Dragnet for Jesus [Import]

Track Listings
1. Each Day
2. Lord Jesus
3. I Want To Go To Heaven &
4. I'm A Pilgrim Traveler
5. I Heard The News
6. Our Father
7. He Said He Would
8. I See Jesus
9. Our Father
10. Don't Miss
11. I Heard Mother Pray One D
12. Good Old Way
13. See His Blessed Face
14. Did He Die In Vain
15. I Know Someday God's Gonn
16. Conversation With Jesus
17. Ball Game
18. Letter To Heaven
19. In A Little While
20. Untitled Instrumental
See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
A must for every fan of soul gospel, Dragnet for Jesus compiles all of the gospel songs -- many (previously) unreleased -- that Wynona Carr recorded for the Specialty label. Spanning 1949 to 1954, are many of Carr's original compositions including 'I'm a Pilgrim Traveler' and 'Nobody but Jesus', as well as her efforts at incorporating pop culture into God's message with the sports-themed '15 Rounds for Jesus' and her most-recognized song, 'The Ball Game'. The title track is based around a popular TV show of the time, Dragnet, opening with a detective office scene. ACE. 2004

Dragnet for Jesus,Wynona Carr,Ace,Gospel,R&B/Soul

Dragnet for Jesus [Import]

Dragnet for Jesus [Import]
Dragnet for Jesus
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Our Father Is a STUNNER
  • Fantastic Album
  • Outstanding
  • spirit, soul, and sass...
  • greatest gospel cd on the market today
 Dragnet for Jesus
Sister Wynona Carr
Manufacturer: Specialty
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000QMP
Release Date: 1995-01-04

Tracks:

  1. Each Day
  2. Lord Jesus
  3. I Want To Go To Heaven And Rest
  4. I'm A Pilgrim Traveler
  5. I Heard The News (Jesus Is Coming Again)
  6. Our Father
  7. He Said He Would
  8. I See Jesus
  9. Our Father
  10. Don't Miss That Train
  11. I Heard Mother Pray One Day
  12. The Good Old Way
  13. See His Blessed Face
  14. Did He Die In Vain?
  15. I Know Someday God's Gonna Call Me
  16. Conversation With Jesus
  17. The Ball Game
  18. A Letter To Heaven
  19. In A Little While
  20. Untitled Instrumental
  21. Operator, Operator
  22. Dragnet For Jesus
  23. 15 Rounds For Jesus
  24. Nobody But Jesus
  25. Just A Few More Days
  26. Our Father (Fragmented)

Amazon.com

Cleveland's Wynona Carr was a sadly underrated master of metaphor in gospel songwriting. Her best-known release during her 1949-54 heyday was "The Ball Game," an extended metaphor with Satan as the pitcher, Solomon as the umpire, and so on. She had several other similarly clever songs, including "Dragnet for Jesus" (inspired by the TV show) and "15 Rounds for Jesus," that were never released at the time. It's thought that Specialty Records felt the songs were a little too clever and not straightforwardly devotional enough. There may also have been concern about the effect a jump-blues feel would have on a conservative record-buying public, although contemporary records by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and songs by Mahalia Jackson scarcely a decade later were equally jazzy. This 26-song collection covers a lot of stylistic ground: on "I'm a Pilgrim Traveler" (modeled on the blues song "St. James Infirmary") and an "Our Father" recorded at the Rev. C.L. Franklin's Bethel Baptist Church, she shows off a full-voiced sanctified style with impressive power and expression. Turning the tables on R&B artists who were not above rewriting gospel numbers with secular lyrics, she borrows back Wynonie Harris's "Good Rockin' Tonight" and rewrites it as "I Heard the News (Jesus Is Coming Again)." --Bob Bannister

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Our Father Is a STUNNER.......2006-06-02

This is a great album full of bouncy well sung gospel.

Then the last song comes up(#26 Our Father: fragmented). Wynona is singing at Aretha Franklin's father's church. The performance and vocal power unleashed is a stunner. It is humbling. They just don't make singers like this any more. Lorraine Ellison is the only one who touches this.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album.......2004-03-16

'I Heard Mother Pray One Day' is probably worth the cost of entry. Sister Carr is definitely underrated and under-appreciated. My guess is if she had focused less on gospel she would have been a bigger deal. She also had the curse of the successful novelty recording (although some of her novelty songs like dragnet are pretty darned entertaining). Anyway buy this album and put a track on a mixed tape and people will almost always ask... "Who is that?!"

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding.......2002-11-10

is the only word for this Cd of this sadly neglected "great".
The voice is out of this world and this really is gospel at its very best.
If you are already a gospel fan or just want reat music in your collection then this is one that you must get.
"Sister" Carr stand up to any of the gospel greats from this era as this album proves.

5 out of 5 stars spirit, soul, and sass..........1999-06-16

great recordings from a great singer just look me in the eye and tell me that 'dragnet for jesus' or 'fifteen rounds' aren't immortal tracks that cross over all boundaries of genre and time.

5 out of 5 stars greatest gospel cd on the market today.......1999-05-16

if you dont dig wynonna, you must have grown up on pluto. this is her greatest album, and although her secular work is fine, these are the tunes that symbolize the Golden Age of Gospel.
Dragnet for Jesus
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    		Dragnet for Jesus
    Sister Wynona Carr
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000254FQ8
    Release Date: 2004-03-27
    Dragnet for Jesus
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Dragnet for Jesus
      Sister Wynona Carr
      Manufacturer: Ace
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
      GospelGospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
      Christian Contemporary MusicChristian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0000085K1
      Release Date: 2004-03-27

      Tracks:

      1. Each Day
      2. Lord Jesus
      3. I Want to Go to Heaven and Rest [Take 1][Alternate Take][#]
      4. I'm a Pilgrim Traveler [Take 4][#]
      5. I Heard the News (Jesus Is Coming Again) [Take 3][#]
      6. Our Father [#]
      7. He Said He Would [Take 2][#]
      8. I See Jesus - Sister Wynona Carr, Brother Joe May
      9. Our Father [#] - Sister Wynona Carr, Brother Joe May
      10. Don't Miss That Train [Take 3][Alternate Take][#]
      11. I Heard Mother Pray One Day
      12. Good Old Way [Take 2][Alternate Take][#]
      13. See His Blessed Face
      14. Did He Die in Vain? [Take 1][Alternate Take][#]
      15. I Know Someday God's Gonna Call Me
      16. Conversation With Jesus
      17. Ball Game
      18. Letter to Heaven [Take 1][Alternate Take][#]
      19. In a Little While
      20. Operator, Operator [#]
      21. Dragnet for Jesus [Take 1][#]
      22. 15 Rounds for Jesus [Take 2][#]
      23. Nobody But Jesus [#][Demo Version]
      24. Just a Few More Days [#][Demo Version]
      25. Our Father [Fragmented][#] - Sister Wynona Carr,

      Album Description

      A must for every fan of soul gospel, Dragnet for Jesus compiles all of the gospel songs -- many (previously) unreleased -- that Wynona Carr recorded for the Specialty label. Spanning 1949 to 1954, are many of Carr's original compositions including 'I'm a Pilgrim Traveler' and 'Nobody but Jesus', as well as her efforts at incorporating pop culture into God's message with the sports-themed '15 Rounds for Jesus' and her most-recognized song, 'The Ball Game'. The title track is based around a popular TV show of the time, Dragnet, opening with a detective office scene. ACE. 2004

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