Live set from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Gospel Hall of Fame, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Featuring hits Lets Do It Again, Respect Yourself, Touch A Hand, Make A Friend, and more
Packaging features new liner notes from Tim Dillinger-Curenton

The Staple Singers emerged into the public conscious in the early 1950s and over the course of their influential career, transformed how listeners experienced Gospel music. During the Civil Rights movement, Roebuck Pops Staples discovered that their music could both enlighten and inspire a new generation. Signing with Stax Records, they began to rule not only the Gospel charts, but the Pop and R&B ones as well, with hits like Ill Take You There (which topped both the Pop & R&B charts), Respect Yourself, Touch A Hand, Make A Friend, and more. After Stax closed, they moved to Curtis Mayfields Curtom Records and 1975 saw them hit #1 on both the Pop & R&B Charts again with Lets Do It Again. Three additional albums for Warner Bros. closed out the decade. (Expanded editions of Lets Do It Again (1975), Pass It On (1976), Family Tree (1977), and Unlock Your Mind (1978) are available from Omnivore Recordings) An international tour sponsored by the U.S. Government found the Staples performing across the continent of Africa in 1980. The set included recent and classic hits like Lets Do It Again, Respect Yourself, standards Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Come Go With Me, and choice covers like Ease On Down The Road from The Wiz, and the Bacharach/David classic, A House Is Not A Home. Now, with Restoration and Mastering from multiple Grammy-winning Engineer, Michael Graves, Africa 80 presents a look into this ever-evolving musical and National treasure. New liner notes from Tim Dillinger-Curenton contextualize the bands story, legacy, and detail the tour and recording. Africa 80 delivers a snapshot of this powerful group on tour for the first time on the African continent.