Freedom Highway (The Staple Singers album)


Freedom Highway is a 1965 album by The Staple Singers.
The title song referred to the murder of Emmett Till at Tallahatchie River. The lyrics begin “March up freedom's highway / March, each and every day.” and continue “Made up my mind / And I won't turn around." Mavis Staples reprised the song in 2008 on , which was released on November 4, 2008, the same day that Barack Obama won the presidential election.

Track listing

1965 release

The remastered LP was re-issued as Freedom Highway Complete - Recorded Live At Chicago's New Nazareth Church by Sony in 2015
  1. "Freedom Highway" - Pops Staples
  2. "What You Gonna Do?"
  3. "Take My Hand Precious Lord"
  4. "When I'm Gone"
  5. "Help Me Jesus"
  6. "We Shall Overcome"
  7. "When The Saints Go Marching In"
  8. "The Funeral"
  9. "Build on That Shore"
  10. "Tell Heaven"
  11. "He's All Right"

    1991 compilation

A compilation of the same title was released on CD by SBME in 1991 but preserves only two of the original LP tracks. The other tracks are a "hitlist" of favourites from the other albums made for Epic at the same period.
  1. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" - 2:37
  2. "Move Along Train" - 2:25
  3. "Are You Sure" - 2:44
  4. "Wade in the Water" - 2:57
  5. "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" - 2:22
  6. "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!" - 2:20
  7. "The Lord's Prayer" - 3:02
  8. "Jacob's Ladder" - 2:04
  9. "Why? " - 2:51
  10. "Praying Time" - 3:03
  11. "For What It's Worth" - 2:24
  12. "Hammer and Nails" - 2:25
  13. "Freedom Highway" - 2:55
  14. "What You Gonna Do?" - 2:37
  15. "Samson and Delilah" - 2:33
  16. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" - 2:48
  17. "Be Careful of Stones that You Throw" - 2:48
  18. "This Train" - 2:38