Satan

Mother Mojo was an excellent follow-up to Satan & Adam's first-rate debut, Harlem Blues. The duo hasn't abandoned their minimalist guitar and harp blues, but there is a loose energy that keeps the music fresh and consistently engaging.
The pair's sound is beefed up intermittently by percussionist Sammy Figueroa, but their telepathic sense of interplay emerges unscathed. Satan, billed as Sterling Magee when he recorded for Ray Charles' Tangerine label during the late 1960s ("Seventh Avenue," a remake of Magee's "Oh Wasn't She Pretty" from that era, is irresistible) owns a wonderfully raspy voice not unlike Brother Ray's. He powerfully delivers the churning title cut, the message songs "Freedom For My People" and "Ain't Nobody Better Than Nobody," and a torrid remake of Solomon Burke's "Cry To Me."

En Artois, l'histoire de l'abbé Donissan, curé de campagne, qui tente de sauver Mouchette, la jeune meurtrière de son amant, de son désespoir et de la tentation du diable. Elle finit par se trancher la gorge, mais Donissan, dans sa fréquentation et sa résistance à Satan, aura trouvé l'étroit chemin de la sainteté. …

En Artois, l'histoire de l'abbé Donissan, curé de campagne, qui tente de sauver Mouchette, la jeune meurtrière de son amant, de son désespoir et de la tentation du diable. Elle finit par se trancher la gorge, mais Donissan, dans sa fréquentation et sa résistance à Satan, aura trouvé l'étroit chemin de la sainteté. …

En Artois, l'histoire de l'abbé Donissan, curé de campagne, qui tente de sauver Mouchette, la jeune meurtrière de son amant, de son désespoir et de la tentation du diable. Elle finit par se trancher la gorge, mais Donissan, dans sa fréquentation et sa résistance à Satan, aura trouvé l'étroit chemin de la sainteté. …

The colourful catalogue of Finland’s Svart Records spans material old and new, but seems to specialise in scarce gems from the forested country’s underground music history. In this case, we have a tour de force of several decades’ worth of Suomi synthpop and disco. ‘Satan in Love’ by Emilia is a notorious inclusion and alone speaks volumes of the quality on offer. Loistava homma!

Brother Claude Ely - Satan Get Back! (2011) {King–Ace Records CDCHD456 rec 1953-1962}
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© 1953-62, 2011 King Records / Ace Records | CDCHD 456
Gospel / Country / Country Gospel / Rock & Roll / Rockabilly

One of the only examples of Brother Claude Ely's work available on CD, Satan Get Back! is a recording of an actual gospel revival meeting held in Ely's Free Pentecostal Church of God in Cumberland, KY, in 1953. Complete with Ely's between-song sermonizings and exhalations, as well as prayers offered by other congregation members, this exists as the most complete document of Ely's dynamic stage presence.