Precious Lord: The Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey

• Artist: Thomas A. Dorsey
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• Release Date: 1973
• Total Time: 74:54
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Gospel

Review

Precious Lord collects 18 of Georgia Thomas Dorsey's greatest songs, offering a terrific introduction to one of the greatest gospel country blues singers of the '30s. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Public Domain, Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Marion Williams	(7:31)
It's a Highway to Heaven	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey, Mary Gardner	Prof. Alex Bradford	(3:09)
Hide Me in Thy Bosom	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	The Dixie Hummingbirds	(1:56)
I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Marion Williams	(5:21)
Peace in the Valley	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	R.H. Harris	(3:30)
What Could I Do?	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Marion Williams	(2:28)
I'm Waiting for Jesus	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	The Dixie Hummingbirds	(3:33)
I Don't Know Why	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Bessie Griffin	(4:21)
If You See My Saviour	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Prof. Alex Bradford	(4:54)
If We Ever Needed the Lord Before	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Marion Williams	(4:07)
Thy Servant's Prayer, Amen	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	R.H. Harris	(3:03)
Search Me Lord	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Bessie Griffin	(2:31)
When the Gates Swing Open	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	The Dixie Hummingbirds	(3:50)
My Desire	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Delois Barrett Campbell	(3:39)
Old Ship of Zion	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Bessie Griffin	(6:05)
How Many Times	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Prof. Alex Bradford	(3:51)
I'll Tell It Wherever I Go	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Sallie Martin	(2:59)
Never Turn Back	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	R.H. Harris	(3:31)
The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow	Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey	Marion Williams	(4:35)

Credits

R.H. Harris (Vocals), Marion Williams (Performer), Sallie Martin (Vocals), The Dixie Hummingbirds (Performer), Lloyd Gary (Piano), Richard Dearborn (Engineer), Don Hunstein (Photography), Delois Barrett Campbell (Vocals (Background)), Mark Wilder (Remixing), Terrance D. Thompson (Drums), Don Meehan (Remixing), Howard Carroll (Guitar), Kenneth Rayborn (Vocals (Background)), Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey (Vocals), Delois Barrett Campbell (Performer), Bessie Griffin (Performer), Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey (Guitar), Earl Williams (Drums), James "Thunderbird" Davis (Vocals (Background)), R.H. Harris (Performer), Anthony Heilbut (Producer), George Rembert (Guitar), Prof. Alex Bradford (Celeste), Mark Wilder (Mastering), Karen Lee Grant (Cover Design), Ira Tucker (Vocals), Sallie Martin (Performer), Dick Dearborn (Engineer), Willie Bobo (Vocals (Background)), Stan Tonkel (Engineer), Frank Driggs (Photography), Penny Armstrong (Project Director), Prof. Alex Bradford (Vocals), Napoleon Allison (Guitar), Charlie Barnett (Piano), Alberta Carter Bradford (Tambourine), Lee Friedlander (Photography), Marion Williams (Vocals), Dennis Jones (Vocals (Background)), Prof. Alex Bradford (Piano), Charlie Barnett (Vocals (Background)), Al Christman (Bass), Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey (Piano), Prof. Alex Bradford (Performer), Alberta Carter Bradford (Organ), Willie Mayfield (Vocals (Background)), Jessy Dixon (Vocals (Background)), Alberta Carter Bradford (Vocals (Background)), Paul Griffin (Organ), Jessy Dixon (Organ), Hugh Dorsey Mayfield (Vocals (Background)), James Walker (Vocals), Stanley Tonkel (Engineer), Timothy Manteau (Design Assistant), Mark Wilder (Digital Mastering), Nedra Olds-Neal (Reissue Producer), Charles E. Campbell (Vocals (Background)), Bessie Griffin (Vocals), Anthony Heilbut (Liner Notes), Beachy Thompson (Vocals (Background)), Jimmy Lee Evans (Guitar (Bass)), Chester Sheard (Photography), Howard Fritzson (Art Direction)