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    The Staple Singers Be What You Are (1973)

    Stax
    • The Staple Singers – If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
    • 1. Be What You Are
    • 2. If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
    • 3. Love Comes In All Colours
    • 4. Tellin' Lies
    • 5. Touch A Hand, Make a Friend
    • 6. Drown Yourself
    • 7. I Ain't Raisin' No Sand
    • 8. Grandma's Hands
    • 9. Bridges Instead Of Walls
    • 10. I'm On Your Side
    • 11. That's What Friends Are For
    • 12. Heaven

    Deep, deep Staple Singers in the zone, circa '73. Absolutely on the ball tunes, arrangements and production recorded at Muscle Shoals, Memphis. Includes 'If You're Ready, Come Go With Me'.



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