Mavis Staples HAVE A LITTLE FAITH Record Store Day Release LP

Mavis Staples HAVE A LITTLE FAITH Record Store Day Release LP Original Release Date: August 17, 2024 Records Store Day Exclusive Release Date: April 20, 2024 - Double Silver LP Gatefold Produced By Jim Tullio & Mavis Staples Originally Released In 2004 On CD Only -- Have A Little Faith  Ignited Mavis' Solo Career  I’m excited to tell you about a very special upcoming Alligator Records release.

 It’s a deluxe 20th Anniversary vinyl LP version of one of the label’s most honored and beloved records:Have A Little Faith by our friend, the iconic soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples. We’ve created it for Record Store Day on April 20, to help celebrate the independent record stores that have been the staunch supporters of American roots music for so many years, as well as to celebrate the year of Mavis’ 85th birthday.

TRACK LIST Step Into The Light Pop's Recipe Have A Little Faith God Is Not Sleeping A Dying Man's Plea Ain't No Better Than You I Wanna Thank You I Still Believe In You At The End Of The Day There's A Devil On The Loose In Times Like These Will The Circle Be Unbroken

On April 20, 2024, Record Store Day, Alligator Records will release the deluxe 20th Anniversary 2-LP vinyl reissue of soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples' landmark 2004 release, Have A Little Faith. The album, when first released, sparked Mavis' solo career and launched her into the musical mainstream.

As Mavis remembers in her liner notes for this Anniversary edition, “Have A Little Faith was the beginning of my solo career.” Upon the passing of Mavis' father -- family patriarch and Staple Singers leader Roebuck “Pops” Staples -- Mavis' future felt uncertain. She was unsure how to continue as a solo artist. She self-financed and recorded her own album, working with Chicago co-producer and songwriter Jim Tullio. (Jim and Mavis connected when he brought her a new song called In Times Like These, written after 9/11, and asked her to record it. That was the beginning of Have A Little Faith.) After being turned down by major labels, Jim and Mavis brought the album to Alligator. We immediately heard the magic of her soul-deep commitment in these tracks. Mavis’ performances were thrilling, and the choice of songs and Jim’s crystalline mixes were perfect. Twenty years later, the whole album is still inspirational. “Every song on Have A Little Faith is straight from my heart,” Mavis says. It's a stirring collection of timeless, uplifting songs, deeply rooted in Mavis’ faith and spirituality.
 
For this 20th Anniversary edition, we’ve divided the original single CD onto two LPs, remastered at 45 rpm, for maximum fidelity. We created a gatefold LP jacket featuring Paul Natkin’s iconic photos. And we pressed the LPs on metallic silver vinyl. It feels right to do everything we can to shine the spotlight on this classic, deeply moving record.
 
And, to further celebrate Mavis, on April 18 in Los Angeles, an all-star 85th Birthday Party concert celebration is being presented at the YouTube Theatre, featuring some of today's biggest musical stars, including Chris Stapleton, Hozier, Jackson Browne, Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy, Black Pumas, Grace Potter, Michael McDonald, Keb’ Mo’, Nathaniel Rateliff, Robert Randolph, Taj Mahal and others.