Mahalia Jackson ‎- How I Got Over: The Apollo Sessions 1946-1954 (1998) FLAC

With three discs featuring a total of 63 tracks, this is Mahalia Jackson's complete output for the Apollo label from 1946 to 1954. These are the recordings that brought Jackson to a national audience right up to her breakthrough with Columbia Records and the ones that literally made gospel recording history. Highlights can be found anywhere the laser beam falls on any of the three discs in this set, but her performances of "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "His Eye Is on the Sparrow," "In the Upper Room, Pts. 1 & 2" "Move on Up a Little Higher," "What Could I Do," "Ever Me," "I'm Going to Tell God," "Dig a Little Deeper," and "Walk with Me," "In My Home Over There," "Just Over the Hill, Pts. 1 & 2," and "Walking in Jerusalem" are too perfect for words and should simply be in everyone's gospel collection as some of the best the genre has to offer. Marvelous transfers of the original master tapes plus great notes by AMG contributor Opal Louis Nations are just extra icing on the cake to this essential collection.

Tracklist
CD1
1 I Want To Rest 2:48
2 (I'm Going To) Wait Until My Change Comes 3:00
3 I'm Going To Tell God 3:16
4 What Could I Do 2:56
5 Move On Up A Little Higher Pt. 1 2:40
6 Move On Up A Little Higher Pt. 2 3:35
7 Even Me 3:00
8 I Have A Friend 3:03
9 Dig A Little Deeper 2:55
10 Tired 2:34
11 There's Not A Friend Like Jesus 3:38
12 Amazing Grace 3:21
13 Since The Fire Started Burning In My Soul 3:21
14 I Can Put My Trust In Jesus 3:15
15 A Child Of The King 3:15
16 Get Away Jordan 2:38
17 Walk With Me 2:41
18 Prayer Changes Things 3:07
19 The Last Mile Of The Way 2:30
20 Move On Up A Little Higher Pt. 1 (Alternate Take) 2:40
21 Move On Up A Little Higher Pt. 2 (Alternate Take) 3:20

CD2
1 Just Over The Hill Pt. 1 2:48
2 Just Over The Hill Pt. 2 2:45
3 I'm Glad Salvation Is Free 2:48
4 Do You Know Him 2:12
5 I'm Getting Nearer My Home 2:57
6 I Gave Up Everything To Follow Him 3:10
7 It Pays To Serve Jesus 3:28
8 There Are They 2:50
9 He's The One 2:44
10 I Walked Into The Garden 2:55
11 Bless This House 3:29
12 Go Tell It On The Mountain 3:06
13 Silent Night, Holy Night 3:03
14 The Lord's Prayer 2:56
15 How I Got Over 3:15
16 Just As I Am 3:08
17 Jesus Is With Me 3:08
18 I Bow On My Knees 3:15
19 It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) 2:57
20 His Eye Is On The Sparrow 3:25
21 God Spoke To Me 3:14

CD3
1 In The Upper Room Pts. 1 & 2 5:48
2 Said He Would 2:35
3 He's My Light 2:56
4 If You Just Kept Still 3:05
5 I Believe 2:39
6 Beautiful Tomorrow 2:30
7 Consider Me 3:05
8 What Then? 2:54
9 Hands Of God 3:07
10 It's Real 3:06
11 No Matter How You Pray 1:50
12 Walking In Jerusalem (Up In Jerusalem) 3:01
13 I Wonder If I Will Ever Rest 2:59
14 Come To Jesus 3:13
15 Didn't It Rain 3:19
16 I'm On My Way To Canaan 3:06
17 My Story 2:49
18 Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen 2:19
19 Closer To Me 2:52
20 Willing To Run 2:41
21 City Called Heaven 3:23