This is a sampler from Light Records. The album features the following artists and song as well as what album they originally appeared on;
1 – David Edwards – Diamond’s Lullaby – Dreams, Tales & Lullabies 2 – Karen Voegtlin – Into Your Hands – He’s My Leader 3 – Dan Burgess – Fill My Life – Fill My Life 4 – Larry Bryant – The Artist – The Artist 5 – Dino – Holy, Holy, Holy – Just Piano… Praise II 6 – The Winans – Tomorrow – Tomorrow 7 – Ralph Carmichael – A Quiet Place – I Looked For Love 8 – Dan Burgess – When We See Him – Dan Burgess With Songs You’ll Want To Sing 9 – Andraé Crouch – My Tribute – Andrae Crouch 10 – Rob Frazier – He Is All You Need – Cut It Away
Tracklist 1 – David Edwards – Diamond’s Lullaby – 5:01 2 – Karen Voegtlin – Into Your Hands – 4:26 3 – Dan Burgess – Fill My Life – 3:23 4 – Larry Bryant – The Artist – 4:03 5 – Dino – Holy, Holy, Holy – 3:29 6 – The Winans – Tomorrow – 4:12 7 – Ralph Carmichael – A Quiet Place – 2:50 8 – Dan Burgess – When We See Him – 3:45 9 – Andraé Crouch – My Tribute – 6:00 10 – Rob Frazier – He Is All You Need – 4:12
Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Lexicon Music, Inc. Copyright (c) – Lexicon Music, Inc.
This is Eternal Ryte’s one and only on label album. They were yet another band out of the late 80’s California metal scene. They are known for doing the circuit of Secular bars that was considered trendy for Christian Metal bands at the end of the 80’s. As for the album it’s a pretty good metal album but is a little over produced in my opinion but you can still hear the skills of the band. Bobby Smith’s guitar stands out to me and also I found the writing to be a step up from most metal bands of the era. Unfortunately when Pure Metal was sold to Star Song Eternal Ryte is one of the bands that was released so we have to enjoy this album as other than their demo’s it is all we would get. Unfortunately the album is a little difficult to come by these days so it demands a bit of a premium.
Tracklist 1 – Tightrope Dancer – 3:53 2 – Requiem – 4:37 3 – Someone To Love – 4:42 4 – Say Hello – 4:20 5 – The Killer – 4:48 6 – Surrender – 3:07 7 – On The Line – 4:02 8 – You And Me – 3:42 9 – The King – 5:02 10 – No More Lies 5:15
Credits Bass, Vocals – Fred Gustafsson Percussion – Scott “Smash!” Earnest Written-By, Guitar – Bobby Smith (27) Written-By, Lead Vocals – Phil St. Vincent
Recently this album wandered into our studio and I was quite surprised by it. I was surprised because it a local guy from my home city of Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. I have never seen this album, I have never heard this album, and I have never heard of this performer. It was recorded about 5 blocks from where I currently live. Now the style of the album is decidedly AOR so I probably wouldn’t have listened to it much I definitely would have had it in my collection to support a local artist. One would have also thought I might have seen him in concert opening for bands. But no I never heard of him. Danny lives in my home city today and is still involved in the ministry. He had several albums after this one but they were released in Germany where Danny lived for several years. This however is his only 80’s CCM album.
Tracklist 1 – Hallowed Be – 3:00 2 – Halleluia – 3:20 3 – Water Of Life – 1:20 4 – Love That Is Pure – 2:27 5 – You Know What To Do – 4:38 6 – You’re The One – 3:30 7 – Oh For A Thousand Tongues To Sing – 2:24 8 – Willing Now To Die – 2:54 9 – Oh Sacred Head – 3:04 10 – Yo Te Amo (I Love You) – 3:32 11 – We Stand United – 5:17
Produced by Gary Brenner Lead vocals : Danny Plett Keyboards : Danny Plett, Gary Brenner Electric Guitar : Randy Hiebert Acoustic Guitar : Ari Lahdekorpi Bass Guitar : Paul Kelly Drums : Greg Black Percussion : Glen Matthews Background vocals : Danny Plett, Steve Bell, Dodi Bell, Paul Kelly, Angela Kelman Recorded & Mixed at Century 21 Recording Studios, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Engineered by Ralph Watts
By this point 2nd Chapter Of Acts was all done with studio work so Ward could concentrate on his solo career. Annie Herring from 2nd Chapter however does join Ward on the album. The album continues his more upbeat style and really several tracks on this album could easily be classified as Pop. The album had 3 singles. Far Behind made it to #10, Perfect Union to #3, and You Alone to #21. All in all a pretty successful album though it seems to get lost sometimes as his previous album, Armed & Dangerous, made quite a splash but this one didn’t seem as good of an album.
Tracklist 1 – Then I Realized – 4:32 2 – Racing For The Goal – 4:21 3 – You Alone – 3:42 4 – Show Them – 3:53 5 – Heart – 3:25 6 – So Many Are Lookin’ – 3:10 7 – Time Will Tell – 4:25 8 – Far Behind – 3:30 9 – Perfect Union – 4:38 10 – Fade To White – 4:26
Credits Arranged By [Musical Arrangements] – John Andrew Schreiner Art Direction, Design – Bradley Grose Backing Vocals – Annie Herring, Interdenominational Youth Choir Of Nachodoches, Kelly Willard (tracks: 5), Nelly Greisen Bass – Leon Gaer Classical Guitar – Frank Kimlico Drums – Mike Baird Engineer [Engineered By] – Greg Hunt Guitar – Michael Thompson Keyboards – John Andrew Schreiner Lyrics By – Matthew Ward Mastered By – Doug Saax Music By – Jim Tenneboe (tracks: 5, 6), John Andrew Schreiner (tracks: 1 to 10), Matthew Ward (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10) Other [Make Up] – Ken Gonzales Photography By – Aaron Rapoport Photography By [Assistant] – Tracy Lamonica Producer [Produced By] – John Andrew Schreiner Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Gary Leach, John Andrew Schreiner
Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Live Oak Records Copyright (c) – Live Oak Records Manufactured By – Word, Inc. Distributed By – Word, Inc. Recorded At – Rosewood Studio Mixed At – Rosewood Studio Mastered At – The Mastering Lab Published By – Megin’s College Fund Music Published By – JAS Music Published By – MIDI Mouse Music
San Francisco Bay Area’s Gideon’s Army got their start ministering in the prison system both juvenile and adult throughout California. After many years they finally put out this album in 1982. The album was released on Santa Ana’s Calvary Chapel’s own label “Asaph Records”. This was the second album on the label and as such was not well promoted or known outside of the local California area. Later this label would actually get much better known but in 1982 it was barely known. The band have a strong Late 70’s Southern Rock sound that I think was rather unique for the CCM market. One of the other strange things about the album is the length of some of the songs. There are 4 tracks over the 5 minute mark which was a little more common in the mid 70’s. Because of this the album is limited to only 8 tracks. This album is very unique and you should give it a listen if not just for the historical sound of it.
Tracklist 1 – Light – 6:17 2 – Dream – 4:28 3 – Lift Your Heart – 4:33 4 – What Is Love – 7:12 5 – Better Days – 6:35 6 – On The Move – 3:39 7 – New Man – 6:32 8 – Can You Still Turn Away? – 4:41
Credits Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Rob Carey Backing Vocals – Ron Davis Drums, Lead Vocals – Jerry Anderson Lead Guitar – Dave Angeles Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Mike Banke Lead Vocals, Bass – Mark Greves Organ, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Doug Naruo Percussion – Tom Long Trumpet – Jim Gabel, Rob Brockman
The Last Adam were a 70’s Rock band out of Clearwater, FL. This is one of those odd albums that was released on The Salvation Army’s own label. I couldn’t find out much about the band but at the time other than they did play in the church. Must have been some rocking going on there at the end of the 70’s. As for the album it has a very late 70’s rock feel and was probably on the edge of being outdated in 1980. Be careful not confuse the band with the 90’s band “Last Adam”. This album would have been right at home on the Tunesmith label but the church got to them first.
Tracklist 1 – Receive It – 5:12 2 – Resist The Devil – 3:48 3 – Any Old Music – 4:00 4 – Psalm 113 – 5:13 5 – Washed In The Blood – 3:40 6 – Dance Cloud – 5:52 7 – Letter To The Devil – 3:02 8 – More Much More – 3:54 9 – Trips – 3:51 10 – Remember That Name – 4:53
Credits Rick Tarquine – Guitar Buddy Fetz – Drums Patt Wadenpfuhl – Lead Vocals Ken Wadenpfuhl – Brass Fred Smith Jr. – Guitar Debbie Steitz – Keyboards
As the story goes Mike Stand was resting after a surgery and decided to break out his Tascam 4 track and listen to some recordings the band made in 91 & 93. For some reason back in the day the boys were unable to release these recordings. Mike decided to see if he could get these recordings released so he ran a kickstarter to raise funds for the album. They successfully raised over $23,000 so we are blessed with a new, old album. The sound of this album is classic Altar boys so any fan of them back then will be a fan of this album. It’s not that often a situation likes this comes so I found it to be a real treat.
Tracklist 1 – Rebel Rock – 4:37 2 – No Substitute – 4:00 3 – Let Me See Your Hands – 3:31 4 – Light Of Freedom – 4:01 5 – Outside In The Distance – 3:25 6 – History Comes Back – 5:18 7 – The Kids Cry – 3:58 8 – Surround Me – 4:33 9 – Thousand Miles – 4:27 10 – Devotion – 4:28 11 – Give Our Hearts – 4:16 12 – Revolution Of Love – 2:53
Credits Design [Artwork Design] – Ron Lara Mixed By, Mastered By – Keith Sorrells Performer [Altar Boys Are:] – Jeff Crandall, Mark Robertson, Mike Stand, Steve Pannier
Companies, etc. Mixed At – Project K Studios Copyright (c) – Lo-Fidelity Records Copyright (c) – Oh Oh Nancy Music
Brothers Dino and John Elefante returned with the other members of Mastedon to give us their second album in 1990. It was released on their own brand new label, Pakaderm Records. I’m a little unclear on their fascination with the elephant species but it’s kind of cute. The album actually has 4 lead vocalists, Dave Amato, Tom Bowes, John Elefante, and Dean Longacre. I don’t think I’ve seen 4 lead vocalists on an album before. As for the album it is somewhere in between metal and rock but I think it leans more metal so I’m categorizing it that way. You can actually hear Dino and John’s Kansas influence on a few tracks which is a nice bit of throwback.
Tracklist 1 – Holiest One – 4:50 2 – Life On The Line – 4:25 3 – Run To The Water – 4:30 4 – When It All Comes Down – 4:30 5 – Taken Down Below – 4:33 6 – Stampede – 2:27 7 – Living For You – 4:16 8 – Thief In The Night – 2:47 9 – People Of This Time – 4:54 10 – It Is Done – 3:43
Credits Arranged By – Dino Elefante, John Elefante Backing Vocals – Bob Carlisle, Dave Amato, John Elefante Bass – Dino Elefante, John Pierce Cover, Design, Illustration, Layout – Robert Fischer Drums – David Raven, Mac Jack, Phil Rowland Engineer – John Elefante, Mike Mireau Engineer [Additional] – Jeff Simmons Guitar – Dave Amato, Dino Elefante, Michael Thompson, Steph Burns, Tony Palacios Keyboards – John Andrew Schreiner, John Elefante Mastered By – Bob Ludwig Producer – Dino Elefante, John Elefante Vocals – Dave Amato, Dean Longacre, John Elefante, Tom Bowes
Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Word, Inc. Distributed By – Word, Inc. Mastered At – Masterdisk Recorded At – Pakaderm Studios
The third studio album from The Alarm came to us in 1987. It was very well received reaching number 23 in the UK secular charts and number 77 in the US secular charts. The band actually toured with Bob Dylan the same year in support of the album. They also played Greenbelt the same year giving the Christian festival attendees a sneak peek of the album. The first single was “Rain In The Summertime” and when asked about it Mike Peters said they wrote the song together as a band. He also had this to say “We had a huge battle and it tore us apart. To get to the end of the record and have that song, it felt like we’d weathered a massive storm. We’d come through the eye of the hurricane, and here was the rain at the end of this intense period just to wash away all the ill feeling and bad experiences that we had, to bring us together.” The album is actually a little difficult to categorize. On one hand it’s rock but on the other hand new wave and on the third hand pop. However you categorize it, it is very good and a must listen.
Tracklist 1 – Rain In The Summertime – 5:12 2 – Newtown Jericho – 4:05 3 – Hallowed Ground – 4:17 4 – One Step Closer To Home – 4:31 5 – Shelter – 3:08 6 – Rescue Me – 3:19 7 – Permanence In Change – 4:01 8 – Presence Of Love – 4:01 9 – Only Love Can Set Me Free – 4:22 10 – Eye Of The Hurricane – 3:38
Credits Bass Guitar, Synth [Bass Synth], Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Eddie MacDonald Design, Art Direction – Steve Stretton Drums, Drum Programming [Linn Programming], Backing Vocals – Twist Engineer – Tony Platt Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Dave Sharp Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmonica – Mike Peters Management – Ian Wilson, Third Light Management Mastered By – Jay Willis Mixed By – David Leonard (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B4), Tony Platt (tracks: A4, B5) Mixed By [Assistant] – Gary Wilkinson (tracks: A4, B5), Jim Champagne (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B4), Nick Blundell (tracks: A4, B5), Ron DaSilva (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B4) Musician [Additional], Piano, Organ [Hammond] – Chris Stanton* (tracks: A4, B4, B5) Musician [Additional], Piano, Synthesizer [Dx7] – Mark Taylor (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3) Photography By – Spencer Rowell Producer – John Porter, The Alarm Programmed By – MacDonald, Porter, Twist Written-By – Sharp (tracks: A4), MacDonald (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B5), Peters (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B5), Twist (tracks: A4), The Alarm (tracks: A1, A5)
Companies, etc. Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc. Distributed By – MCA Records, Inc. Pressed By – Europadisk Recorded At – Great Linford Manor Mixed At – Soundcastle Mixed At – Image Recording Studios Mixed At – Great Linford Manor Mastered At – Precision Lacquer Phonographic Copyright (p) – International Record Syndicate, Inc. Copyright (c) – International Record Syndicate, Inc. Published By – Illegal Songs, Inc.
This Means War! is the ninth studio album from Petra. The album was the start of a shift from their better known pop sound to a more guitar driven rock sound though the keyboards did remain and still dominated some tracks. The album was produced by the Elefante brothers and this is the style of music they excelled in producing. It is said that the title track “This Means War!” was a rebuke to those who criticized Christian Rock especially Jimmy Swaggart who had actually singled out Petra on his ridiculous rants against Christian rock. Personally I don’t really hear it but it’s an interesting side note to the album. The album garnered Petra their fourth Grammy Nomination in the Best Performance by a Gospel Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus category but alas they did not win the Grammy for the fourth time. The album released 2 singles. Don’t Let Your Heart Be Hardened made it to #1 and I Am Available made it to #4.
Tracklist 1 – This Means War! – 3:30 2 – He Came, He Saw, He Conquered – 4:10 3 – Get On Your Knees And Fight Like A Man – 4:32 4 – I Am Available – 4:27 5 – Kenaniah – 3:43 6 – You Are My Rock – 4:21 7 – The Water Is Alive – 3:48 8 – Don’t Let Your Heart Be Hardened – 3:41 9 – Dead Reckoning – 3:23 10 – All The King’s Horses – 4:17
Credits Arranged By [Arrangements By] – Bob Hartman, Dino Elefante, John Elefante Art Direction, Design – Dave Rogers Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – John Elefante, John Lawry, John Schlitt, Mark Kelly (8) Bass Guitar – Mark Kelly Booking [Concert Bookings] – William Morris Agency Booking [Ministry Dates] – Ambassador Artist Agency Drums – Louie Weaver Drums [Drum Section] – Tom Hrbacek (tracks: 1) Engineer [Engineered By] – Dino Elefante, John Elefante, Mike Mierau Illustration – Chris Hopkins Keyboards – John Lawry Lead Guitar – Bob Hartman Lead Vocals – John Schlitt Management [Management By] – FirstBorne Productions, Inc. Mastered By – Steve Hall Producer [Produced By] – Dino Elefante, John Elefante Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Bob Hartman, John Elefante, Louie Weaver, Tim Heitz Programmed By [Computer Programming] – John Lawry Promotion [Newsletter & Band Information] – Petra
Companies, etc. Copyright (c) – Star Song Records Phonographic Copyright (p) – Star Song Records Record Company – Jubilee Communications, Inc. Distributed By – Sparrow/Star Song Distribution Pressed By – CTA Co. Ltd. – X-733 Recorded At – Pakaderm Studios Mixed At – Pakaderm Studios Mastered At – Future Disc Published By – Dawn Treader Music Published By – Gaither Music Published By – Petsong Publishing Published By – Uncle Pitts Publishing Published By – Stop Shakin Publishing
