This four-disc box set from Proper assembles all four original volumes they issued separately with a detailed booklet of notes. Those titles --
This Train,
Rock Me,
Singing in My Soul, and
Shout Sister Shout -- document
Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Decca recordings from the late '30s through WWII. Assembled like this, they provide a nearly exhaustive portrait of
Tharpe's guitar artistry, her songwriting, and her amazingly large voice. Essential.