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A1	Gloryland Written By – Mosley	3:07
A2	Everybody Will Be Happy Arranged By – R. Staples*	2:35
A3	Hear My Call, Here Written-By – Staples*, Westbrooks*	4:10
A4	Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen Arranged By – R. Staples*	2:34
A5	I'm Willin' (Part 1)	2:55
A6	I'm Willin' (Part 2)	3:15
B1	Great Day	2:02
B2	Do You Know Him?	2:14
B3	New-Born Soul	2:11
B4	A Dying Man's Plea Arranged By – R. Staples*	2:48
B5	New Home	3:45
B6	Wish I Had Answered Arranged By – R. Staples*	2:47
B7	A Better Home	3:17
C1	Old Time Religion	2:30
C2	Swing Down, Chariot!	2:38
C3	Motherless Children	3:00
C4	Gamblin' Man	2:40
C5	I Know I've Been Changed	2:37
C6	Jesus Is All	3:32
C7	You Got Shoes	2:34
D1	What Are They Doing (In Heaven Today) Arranged By – R. Staples*	2:09
D2	Will The Lord Remember Me	2:50
D3	My Dying Bed	2:29
D4	Let Jesus Lead You	2:15
D5	Praying Time	2:07
D6	I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes	2:17
D7	Masters Of War Written-By – Bob Dylan	4:34

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Fantasy Records
• Copyright (c) – Milestone Records
• Published By – Staples Music
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music
• Recorded At – Plaza Sound Studios
• Recorded At – Universal Recording Studio
• Remastered At – Fantasy Studios

Credits

• Acoustic Bass – Johnny Pate (tracks: B6, B7, C1 to C6, D4)
• Art Direction – Phil Carroll
• Backing Vocals – Cleotha Staples (tracks: A1 to A6, B1 to B5, B7, C6, D4), Pervis Staples, Yvonne Staples (tracks: B6, C1 to C5, C7, D1 to D3, D5 to D7)
• Bass – Leonard Gaskin (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, B2, B3, B5)
• Drums – Al Duncan (tracks: C1 to D7), Gus Johnson (tracks: A2, B1, B4), Joe Marshall (tracks: A1, A3, A5, A6, B2, B3, B5)
• Electric Bass – Phil Upchurch (tracks: B6 to D5, D7)
• Engineer [Original Recording Engineer, Plaza Sound Studios, New York City] – Ray Fowler (tracks: A1- to 6, B1 to B5)
• Engineer [Original Recording Engineer, Universal Sound Studios, Chicago] – Bob Averill (tracks: Unspecified selection of B6 to D7), Bob Kidder (tracks: Unspecified selection of B6 to D7)
• Liner Notes – Stanley Crouch
• Organ – Maceo Wood* (tracks: C4, D6)
• Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Ted Williams
• Photography By [Back Cover, Liner Photos] – Steve Schapiro
• Producer [Original Recordings And This Reissue] – Orrin Keepnews
• Remastered By – David Turner
• Vocals – Mavis Staples
• Vocals, Guitar – Roebuck Staples*

Notes

All songs are traditional, except as indicated.
Tracks A2-A4, B4, B6, D1 published by Staples Music, BMI (sleeve says "Staple", but the BMI website shows that the publisher name is Staples Music).
Track D7 published by Warner Bros. Music, ASCAP.

A1 to B5 were originally on The Staple Singers - Hammer And Nails (Riverside 3501).
B6 to C4 were originally on The Staple Singers - This Land (Riverside 3524).
C7 to D7 were originally on The Staple Singers - This Little Light (Riverside 3527).
C5 and C6 are previously unissued.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society (Tracks A2-A4, B4, B6, D1): BMI
• Rights Society (Track D7): ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDCHD 391	The Staple Singers	Great Day ‎(CD, Comp, RE, RM)	Ace	CDCHD 391	UK	1992
MCD-47028-2	The Staple Singers	Great Day ‎(CD, Comp)	Milestone Records	MCD-47028-2	US	Unknown

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