Rainbow in the Sky (SPCD-7015-2), Alex Bradford’s previous compact disc in this series, concentrated on alternate and unissued takes by the innovative gospel singer, pianist, and songwriter. This set, however, presents his greatest hits of the Fifties. It begins with 1953’s “Too Close to Heaven”; one of the biggest selling gospel records of all time, this emotion-gripping Bradford ballad also had a marked effect on the musical direction taken by Ray Charles at… MORE