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01. The Clark Sisters - Overdose of the Holy Ghost
02. Shirley Caesar - Heavenly Father
03. Ricky Womack & Christian Essence - I Need You (Joey Negro Edit)
04. Dan Greer - Love Is the Message (Joey Negro Edit)
05. Kristle - I'll Go
06. D.J. Rogers - All I Gave Him Was My Heart
07. The Young Delegation - I'll Keep Holdin On
08. Linda Evans - I Am Gold
09. Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark - Awake O Zion
10. Tommy T & Company - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
11. Truth & Devotion - I Must See My Lord
12. Norman Weeks & The Revelations - Hold On
01. The Clark Sisters - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Joey Negro Edit)
02. Gloster Williams & Master Control - No Cross, No Crown
03. Roslyn & Charles - Was Not Intended (David Hill Edit)
04. The Dynamic Clark Sisters with Mattie Moss Clark - Ha Ya (Eternal Life)
05. The Young Delegation - He Lives
06. Sharon Johnson - A Better Day
07. BeBe & CeCe Winans - I Really Love You (David Hill Edit)
08. The Fannie Clark Singers - Use Me Lord
09. Shirley Caesar - Message to the People
10. Ronia La Vee - Lead Me
11. Rahni Harris & Family Love - He's My Friend
12. James Moore - As a Nation (David Hill Edit)
ARTIST
TITLE
Overdose of the Holy Ghost
FORMAT
2CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
ZEDD 028CD ZEDD 028CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/30/2013

Z Records returns with a long overdue gospel album compiled by David Hill. The album leads with a track from The Clark Sisters, who are without doubt one of the most successful and prolific family gospel groups of the last 40 years. Originally released on S.O.G. Records (Sounds of Gospel), Overdose of the Holy Ghost was recorded in 1981 and would go on to become the group's biggest crossover hit after being licensed to Elektra Records and released internationally in 1983. The "Queen of Gospel Music," Shirley Caesar turns in a smoldering, socially-conscious, Philadelphia International inspired groover with "Message to the People." Gospel artists are well-known for taking popular secular songs -- or riffs from them -- and adapting the lyrics to take the song in a spiritual direction. Kristle uses The Emotions' "Best of My Love" as its foundation, and builds from a slow intro, gradually turning up the heat until it's the dancefloor burner that is "I'll Go." Further highlighting gospel music's influence on current music production, we have Norman Weeks & The Revelations' "Hold On" which first appeared on an obscure, and rare, 12" on Rent productions. Rahni Harris is primarily known for "Six Million Steps," which became a classic on the early UK jazz-funk scene, but what most don't realize is that "Six Million Steps" is actually the instrumental B-side of the 1977 vocal gospel song originally released on the Inspirational Sounds label. It was only when the track was licensed by Mercury in 1978 that the B-side became the A-side and made its way onto the dancefloors of Essex. "He's My Friend" was recorded a couple of years earlier, when young Rahni was just 21. With further disco and funk-induced soul provided by BeBe & CeCe Winans, Gloster Williams & Master Control, D.J. Rogers, James Moore, The Dynamic Clark Sisters with Mattie Moss Clark, Sharon Johnson and many more gospel luminaries, plus exclusive edits from David Hill and Z Records' Joey Negro, Overdose of the Holy Ghost is a shining example of church music that has been influenced by secular soul that was built for the dancefloor. David Hill began his music career in 1994 as a member of the Ballistic Brothers, together with Ashley Beedle and Rocky & Diesel of X-Press 2. In 1994 he co-founded the Nuphonic record label that also produced the Sony award-winning London Xpress radio show for Xfm. He continues to work as a music consultant to several record companies and on personal projects such as "Rootikal," the monthly roots reggae night, and has a number of reissue and compilation projects currently in production. He is also currently overseeing the production of a book and an accompanying touring exhibition that will showcase Bill Bernstein's photographs of New York nightlife in the late '70s.