The Staple Singers

Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

1972 · Gospel · Stax

US · STS 3002

Credits

Producer: Al Bell
Arranged by: Al Bell
Written by: Herb Schapiro, William Friedman, Luther Ingram, Sir Mack Rice, Bettye Crutcher, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Alvertis Isbell, Don Covay, William Stevenson, Wilson Pickett, Carl Smith, Marshall Jones, Roebuck Staples, Bobby Bloom, Jeff Barry
Engineer: Jerry Masters, Ralph Rhodes, Terry Manning

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Horn stabs, dragging backbeat, one take: the sound of a house band cutting hits in a converted cinema.

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Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.

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