Adrian J. Pratt ‎- Jester Before The Throne – 1984

This is another one of those albums that escaped us in the North American market. It actually missed a lot of people in the European market too due to it being on a small label. This is also another one of those albums that the minute I heard it I was so disappointed that I didn’t get to hear this one back in 1984 when it was released. Adrian had been performing in his local market area since the 70’s but an opportunity came up for him to record an album while he was in theological college. He put thought into the album and with the exception of one track he chose songs that people had told him were a blessing to them. This was an excellent strategy to pick tracks. Remember he didn’t have some big dollar producer to guide him on what tracks to record so he chose this route and it worked. As for the album it’s a fun 80’s folk pop album with shades of Ishmael here and there. The title track alone is worth the price of admission and I can only imagine how great this track would have been with some top notch studio musicians and production. Which brings me to my only criticism. The production is not that great but let’s remember this was a small label and no one was throwing money at this album. With some good production I truly believe this is one that could have sold well and I know I would have loved it in 1984. Actually I love it now but I’m stuck in the 80’s. Adrian continues his musical journey today and he directed me to his website which you may want to head over to to hear even more from him or perhaps listen to one of his sermons. I enjoyed both over at his website and his YouTube channel.

https://music4mrg.weebly.com

Tracklist
1 – Psalm 150 – 4:16
2 – Song – 3:28
3 – Cleaning – 1:59
4 – Tired Song – 3:01
5 – Now – 4:56
6 – Will You Listen (Or Will You Mock) – 5:28
7 – Angry – 4:09
8 – God Is Moving On – 3:54
9 – Message – 3:10
10 – Where Is The Love – 3:36
11 – He Knows You Know – 4:49
12 – Jester Before The Throne – 4:23

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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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