<I>The Gospel Truth</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1962
name: label: Recorded by
content: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
label: Published by
content: Verve Records, American, founded 1956
label: Manufactured by
content: MGM Records, American, 1946 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “The Gospel Truth” recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.15a) has a black label with white lettering. The front of the album sleeve (2014.98.15b) is purple and has [THE GOSPEL TRUTH SISTER ROSETTA THARPE] at the top in large, decorative orange text, followed by [ALL NEW! HER GREATEST GOSPEL HITS] in smaller white text below, followed by the track listing in light blue text: [On My Way (Got On My Travelin' Shoes) / This Is A Mean Old World / This Train / I Heard My Mother Call / Stretch Out / Ring Those Golden Bells / I Look Down the Road and I Wonder / Nobody Knows, Nobody Care]. At the center of the sleeve is a round, tinted black-and-white photographic portrait of Tharpe wearing a white lace dress, hands open and raised in front of her chest, and looking up and away from the camera. The portrait is surrounded by a circular geometric design in the same light blue as the track listing. The back of the sleeve is white with a track listing and biographical information on Sister Rosetta Tharpe printed in plain black text. The album also has a paper sleeve (2014.98.15c), with advertisements for other Verve records on the front and back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Gospel (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.98.15abc
objectType: label: Type
content: record covers
label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl, ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (record): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (album jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (31.5 × 31.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (paper sleeve): 11 13/16 × 12 in. (30 × 30.5 cm)