So this album has kind of a cute shtick to it. Side A, “A Time To Laugh”, is a selection of witty and fun moments form Terry’s concerts. Side B “A Time To Sing” is a selection of new tracks from Terry. I have heard some of Terry’s live work before and I didn’t find it particularly witty but obviously Terry has a great sense of humour and it’s great to hear it here. As for the new material there are actually a couple really good 70’s rock tracks here. Hollywood Lies absolutely kicks butt and wow I wish Terry would have perused this style of music as I much prefer it and wow, he was really good at it.
Tracklist 1 – Down To The Well – 5:04 2 – Intro – 1:07 3 – Bible Land – 4:44 4 – Lamplighter – 4:44 5 – Angels! – 4:01 6 – Sing Hallelujah! – 3:37 7 – Pleasin’ You Pleases Me – 3:04 8 – Never Let Yesterday – 3:19 9 – Hollywood Lies – 3:19 10 – Takin’ The Time – 2:15 11 – Father – 2:53
This is Stephanie’s 5th album. I can only assume that her music sold well because she had seven albums. But I had never heard of her and there’ is very little info about her online. Unfortunately she passed away in 2022 at the young age of 70 years old. So her music lives on and gives a testament to her. This album is definitely more pop oriented but with a disco feel and sound. Certainly not one of my favourites but it is a good album if you like late 70’s disco infused worship music.
Tracklist 1 – More Than Enough – 3:37 2 – You Knew Just What I Needed – 2:56 3 – I Know That I Know – 2:19 4 – Lord, I Give It To You – 3:25 5 – You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself – 2:55 6 – Give A Little Bit Of Your Love – 3:17 7 – Where Would I Be Without You? – 3:13 8 – There Is A Way – 5:11 9 – Highway To Heaven – 4:36 10 – The Best Is Yet To Come – 3:05
Credits Alex Acuna – Percussion Steve Archer – Background Vocals Stephanie Boosahda – Songwriter, Arrangements, Piano, Vocals Wayne Boosahda – Producer Jonathan David Brown – Producer, Engineer, Remix, Mixed Marji Clark – Songwriter Denny Correll – Background Vocals Tim Correll – Background Vocals Mike Demus – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Keith Edwards – Drums Stan Endicott – String Arrangements, Conducting Bob Farrell – Songwriter Jon Goin – Electric Guitar Thurman Green – Horns Bernie Grundman – Mastered Hadley Hockensmith – Electric Guitar Sheri Huffman – Background Vocals Don Juntnen – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Alex MacDougall – Percussion Beau MacDougall – Electric Guitar Michael James Murphy – Songwriter Norman Neeley – Assistant Engineer Jay Patton – Sax Bobby Price – Songwriter Anne Ramhorst – Songwriter Ralf Rickert – Horns Harlan Rogers – Arrangements, Piano, Fender Rhodes, Organ, Synthesizers Kenny Sarkey – Assistant Engineer Bob Shepherd – Horns Lisa Silver – Background Vocals Stan Endicott – Strings David Stearman – Songwriter Steve Tavaglione – Sax Gary Tedder – Songwriter Dianne Tidwell – Background Vocals Jerry Wilson – Bass Steve Wright – Drums
This is the second and final, kind of, album from Seraiah but I have still been unable to find out much about this band. Their previous album was a metal classic but this album leans a little more hard rock on several tracks. Personally I really liked this album and I’m not a heavy metal kind of guy. But I do love a good hard rock album however and several tracks here fit that bill. As I said this was their last album kind of as several members went on to form the band Kid Promise and released an album with them. I’m looking forward to hearing that one soon.
Tracklist 1 – No More Lies – 4:04 2 – Angry Young Boy – 3:21 3 – When It Rains – 4:25 4 – Love Has No Bounds – 4:11 5 – Fever – 4:06 6 – New Kind Of Voodoo – 4:07 7 – Song And Dance – 3:44 8 – Whatever Happened To Your Love – 3:24 9 – Bullseye – 3:51 10 – Time For A Change – 4:30
Credits Art Direction – Dawn Allen, Toni Thigpen Bass, Backing Vocals – Tracy Ferrie Design, Layout – Diane Painter Drums, Percussion – Kyle Dietz Executive-Producer – Dez Dickerson Guitar, Backing Vocals – Quinton Gibson Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Bradley Beckey Mastered By – Hank Williams Photography By – Russ Harrington Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Steve Griffith Product Manager – Jackie Patillo
This is the second of a series of tapes that were published by Strait which was the Greenbelt Newspaper that came out Bi Monthly in the 80’s. This is the second in the series released in 1985. While there are a few less rare tracks this volume it makes up for it with quantity. 18 tracks is pretty darn good for a compilation cassette. I’ve listed below what album these tracks showed up on if they did. This compilation was also released in Australia but with some modifications. Missing were Sheila Walsh – Send Me, Phil and John – The Wasted Years, and Steve Scott – Sound of Waves. Added was a great track from Idea – Take Us. Strangely the cover for the Australian version actually showed that the Walsh and Phil and John track were on the cassette but they were not.
1 – Garth Hewitt – Oscar Romero (Alien Brain 1985) 2 – Mark Heard – Victims of the Age (Victims of the Age 1982) 3 – Daniel Amos – Home Permanent (Vox Humana 1984) 4 – Sheila Walsh – Send Me (Don’t Hide Your Heart 1985) 5 – Randy Stonehill – Love Beyond Reason (Love Beyond Reason 1985) 6 – Paul Field – Valley of Dry Bones (from Visions 1985) 7 – Larry Norman – Iron and Steel (from Quiet Night 1984) 8 – The Fat Band – Kansas City (from The Fat Band 7-inch 1983) 9 – Steve Scott – Sound of Waves (12” mix) (Australian version only) 9 – Idea – Take Us (previously unreleased) 10 – Passion Polka – Fighting Alone (Obsessions EP 2011) 11 – Charlie Peacock – Lie Down in the Grass (Lie Down in the Grass 1985) 12 – Phil and John – The Wasted Years (extended remixed version from Count Me Out 1983) 13 – Xtras – Don’t Look Back (previously unreleased) 14 – Pieces – Robot System (Face 2 Face 1985) 15 – Leslie Phillips – Give’em All You Got (Dancing with Danger 1984) 16 – The Front – It’s Hard to Take (The Front 1985) 17 – Avalon – Flags (not The Aussie Avalon, released on 7″ in 1984) 18 – First Strike – Loneliness Kills (Rock of Offense 1984)
Tracklist 1 – Garth Hewitt – Oscar Romero – 4:12 2 – Mark Heard – Victims of the Age – 3:13 3 – Daniel Amos – Home Permanent – 3:00 4 – Sheila Walsh – Send Me – 3:30 5 – Randy Stonehill – Love Beyond Reason – 5:33 6 – Paul Field – Valley of Dry Bones – 3:03 7 – Larry Norman – Iron and Steel – 4:07 8 – The Fat Band – Kansas City – 2:47 9 – Steve Scott – Sound of Waves – 4:26 (Australian version only) 9 – Idea – Take Us – 3:08 10 – Passion Polka – Fighting Alone – 4:18 11 – Charlie Peacock – Lie Down in the Grass – 3:26 12 – Phil and John – The Wasted Years – 2:58 13 – Xtras – Don’t Look Back – 3:50 14 – Pieces – Robot System – 3:44 15 – Leslie Phillips – Give’em All You Got – 3:51 16 – The Front – It’s Hard to Take – 3:22 17 – Avalon – Flags – 4:22 18 – First Strike – Loneliness Kills – 3:38
Many of you may be wondering why we would upload this album. Well read on and you will learn the lore of this album. The Wauhob’s released this album in 1982 as a fund raiser for their church. In 1984 a DJ at Christian station KBRJ in Los Angeles discovered the album and started playing it. The album took off and though it was self released more copies were printed. A tongue in cheek review was also carried in the Wittenburg times by Tom Gulotta (Daniel Amos Producer) and that also contributed to the album taking off. The Wauhob’s came to LA where they played several concerts and as they say the rest is history and the album became a cult favourite particularly in the LA area. I’ve even heard that Terry Taylor loves it. If you’ve never heard it it’s a must listen, especially once.
Tracklist 1 – One More River – 2:07 2 – The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor – 2:40 3 – Old Camp Meetin’ Time – 1:55 4 – Through It All – 1:55 5 – He Looked Beyond My Fault – 2:56 6 – Jesus Is Coming Soon – 2:57 7 – I’ll Soon Be Gone – 2:03 8 – Put Your Hand In The Hand – 2:35 9 – All In Him – 2:21 10 – Build My Mansion Next Door To Jesus – 3:20
Credits Engineer: Tom Renfro Produced by Ted Wauhob Lead Guitar- Robert Wauhob, Sr. Bass- Gregg French Steel Guitar- Denny Smith Banjo- Ted Wauhob Harmonica- Tom Renfro Drums- Thomas Wauhob Lead Singer- Ted Wauhob Vocals- Grace Wauhob
Companies, etc. Recorded at: Flood Music Studio, Sioux City, Iowa
Here we have one of the original Jesus music bands started by the legendary Mike Johnson. Originating out of Chicago the band laid the ground work for bands like Resurrection band playing in schools and coffee houses across the city. In 1971 they finally recorded and album but unfortunate they had to self release it as no record company was biting. What resulted was an album of strong 70’s rock with a more blues styling. You can just feel and hear the future influence on Rez on “It’s Been Set Down”. To me this is one of the few Jesus rock albums that has a significant period correct Cream and Hendrix sound. This was the only release from the band and we were lucky that Born Twice Records re-released it in 2011. If you want to hear where Christian rock originated this album is a great example.
Tracklist 1 – Picture Woman – 5:25 2 – Dry Ground – 3:49 3 – Baby You Lied – 6:03 4 – What Happened To Me – 2:37 5 – Third Eye – 4:50 6 – You & Me – 4:55 7 – It’s Been Set Down – 4:47 8 – Would You Believe – 4:17
Credits Artwork – Dan Downs, Greg Waslo Bass – Leon Wilson (2) Drums – Fyl Jonzen Engineer – Fyl Jonzen Guitar – Mike Johnson (13) Photography By, Cover, Design – Bill Metzger (2) Vocals – Mike Johnson (13)
Companies, etc. Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
1985 came with a new name for The Techno Twins to simply The Technos. It seems like Steve and Bev were never happy with their band name as they were constantly changing it. The name may have changed but the sound is the same with a keyboard heavy pop sound. This was a doubt their most successful album with the single “Foreign Land” produced by Joe Glasman reaching the top 10 of the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. They also released a few version of Foreign Land with an extended and also a Dub mix. We’ll be sure to upload those too. Anyway this is the Techno album you need to hear as it’s probably their best work.
Tracklist 1 – Falling In Love – 3:07 2 – Spirit Of The Thing – 3:03 3 – Prisoner Of Love – 3:15 4 – Crying In The Rain – 4:05 5 – Visions Of The Night – 3:24 6 – Foreign Land – 3:09 7 – Nightime Heaven – 3:24 8 – Lunatic Republic – 4:04 9 – Clowns On The Ground – 3:24 10 – Slow Boats To China – 3:52
Credits Producer – Joe Glasman Arranged By [Rhythms] – Steve Fairnie Arranged By [Vocals] – Bev Sage Producer – Joe Glasman Vocals – Bev Sage, Steve Fairnie Written-By – Bev Sage Written-By – Garry Hughes Written-By – Joe Glasman Written-By – Steve Fairnie
So we have about 500 albums we still have to upload to YouTube and sometimes the selection of what album to do next takes a funny turn. This is one of those albums. For some reason I said to myself hey lets listen to this Michael Omartian album. Now normally Michael would not be one of my go to albums as I’m not really a fan of his usual style of music. Imagine my surprise when I picked up this great pop album. Strangely this was pretty well Michael’s last solo project though he did some work in the 2000’s. I’m a little mystified as I think this is his best album yet. It’s not piano heavy at all and he just seems to play keyboards without trying to stand out. If you usually find Michael’s music a bit dull give this one a listen. I think you’ll be surprised.
Tracklist 1 – Faithful Forever – 4:35 2 – Heartbreak City – 5:28 3 – Let My Heart Be The First To Know – 3:48 4 – Kingdoms – 4:32 5 – Cry From The East – 6:29 6 – Alone – 5:05 7 – Last Night On Earth – 5:01 8 – Morning Light – 5:45 9 – Burn It Up – 3:42 10 – Kingdoms (Instrumental Reprise) – 3:20
Credits David Ahlert – Engineer David Boruff – Saxophone Raymone Carter – Background Vocals Terry Christian – Engineer, Mixed Bryan Duncan – Background Vocals Alice Echols – Background Vocals Steve Hall – Engineer, Mastered Jean Johnson – Background Vocals Don Kirkpatrick – Guitar Michael Omartian – Producer, Songwriter, Arrangements, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Bass, Vocals David Raven – Drums Susanne Schwartz – Background Vocals Stephen Tavani – Background Vocals
I was considering saying that this album was the real end to Undercover but I’m pretty sure their fans will eviscerate me. That said I actually like this album so my statement is more historical that commentary. For this album Rob Gallas took over lead vocals from Sim Wilson who left the band. Though I read several reviews that did not like his vocals I thought they were okay. Not as good as Wilson but still pretty good. Anyway I can see that I liked this album much more than the critics. I really like the style and feel of the album. I think Rob’s vocals were a great sound for them. But the album didn’t do well and their label was in trouble so this would mark the end of an era. Yes I know there were more albums but I think this is the one that marked the end.
Tracklist 1 – Spill – 4:41 2 – The Moon And The Blue Around – 5:19 3 – Forum (Lullaby) – 7:32 4 – Symbol – 4:36 5 – Carmenita – 3:44 6 – Whoa Nelly – 4:09 7 – Pocket Full Of Money – 4:34 8 – The Overlook (Hosanna) – 3:45 9 – (Tell Me) Everything About You – 4:00 10 – Union – 4:55
Credits Art Direction, Design – Darin Beaman Band [Undercover], Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Gym Nicholson Band [Undercover], Bass, Organ, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Keyboards – Ojo Taylor Band [With], Vocals – Rob Gallas Executive-Producer – Gene Eugene, Ojo Taylor Mastered By – Chris Bellman Mixed By – Gene Eugene Photography By – Mark Takeuchi Producer [Produced By], Arranged By – Ojo Taylor Recorded By – Gene Eugene, Ojo Taylor
Strangely in the U.S. this album was called “Reunion Of The Heart” but in the U.K. it was called “Shine Like America”. Continuing on the strange Phil & John were from the U.K. and the album was recorded in the U.K. so where did Shine Like America come into play? The U.K. release was on What? Records which was a joint label owned by Word and A&M so maybe someone at A&M came up with this idea. Well it doesn’t effect the quality of the album which of course is great because Phil & John were great artists. This album is more their easy listening pop style than their humour style. They we’re likely trying to recreate the success of Lonely Dancer but didn’t quite make it although “Reunion Of The Heart” did make it to #22 on the CCM charts.
Tracklist 1 – My Potential – 4:33 2 – Wait Patiently For Me – 4:10 3 – Reunion Of The Heart – 4:25 4 – Jennifer Jones – 4:14 5 – Fire Of Ambition – 4:16 6 – Quiet Storm – 4:43 7 – Every Little Step I Take – 4:09 8 – Don’t “Shoot Them Down” In Flames – 4:14 9 – Sweet Rose Tuesday – 4:02 10 – Shine Like America – 3:59 11 – April Rain – 3:33
Credits A&R – Lynn Keesecker Backing Vocals – Miriam Stockley Design – James Kessell Executive-Producer – David Bruce Photography By – Simon Anderson Producer, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Engineer, Mixed By – Neil Costello Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Backing Vocals – Chris Eaton Saxophone – Martin Green Vocals – John Hartley, Phil Baggaley
