-man Claude Jeter, The Swan Silvertones became the most popular gospel group in America during the 1940's, 1950's and into the 1960's. Their music was so energized and inspired that they attracted fans of soul music, R&B, and rock n' roll and influenced vocal groups of all genre's, including the Staple Singers and James Brown. These classic recordings from the mid-1950's captures the Vocal Group Hall of Famers at their sanctified best. All selections newly remastered.

Two CDs. Digitally remastered edition. Decade is a compilation by Neil Young, originally released in 1977 as a triple album. It contains 35 of Young's songs recorded between 1966 and 1976, among them five tracks that had been unreleased up to that point. It peaked at #43 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1986. Compiled by Young himself, with his hand-written liner notes about each track, Decade represents almost every album from his career and various affiliations through 1977 with the exception of Four Way Street and Time Fades Away. Of the previously unreleased songs, InchDown to the WireInch features the New Orleans pianist Dr. John with Buffalo Springfield on an item from their shelved Stampede album; InchLove Is a RoseInch was a minor hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1975; InchWinterlongInch received a cover by Pixies on the Neil Young tribute album from 1989, The Bridge; and InchCampaignerInch is a Young song critical of Richard Nixon. The track InchLong May You RunInch is a different mix to that found on the album of the same name, featuring the harmonies of the full Crosby Stills & Nash before David Crosby and Graham Nash left the recording sessions.

The Swan Silvertones were an American gospel group that emerged in the 1940s and became known for their unique blend of traditional gospel music that would also incorporate elements of blues and jazz. Showcasing a mastery of rich harmony, powerful vocal performance, and innovative compositional arrangements, they were quickly established as one of the most influential gospel groups of their time. The group's enduring legacy can be heard in the work of many contemporary gospel artists who have been inspired by their musical style and the spiritual message that can also be heard here on tracks including 'Singing in My Soul, 'Come to Jesus' and 'Oh Mary Don't You Weep'.