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WILLIS PITTMAN AND THE BURDEN LIFTERS

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Willis Pittman & The Burden Lifters- Live In Rocky Mount.,N.C.! (Central Gospel Productions 7859), 1997
Produced by: Larry Blackwell Sr
Recorded live at: Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rocky Mt.,N.C.

Members: Willis Pittman, Norris Pittman, Melvin Wilson, Lonnie Hawley, Cliff Alston, Tommy Daughtery, Donny Daughtery, Lee Walker, Cornellus Winfro

Songs
1) Bless The People; 
2) Ain't That Good News; 
3) I Put It All In God's Hands; 
4) Farewell, Goodbye; 
5) Ask God In Faith; 
6) The Lord Will Make A Way; 
7) It's You I Owe; 
8) I Didn't Come This Far; 
9) (I'm So Glad) Jesus Saved Me; 
10) Thunder

Willis is a native of Enfield, North Carolina; he and his group also recorded for A.I.R. Records; Sound Hut Records; CRP; Melendo; Eternal Gold; Big Chance Records; Harlem Sounds and Williams Records. Several group members are related to Willis. 

A note of interest, producer Larry Blackwell Sr, is the same man that bought HSE Records from Hoyt Sullivan in the late 1970's. 

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Willis Pittman and The Burden Lifters- Thunder (CRP 0721)
Producer: Charles O Johnson & Roger Hawkins; Production Assistants: Bob Arrington  & Eric L Barnes
Recorded at: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Al 

Songs
Side 1
1) Thunder (Lead, Norris Pittman
2) So Glad I'm Here (Lead Willis Pittman & Norris Pittman)
3) Mama (Lead Willis Pittman & Melvin Wilson)

Side 2
1) He Never Failed Me Yet (Lead Willis Pittman)
2) Give Me The Strength (Lead Norris Pittman)
3) The Darkest Hour (Lead Norris Pittman & Melvin Wilson)
4) New Born Soul (Lead Willis Pittman)


This is the first of Willis' 2 albums on CRP, his other album on the label is Noah. 

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Willis Pittman and The Burden Lifters- Ask God In Faith (AIR 10035), 1981 (label also states Eternal Gold Ltd)
All songs written by Charles O. Johnson and Willis Pittman, all songs published by Charles O. Johnson Music. 

Side 1
1) Ask God In Faith
2) Little Johnny
3) Lift Up Your Head

Side 2
1) Lord Don't Leave Me Alone
2) Jesus Sheltered Me
​3) I'll Be There
4) So Good


This is Willis' 4th album, he also recorded an album on Sound Hut Records, another on Big Chance and another album on Harlem Sound before releasing this album. 

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