KIRK FRANKLIN, VICKIE WINANS, FRED HAMMOND, SHIRLEY CAESAR,

14-Track Album Showcases Down Home, Old-School Gospel Hits

By Today’s Top Gospel Artists And Hits Stores Everywhere January 26, 2010


FAIRFAX, VA; Time Life’s latest gospel release proves that traditional black gospel music is more popular than ever. The double-disc, Shoutin’ Down the Aisles, features the biggest traditional gospel hits of the last twenty years. The collection is the #1 gospel CD in the country with sales driven by more than $2 million dollars in direct response television ad spending and it’s still going strong. Now, Time Life has compiled a new 14-track retail version of the CD that will hit stores everywhere on January 26, 2010.


The Shoutin’ Down the Aisles retail release will rock the church rafters. Opening with Vickie Winans’ 1997 smash “As Long As I Got King Jesus,” the collection takes on the aura of a Pentecostal church service with such up-tempo favorites as Fred Hammond’s “Jesus Be a Fence Around Me”, the Chicago Mass Choir’s “Holy Ghost Power” with Lemmie Battles’ earth-quaking hoops and hollers, Jimmy Hick’s “Born Blessed”, Shirley Caesar & Tonex’s “I Know the Truth”, Keith Wonderboy Johnson’s quartet staple “Let and Let God” and Bryan Wilson & the Bapolstogic band’s burner “If You’re Talking About Jesus.”


There are equally moving mid-tempo tracks such as Marvin Sapp’s bluesy “You Brought Me”, Candi Staton & Dottie People’s country boogaloo “Shut Up and Start Praying”, The Rance Allen Group’s 1991 Top 40 R&B crossover hit “Miracle Worker”, Alvin Darling & Celebration’s infectious call-and-response gem “All Night” about Jacob’s midnight tussle with an angel and Kirk Franklin’s bass-walker, “He Can Handle It.” The album is rounded out by two bonus cuts not featured on the previous Shoutin’ set. The Blind Boys of Alabama’s rootsy “Down in the Hole” and Deniece Williams’ praise jam “Glory to Glory to Glory” complete this must have album for any fan of traditional gospel music. For more information on Shoutin’ Down the Aisles, please visit the Time Life website, www.timelife.com. (PRESS RELEASE)