Wayne Watson – Workin’ In The Final Hour – 1980

This is Wayne’s first album, kind of. This was his first album on a label with proper distribution actually. He actually had a self released album in 1978 that we have but I haven’t listened to yet. But essentially as far as most people are concerned this is indeed his first album. As the story goes after college Wayne was playing music in area churches and was leading worship at an area youth camp when one of the parents recorded his music performance. That tape ended up on a desk at Milk & Honey records. They must have liked what they heard as Wayne went on to release 4 albums with them. This album gave him his first CCM charting single with “One Day” making it to #9. The album is pretty easy listening so it’s not really for me but for the style it’s a great album that was a sign of things to come in Wayne’s career.

Tracklist
1 – One Day – 3:33
2 – Because Of Whose I Am – 4:59
3 – Make A Wish – 3:19
4 – I Don’t Want Your Money – 3:47
5 – Trust In The Lord – 2:55
6 – Touch Of The Master’s Hand – 4:37
7 – Lay Them Down – 3:54
8 – How He Loves Me – 3:18
9 – No Need – 3:18
10 – One More Song – 3:01

Credits
Arranged By – Greg Nelson
Backing Vocals – Al Moore, Dennis Wilson, Don Gant, Donna Sheridan, Mike Albrecht, Mitch Humphries, Scott Roley
Bass – Ernie Collins
Drums – Bob Mater
Engineer – Scott Hendricks
Engineer [Assistant] – Bill Deaton
Executive-Producer – Ray Nenow
Guitar – Brent Rowan, Joe Wilson, Mike Noble
Keyboards – Alen Steinberger, Buddy Skipper, Mitch Humphries, Shane Keister
Percussion – Bill Wiggins, Terry McMillan
Photography By – Michael Borum
Producer – Greg Nelson
Saxophone – Donnie “Sax” Sanders
Synthesizer – Shane Keister

Companies, etc.
Record Company – The Zondervan Corporation
Recorded At – Glaser Sound Studios, Nashville
Lacquer Cut At – Masterfonics
Designed At – Michael Harris Design
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Milk & Honey
Copyright © – Milk & Honey
Published By – Group Seven
Published By – Takalofme Music
Published By – Libris Music
Published By – Paragon Music Corp.
Published By – Cooga Music
Published By – Crosswalk Music

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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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