This was the first album released after Keith’s untimely death. It is a compilation album but includes a few previously unreleased live cuts which is why we are uploading it to YouTube. We generally don’t upload compilation albums unless they have some bonus material such as this one does. The album was also released with a booklet insert which you can see on our web-page. It is full of industry people relating their Keith Green stories.
Tracklist 1 – Introduction – 2:00 2 – My Eyes Are Dry – 3:08 3 – Trials Turned To Gold – 3:29 4 – O Lord, You’re Beautiful – 4:37 5 – You Are The One – 2:39 6 – Song To My Parents (I Only Want To See You There) – 4:15 7 – Until That Final Day – 4:37 8 – If You Love The Lord – 7:20 9 – Pledge My Head To Heaven – 3:00 10 – Draw Me – 4:35 11 – Stained Glass – 2:49 12 – Altar Call – 4:20
Credits Art Direction – Stan Evenson Design Coordinator [Cover Coordination] – B. Charlyne Hinesley Engineer [Assembly and remixes] – Winn Kutz Illustration – James Henry Liner Notes – Billy Ray Hearn Mastered By – Steve Hall Producer, Liner Notes – Bill Maxwell
Geoff and the band had songwriting down to an art by the time they released this their 5th studio album. This is a great Pop Rock album and they really did nail this sound. The only downside to the album is that it’s a little ballad heavy but that’s what made it a very successful album. Six out of the ten tracks singled on the CCM charts with “Live To Tell”, “If You Could See What I See”, and “Heart To God, Hand To Man” making it into the top 10. The album was also nominated for the Best Rock Gospel Album Grammy but lost out to dc Talk, Free at Last which was a far poorer album but whatever. I think the album is best remembered for it’s opening evolution themed track which is a great little pop tune that actually made it to #20 on the CCM charts.
Tracklist 1 – Evolution…Redefined – 4:27 2 – I Can See Clearly Now – 3:52 3 – Life Together – 4:25 4 – Live To Tell – 4:34 5 – If You Could See What I See – 4:18 6 – Godgottaholdonme – 4:24 7 – That’s When I’ll Know I’m Home – 4:24 8 – Heart To God, Hand To Man – 5:22 9 – Why Should The Devil (Have All The Good Music) – 4:26 10 – When All Is Said And Done – 2:56
Credits Backing Vocals – Chris Hogue, Joe Hogue, Lisa Glasgow, Mark Heimermann, Micah Wilshire, Michael Black, Pam Mark Hall, Raymond Weaver Bass – Gary Mullett Choir – Barry Blaze, Becky Naish, Cindy Morgan, Danny O’Lannerghty, Geof Barkley, Kim Chandler, Pam Mark Hall, Rebecca Smallbone, Renay Presley, Scot Kifer Coordinator [Producer’s Assistant] – Chris Hogue, Paul Salveson Coordinator [Production] – Bridgett Evans O’Lannerghty Design [Art Design] – Anderson Thomas Design, Inc. Drums, Programmed By – Greg Herrington Engineer – Paul Salveson Engineer [Additional] – Greg Parker, Keith Compton Engineer [Second] – Dave Dillbeck, Greg Parker, Patrick Kelly, Todd Robbins Executive-Producer – Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo Guitar – Roscoe Meek Keyboards, Vocals – Geof Barkley Lead Vocals – Geoff Moore Mastered By – Glenn Meadows Mixed By – John Jaszcz Musician – Dan Huff, George Cocchini, Jackie Street, Jerry McPherson, Jimmy A., Joe Hogue, Micah Wilshire, Phil Naish Photography By – Russ Harrington Producer – Joe Hogue, Phil Naish Recorded By, Mixed By – Ronnie Brookshire Voice [Teacher] – Mark Lowry
This is a rather odd one. The Strait Tapes were a series of at least 3 cassettes published by Strait which was the Greenbelt Newspaper that came out Bi Monthly in the 80’s. How they got the rights to these songs is completely baffling but they did and they put out these great cassettes. This is the first one of this series. It is a mix of stuff we know and stuff we don’t. No one is too sure what year this cassette came out as the tracks themselves are from all over but the best guess is 1985. I’ve listed below what album these tracks showed up on if they did. There are some really rare unreleased tracks here a couple B sides so this is a real special compilation. I look forward to finding the next 2 cassettes in this series.
Larry Norman – If You Don’t Love the Lord (1986 Rehearsal 4 Reality/different version)
Robin Lane – Hard Cover (1984 Heart Connection EP)
Steve Turner – I Looked Down (1982 - City Without Love)
Philip Bailey – The Wonders of His Love (1984 The Wonders Of His Love)
Jump the Nile – Innocence Abroad (unreleased, band only had one 7")
Ring of Fire – Brave Men Cry (unreleased, no info on band)
Bruce Cockburn – In the Falling Dark (1976 In the Falling Dark)
Maria Muldaur – There's Going To Be The Devil To Pay (1983 Sweet and Slow)
Randy Stonehill – Everything But Love (1985 Stonehill EP)
Press Any Key – Whisper On The Wind (1987 - Whisper On The Wind, different mix)
Garth Hewitt – Red Hot and Cooking (1982 B-side of The Hungry Wind single)
Interface – Memories (1984 Released as an A side single)
Tracklist 1 – Larry Norman – If You Don’t Love the Lord 2 – Robin Lane – Hard Cover 3 – Steve Turner – I Looked Down 4 – Philip Bailey – The Wonders of His Love 5 – Jump the Nile – Innocence Abroad 6 – Ring of Fire – Brave Men Cry 7 – Bruce Cockburn – In the Falling Dark 8 – Maria Muldaur – There’s Going To Be The Devil To Pay 9 – Randy Stonehill – Everything But Love 10 – Press Any Key – Whisper On The Wind 11 – Garth Hewitt – Red Hot and Cooking 12 – Interface – Memories
At this point Daniel Amos had album writing down to a science. Wikipedia states “The album is unusual for its loud, distorted noise pop sound, atypical of the band’s other recordings.” Really? All I hear is a typical DA album. I don’t hear any sound I haven’t heard from them before. Maybe I’m wrong though as I have a much more simple view of music and don’t get into small nuances like whomever wrote that Wikipedia entry. Anyway it’s a great album and while I may disagree with the message of the title track I don’t have to agree with Terry Taylor on everything.
Tracklist 1 – Broken Ladders To Glory – 4:05 2 – Bibleland – 2:56 3 – Theo’s Logic – 3:21 4 – Low Crawls And High Times – 3:41 5 – Bakersfield – 6:20 6 – Out In The Cold – 5:03 7 – The Bubble Bursts – 4:16 8 – Pete And Repeat – 4:11 9 – Constance Of The Universe – 4:09 10 – I’ll Get Over It – 4:39 11 – She’s Working Here – 4:16 12 – Stone Away – 4:48
Credits Art Direction, Design, Photography By, Computer [Digital Chicanery, etc.] – Court Patton, Tom Gulotta Bass – Tim Chandler Drums – Ed McTaggart Engineer [Engineered By] – Gene Eugene, Terry Taylor Executive-Producer – Gene Eugene, Ojo Taylor Film Technician [Scanning, Color Proofing & Film Output] – Ed McTaggart Guitar – Greg Flesch, Jerry Chamberlain Illustration – Douglas TenNapel Mastered By – Doug Doyle Mixed By – Gene Eugene Photography By [Band Photo] – Trisha Kluck Producer [Produced By] – Terry Taylor Vocals, Guitar – Terry Taylor
While Metal is not my preferred music style I have grown to like it a little more and I was looking forward to hearing some good anthem rock from Holy Soldier on this album. Holy cow was I in for a surprise. Eric Wayne is back on vocals and some how the band decided it was a good idea to completely change their style. They decided to turn their back on all their fans and do a grunge album. To be clear while I struggle with liking Metal sometimes I don’t struggle with grunge at all. I hate it, period. I just wonder how all the Holy Soldier diehards reacted to getting a completely different style album. I also believe this was the downfall of the band. Yes they had one more album after this but it was a self release because I kind of doubt any record company wanted anything to do with them. I am a little surprised that Eddie Degarmo was an Executive Producer for the album. I strongly respect Ed but he should have known that completely changing styles was not a good idea. Okay lets mover onto the album. As much as I dislike grunge this is a well done album. They actually nailed the sound and did a good job of it. The one exception is the cover of Larry’s “Why Don’t You Look Into Jesus” which is just horrible. So were you a Holy Soldier fan? Did you like the new sound?
Tracklist 1 – Promise Man – 4:35 2 – Mumbo Jumbo – 4:33 3 – My World – 4:02 4 – Rust – 5:45 5 – Why Don’t You Look Into Jesus – 4:05 6 – Break It Down – 3:55 7 – Cover Me – 4:33 8 – Grind – 3:14 9 – Love Conquers All – 5:13 10 – Sand – 4:29
Credits Bass – Andy Robbins Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Scott Soderstrom Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin – Michael Cutting Engineer – Doug Beiden Engineer [Assistent Engineer] – Sean McLean Executive-Producer – Dan R. Brock, Eddie Degarmo Mastered By – Ken Love Producer – David Zaffiro Vocals – Eric Wayne Written By – Andy Robbins, David Zaffiro, Eric Wayne, Michael Cutting, Scott Soderstrom
Before there was Hoi Polloi there was Jamboree which was a version of the band without Jenny. Otherwise looks identical with future Hoi Polloi producer Dave Steunebrink standing in on guitar. Only one of these tracks would get the Jenny treatment, Spin Me showed up in 1993 as the title track of the same name album. The rest of the tracks were lost to time which is a pity because these tracks are really good. In fact as a whole I preferred this sound than their Hoi Polli sound but I was heavily into this style of Alternative New Wave in the 80’s and their sound with Jenny not so much. Anyway this self released EP was only around in New Zealand so you probably never heard it but here it is.
Tracklist 1 – Melt Down – 3:47 2 – A Familiar Quietness – 3:35 3 – Cold – 3:57 4 – Out Of Season – 4:47 5 – Spin Me – 4:41
Credits Bass – Andrew Horst Drums – Jozsef Fityus Guitar – Dave Steunebrink Guitar, Keyboards – David Ball Producer, Engineer – Phil Yule Vocals – Brent Tasker
This album has been floating around the internet claiming that this album was recorded with After The Fire (ATF). I decided I wanted to get to the bottom of the story and talked with Peter Banks about this album. Here is the true story. John Pantry was producing the album and had booked Peter Banks to do some keyboard work for the album. Ishmael consequently asked if ATF could come into the studio as session players. John Pantry asked Peter if this was possible and Peter and ATF agreed to step in to help with the album. The version of ATF at the time was Andy Piercy, Ian Adamson, Robin Childs, and Peter Banks. So the internet story is relatively correct. Okay now that we’ve set the record straight (see what I did there?) lets talk about the album. To be clear this album is the amalgamation of 2 of my top 5 favourite Christian artists and I was excited to give it a listen and I wasn’t disappointed. It is done in Ishmael’s style but you can get a feel of ATF in the background. Peter’s keyboards are very distinctive and you can tell a mile away it is him. Unfortunately in the 80’s we simply didn’t know anything about ATF except Der Kommissar or Ishmael other that Ishmael United due to where we lived. I simply wish I could go back and enjoy those days when their music was fresh but I’m delighted to hear it now.
Tracklist 1 – When Revival Hits Our Town – 3:57 2 – Praise Away – 4:10 3 – It’s Amazin’ What Praisin’ Can Do – 2:28 4 – Soul Man – 2:24 5 – I Will Sing A Song Unto The Lord – 1:07 6 – Martyr’s Praise Song – 2:26 7 – Who Is He In Yonder Stall – 8:30 8 – Benedictus – 4:33 9 – Lord Army/Prayer Force – 4:55 10 – Song Of Emmanuel – 3:09 11 – Jesus Christ Is Risen Today – 3:01 12 – Kiss The Hand Of Jesus – 7:10 13 – We Are Coming To His House – 3:51
Credits Ishmael – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Andy Piercy – Acoustic Guitar Ian Adamson – Drums Robin Childs – Bass Peter Banks – Keyboards, Electric Guitar John Pantry – Producer
Companies, etc. Published By – Thankyou Music Published By – Word
There is very little info out there on Ezra. In fact there’s none I can find other than the liner notes and none of the members went on to do any other projects that I can find. The album is on Asaph Records which is the music ministry label of Calvary Chapel, based in Santa Ana. So I guess we can guess that they were a southern California band but that’s just a guess. Anyway the album is fantastic. While described by some as metal it’s not. It leans more towards Arena Rock and some of the tracks are Hard Rock. I’m really surprised there isn’t more info on these guys out there given the quality of this album. Was the album a little late in 1991? I don’t think so, there was still lots of Arena Rock at the time. Anyway give it a listen and if you only have time for one track go with Frontline.
Tracklist 1 – Key To Heaven – 4:12 2 – Frontline – 4:30 3 – Listen To Your Heart – 3:56 4 – Shadow Of The Son – 3:05 5 – Carry Me Home – 4:23 6 – The Return – 5:21 7 – Here For You – 4:15 8 – That’s Right – 2:48 9 – Take Me – 5:16
Credits Arranged By, Producer – Ezra Art Direction, Illustration, Layout – John Shaffer Backing Vocals [Additional Backing Vocals] – Andy Allen Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Greg Lambas Design [Cover Design And Concept By] – Greg Lambas Drums – Jeff Chubb Drums [Additional Drumming By] – Terry McNab Executive-Producer – Brian Broderson Guitar, Vocals – Howard Anderson Lead Vocals, Keyboards – Thomas Potter Mixed By [Assisted By] – Andy Allen Photography By – Rick Gould Producer, Mixed By – Chip Cimino Recorded By, Mixed By – Alan DiCato
Companies, etc. Distributed By – Frontline Distribution Distributed By – Christian Marketing Canada
You could never say that Ken Tamplin was lazy. Between Joshua, Magdallan, Shout, and his solo projects his fans were never left wanting for an album. This is his second (if you count Ken Tamplin & Friends) solo project though there were very few “friends” on this album as he played almost all of the instruments on all the track himself though he did have some help on a few tracks. For this album Ken turned it down a little bit from Ken Tamplin & Friends. This is a more straight up Rock & Roll album with very few hints of Metal. As I start listening to Ken’s 90’s stuff I get the feeling my favourite album by him is going to constantly evolve. But for now this is my favorite. So if you like straight up Rock & Roll, this album is a must listen.
Tracklist 1 – Media Mania – 4:17 2 – (I’m Gonna) Live Forever – 3:36 3 – Hard Times Comin’ – 3:37 4 – Stand Up – 4:29 5 – Midnight ‘N Peru – 3:15 6 – Take It Now (Or Nothing) – 3:09 7 – Love’s Eternal Road – 4:16 8 – Stay By My Side – 3:25 9 – Come And Save Me – 4:02 10 – Heart And Soul – 3:07
Credits Acoustic Guitar – Ken Tamplin, Scott Van Zen Art Direction – Ed McTaggart Backing Vocals – Ken Tamplin, Vicki Lyn Reynolds Bass – Ken Tamplin, Roger Mielke, Scott van Zen Design – Joe Potter Drums – Ken Tamplin Harmonica – Jimmy Woods Keyboards – Roger Mielke Lead Guitar – Ken Tamplin, Scott Van Zen Lead Vocals – Ken Tamplin Mixed By – Ken Tamplin Percussion – Ken Tamplin Photography By – Nigel Skeet Producer – Ken Tamplin Rhythm Guitar – Ken Tamplin, Scott Van Zen Saxophone – Jergen Swartz
This album was recorded on Martyn’s “Acoustic Tour” in May 1989 except for Contradictions, No Choices and An Aching And A Longing recorded at Blue Strike Studio, Harrogate. Apparently he paid for the entire album production himself but seeing as it was released on Myrrh with a one album deal surely he got some help. That aside this album sold fantastic and was his jump into a record deal with Epic records (Sony). This is another artist that was very well known and loved in Europe but was completely unknown in the west. Well maybe not completely unknown but we couldn’t buy his albums so he was only known by a select few. Anyway this is a great album and though it was recorded on his “Acoustic” tour that actually refers to his guitar not the entire album. He is backed up skilfully by a great travelling studio band.
Tracklist 1 – Nobody’s Fool – 4:17 2 – Contradictions – 5:08 3 – Treasure The Questions – 5:38 4 – Reminded Of Heaven – 4:33 5 – Vincent – 4:30 6 – Real World – 3:46 7 – Power Of Your Love – 4:34 8 – Candle In The Wind – 4:23 9 – Beautiful Woman – 4:05 10 – I Will Follow – 3:30 11 – Dolphin’s Make Me Cry – 6:32 12 – Sunday’s Coming – 2:15 13 – An Aching And A Longing – 4:47 14 – No Choices – 3:29
Credits Backing Vocals – Mike Haughton Design – James Kessell Engineer – Will Jackson Flute, Recorder, Backing Vocals – Mike Haughton Guitar, Vocals – Martyn Joseph Keyboards, Bass Guitar – Will Jackson Lighting – Pete Allison Photography By – Theresa Wassif Recorded By – Frank Mizon Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Mike Haughton
