| Don't Lose This | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Roebuck "Pops" Staples |
| Cover: | File:Dont_Lose_This_Album_Cover.jpg |
| Released: | 2015 |
| Studio: | Hinge Sound, Chicago, Illinois; The Loft |
| Label: | dBpm Records |
| Producer: | Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Pops Staples |
| Prev Title: | Father Father |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
Don't Lose This is a 2015 posthumous album by American gospel and R&B musician Pops Staples. The album was put together with various musicians, using unfinished tracks from 1998 that were intended for a "lost" album by The Staple Singers.[1] The album was produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. The album reached #16 on the Independent Albums chart.[2]
The title of the album comes from words that Staples spoke to his daughter Mavis Staples just prior to his death.[3] He told her, "don't lose this, here," referring to 10 recordings that he made in 1998.[3] Mavis teamed up with Jeff Tweedy in 2014 to produce the tracks and finish the album. Tweedy had previously produced Mavis' albums You Are Not Alone and One True Vine.[4] Tweedy played bass on the album and his son Spencer played drums.[4]
All tracks composed by Pops Staples; except where indicated