Agape Force – Within the Gate – 1978

This may actually be the first live Jesus music worship album ever. Agape Force and Candle came together to record this live worship album in the Agape Force gymnasium at their ranch in Garden Valley, Texas. As for the album it is exactly what you are expecting after reading after the first sentence. Not particularly my style of album but I wasn’t attending worship services in the south in 1978. For what it is it’s a pretty good album and gives us a little insight into what was happening in the southwest U.S. southwest Jesus music scene in the late 70’s. It should be noted that I have arranged the track in a slightly different way that the album presented them as I think it better represents the flow of the album.

Tracklist
1 – Soldiers Of The Army – 2:38
2 – Stay On The Battlefield – 2:23
3 – I Will Sing – 2:50
4 – Fill Me Now – 2:10
5 – Lord Of Hosts – 2:00
6 – Glory To God In The Highest – 1:51
7 – Glory, Jesus, Glory – 1:43
8 – I Want To Be In Service For Jesus – 3:48
9 – The Lord Is My Strength – 2:14
10 – Lay Hold – 2:33
11 – The Steadfast Love – 1:43
12 – Living Fire – 2:02
13 – Hallelujah Song – 2:14
14 – Worthy – 3:00
15 – The Greatest Thing – 4:16
16 – Higher, Higher – 3:38

Credits
Artwork By, Design – Mark Pendergrass
Bass – Frank Hernandez
Engineer – Paul Christensen
Executive Producer – Tony Salerno
Guitar [Acoustic] – Frank Atcheson, Frank Hernandez, Gabriel Arosemena, Mike Milligan
Piano – Kathy Salerno
Producer [& Musical Director], Liner Notes – Billy Ray Hearn
Voice – Betsy Jacobson, Mike Milligan

Companies, etc.
Mixed At – Martinsound
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sparrow Records, Inc.

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Author: Ray Mansfield

One of the founding cowboys of Real 80s CCM. Been listening to this stuff since 1978.

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