Four New Compilations From Join Legacy’s Essential Series

Disc Two – Selections: 1. Unconditional (Live) (B) • 2. I Want My Destiny (Live) (E) • 3. We’re Blessed/Shout Unto God (Live) (D) • 4. Jesus Is All (D) • 5. Let Me Praise You Now (E) • 6. Give Me A Clean Heart (E) • 7. I Am Persuaded (A) • 8. This Is The Day (Live) (J) • 9. Praise Belongs To You (I) • 10. Just To Be Close To You (D) • 11. I Will Find A Way (I) • 12. You Are My Life/Total Praise (Live) (H).

From album:
A – I Am Persuaded (originally released 1991, as Benson 84418-2727-2; and 1997, as Verity 43045)
B – Shakin’ The House – Live In L.A. (originally released March 1996, as Benson 4272, and 1997, as Verity 43068)
C – Spirit Of David (originally released August 1996, as Benson 4320, and 1997, as Verity 43047)
D – Pages Of Life: Chapters I & II (originally released April 1998, as Verity 43110)
E – Purpose By Design (originally released March 2000, as Verity 43140)
F – Christmas… Just Remember (originally released Sept. 11, 2001, as Verity 43174)
G – Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3 (orig. rel. Sept. 2002, as Verity 43197)
H – Gospel Today Presents Praise & Worship Volume 2: Live At The Gospel Heritage Conference (originally released December 2003, as Verity 58248)
I – Somethin’ ’Bout Love (originally released June 2004, as Verity 58744)
J – Free To Worship – Live At The Potter’s House (orig. rel. Jan. 2007, as Verity 86952)

The Essential JohnP. Kee

God delivered John P. (for Prince) Kee, the 15th of 16 children, from a street life of dissolution as a troubled teen to a pastor’s calling at his New Life Fellowship Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, which he formed in 1981 and has led ever since. In the course of his leadership and his prolific work with other artists, Bil Carpenter declares Kee “number one in line to inherit the throne of gospel’s king, Rev. James Cleveland,” who passed on in 1991. Kee’s incorporation of southern gospel, Urban soul and R&B, old school shout band technique, and (more recently) hip-hop beats, has won legions of fans across the country.

Kee and his choir recorded at least five albums before breaking through with 1989’s Wait On Him, which hit Top 5 on the Billboard gospel sales chart and won three Stellar awards, including Song Of The Year for “It Will Be Alright.” The choir has showcased many singers over the years, starting here with Sheila Lakin on “The Anointing.” Kee has recorded more than a dozen albums under the Verity banner, nearly twice that many in his career, but this collection cleaves closely to his (primarily) live material with the NLCC. After releasing Wash Me in 1991 (with “Standing In The Need,” “More Like Jesus” again featuring Sheila Lakin, and Kee’s duet with Lowell Pye from Men Of Standard on “Jesus Is Real”), they came back even stronger the next year on We Walk By Faith. The album was their first to top the Gospel chart at #1 and included “He’s Able” (with Sheila Lakin’s lead vocal), “We Glorify” (Kee’s duet with Vanessa Bell Armstrong), and “New Life.”