Month: November 2025

Pam Mark Hall – Supply And Demand – 1984

This is Pam’s 3rd album and her first with Reunion Records. It continued the Pop sound from her last album and is a really good album. Keith Thomas produced the album and he was is his best form in this period. It had 2 charting singles with the biggest one being “Sparrow Watcher” making it to #10. Now I’m goin to be a little negative here. On that single Reunion brought in Amy Grant and Kathy Troccoli for back up vocals. This wasn’t necessary. Pam is an excellent vocalist just as good if not better than Amy and Kathy. Something about the industry at this moment couldn’t just let a female vocalist me popular on their own. I see over and over again them throwing Amy at an album and then picking that track as a single. To be honest I’m just sick of it. As I said Pam was a fantastic vocalist and didn’t need top level support. Anyway the album is a great Pop album and could stand on it’s own as one of the best albums of 1984.

Tracklist
1 – The Agony And The Glory – 4:29
2 – For The Prize – 4:04
3 – Walk By Faith – 3:38
4 – Hey Child – 4:28
5 – Our God Reigns – 4:12
6 – Find The Glory There – 4:27
7 – Love Supply What Love Demands – 4:37
8 – Reach Out And Love Again – 3:59
9 – Sparrow Watcher – 3:40

Credits
Jeff Balding – Engineer
Brown Bannister – Songwriter
Michael Blanton – Executive Producer
Mike Brignardello – Moog Bass, Bass
Don Cobb – Additional Engineer, Mix Assistant
John Darnall – String Arrangements
Mark Douthit – Saxophone
Dave Durham – Background Vocals
Lynn Fuston – Additional Engineer
Randy Garmon – Additional Engineer
Mark Gersmehl – Songwriter
Jon Goin – Guitars
Amy Grant – Duet Vocals
Greg Guidry – Background Vocals
Mark Hammond – Drums, Drum Programming
Dan Harrell – Executive Producer
Chris Harris – Background Vocals
Tom Hemby – Guitars
Denny Henson – Background Vocals
Danny Hilley – Engineer, Mixed
Dennis Holt – Drums
Greg Jennings – Guitars, Slide Guitar
Ted Jensen – Mastered
Robert White Johnson – Background Vocals
Bonnie Keen – Background Vocals
Candi Long – Songwriter
Pam Mark Hall – Songwriter, Background Vocals, Vocals
Terry McMillan – Percussion
Rich Mullins – Songwriter
Clarke Schleicher – Additional Engineer, Mix Assistant
Penn Singleton – Engineer
Michael W. Smith – Songwriter
Keith Thomas – Producer, Songwriter, Keyboards, Drums, Programming, Background Vocals
Kathy Troccoli – Duet Vocals, Background Vocals
Wendy Waldman – Background Vocals

Companies, etc.
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Distributed By – Word Records Limited
Distributed By – Word (Uk) Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Reunion Records
Copyright © – Reunion Records
Recorded At – The Bennett House
Recorded At – Hummingbird Studio, Nashville, TN
Recorded At – Goldmine Studio, Brentwood, TN
Recorded At – Morningstar Recording Studio, Hendersonville
Mixed At – The Bennett House
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Designed At – Thomas Ryan Design

Michael Peace – RRRock It Right – 1987

This is the first album from Rap artist Michael Peace who was one of the very early Rap artist in the Christian genre. I’m actually a little confused with this album because strangely it was produced and arranged by Michael Blanton and Dan Harrell who worked on all the Amy Grant albums of the day. Rap was an up and coming music style so I think Reunion Records wanted to get ahead of this trend. Inexplicitly they chose Michael Blanton and Dan Harrell to work on the project but neither of them had any experience with Rap or even with a black artist for that matter. As a result we have a great artist and idea for an album with horrible execution. I seriously wonder if they even listened to a Run DMC album before they worked this album. I will give them credit for one thing and that is that they had to be the enablers for Michael’s cover of “Wise Up” which is actually pretty darn good. My real problem with the album is that everything is thin. The music tracks, which I really really like, have no feel, no soul, and just feel like backing tracks. There is absolutely no effects on Michael’s voice with the exception of a bit of echo here and there. This was just the wrong team to work on this album and I know Rap isn’t only in black culture but that’s where it came from and other than Michael I don’t even see a black person involved with this album. Now that I’ve said that I do think this is a good album, there’s tons of talent here but the album just feels unfinished. I just wonder what it would have sounded like if someone like Rod Hui had a shot at the album.

Tracklist
1 – Heart Trouble – 4:25
2 – Rock Your World – 3:48
3 – J-E-S-U-S – 3:53
4 – Wise Up – 3:44
5 – RRRock It Right – 4:12
6 – Automatic Witness – 4:20
7 – No Solution – 3:39
8 – In The Ghetto – 4:52
9 – Rappin’ It Up – 1:14

Credits
Michael Peace – Songwriter, Vocals
Michael Blanton – Executive Producer
Mark Douthit – Saxophone
John Hammond – Drums
Dan Harrell – Executive Producer
Tom Hemby – Producer, Songwriter, Arranger, Synclavier, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Percussion
Wayne Kirkpatrick – Songwriter
Ken Love – Mastered
Jeff Moseley – Songwriter
Brett Perry – Synclavier Programming
Billy Simon – Songwriter
Tricia Walker – Songwriter
Bill Whittington – Engineer

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Reunion Records
Copyright © – Reunion Records
Published By – Word Music
Published By – Edward Grant, Inc.
Published By – River Oaks Music Co.
Published By – Meadowgreen Music Co.

Abraham – Underground – 1987

As near as I can find this was the last album from The Watchmen aka Abraham & The Watchmen Band, aka Abraham. Their last 2 albums are self released and in my humble opinion their best 2 albums. I simply don’t understand how a respected recorded band with a strong history couldn’t get these 2 albums released on a proper label. There’s probably more to the story but it is what it is. While I think I prefer “Anti-Sin” I really really like this one too. Unfortunately our copy of this album simply isn’t the best and I really wish I could get my hands on the original tracks so I could give it a modern professional remaster. Hint hint guys. As for the album it has a pop rock feel with some tracks leaning a little more synth oriented and some leaning more Rock oriented. All around this is a great album for 1987 and probably would have sold well.

Tracklist
1 – Choose To Refuse – 3:18
2 – Think About Me – 3:05
3 – Never Give Up – 4:55
4 – Fightin’ Against The Tide – 4:05
5 – Overture – 1:14
6 – Can’t Wait – 2:25
7 – I Am Not Ashamed – 3:49
8 – Freedom In Jesus – 3:52
9 – If You Could Only See My Heart – 3:39

Credits
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Loren Greene
Drums – Ken Abraham
Lead Guitar – Pete Strayer
Lead Vocals, Guitar – Skip Addington
Producer – Dave Wagner, Stan Arthur, Tink Abraham
Technician, Sound Designer – Eric Abraham
Vocals, Keyboards – Tink Abraham
Vocals, Percussion – John Abraham