Now I’m going to preface this “review” is that I have always had questions about the sincerity of the Piglets. I still don’t know if they were serious or were mocking the entire industry. This demo is part of my evidence. Paul Q-Pek obviously had a love for alternative music as indicated by this demo before One Bad Pig and his solo album later on. In both of these albums he leaned more to alternative. It should also be noted that piglet drummer Phillip Owens was also on this album. While this demo was incredibly rare one of the tracks made it onto Doug Van Pelt Cool Tunes album. As I understand it this track, Kingdom Come, was extremely well liked. Anyway I absolutely love this demo. It ha a great sound for 1987 and I would have eaten it up back in the day. Apparently there are more demos out there and I hope we can find them. I apologize in advance for the sound quality or lack thereof. I did my best to clean up this copy of a copy of a cassette.
Tracklist 1 – Truth Be Told – 4:05 2 – Kingdom Come – 3:47 3 – Mrs. Lowery – 0:31 4 – Tear Down The Walls – 4:26 5 – Boxes – 2:04 6 – The Healing – 6:12
Credits Paul Q-Pek – Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards Sam Nunes – Bass, vocals Michael Willoughby – Keyboards, vocals Phillip Owens – Drums, vocals Maury Millican – Guitar on “Tear Down the Walls” A bunch of strange people taking up space in the studio – The “Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!” Chorus
This was the final album from Bob and Jayne. I find it apropos that we are releasing this album just as Bob has passed away. Our circle growing up always had a strange relationship with Farrell And Farrell. They definitely weren’t our preferred genre but because of their live album we still loved them. Not the albums, just that album. I said it was a rather odd relationship and it was. For some reason we loved that live album and I have always had a personal theory that Bob was actually a rocker. Though Bob didn’t play guitar on that album he did do the arrangements for Leonard Ahlstrom who did and there is tons of Rock & Roll riff’s on that album. I have also heard it here and there in Bob’s playing so I truly believe he was a Rock & Roll artist in hiding. Anyway this was their final album and tour as Bob wanted to move behind the board and handle production, something that really worked out for him. As for this album it is probably their best Pop album and they absolutely nailed it. The album has excellent engineering and production, a sign of what was coming in Bob’s skill set. Again not particularly my preferred style but I still really enjoyed this album. As we say good bye to Bob give it a listen and read between the lines, he was a real rocker.
Tracklist 1 – Superpower – 5:01 2 – It’s Gonna Take Love – 3:32 3 – Eyes On You – 3:52 4 – Heart Of The Homeless – 3:53 5 – Follow You – 4:44 6 – Graphic – 3:56 7 – Takin’ It Home – 5:16 8 – Eternity In Their Hearts – 3:22 9 – Find The Way To Love – 4:13 10 – Every Day Of Your Life – 3:26 11 – Crowns – 3:27
Credits Tom Hemby – producer, keyboards, guitar, sequencing, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, music Mike Demus – producer, keyboards, guitar, sequencing, music Bob Farrell – executive producer, lead vocals, background vocals, cover concept, lyrics, music Bill Deaton – engineer, mixer Chris McCue – drums Keith Edwards – drums Mark Douthit – saxophone, soloist Buddy Greene – harmonica Donna McElroy – background vocals Kim Fleming – background vocals Vicki Hampton – background vocals Chris Harris – background vocals Chris Rodrigues – background vocals Greg Guidry – background vocals Dave Robbins – background vocals, lyrics, music Van Stephenson – background vocals, lyrics, music Kip Raines – background vocals Jayne Farrell – lead vocals, background vocals, cover concept James Chesser – cover concept Terri Short – cover concept, art direction Ron Williams – photographer Dennas Davis – design, illustration Jeff Roberts – booking agent The Rycheners – general helper Spencer Campbell – bass guitar Gary Lunn – bass guitar Ed DeGarmo – lyrics, music Dana Key – lyrics, music
This is the follow up album to their mildly successful debut. Even though it had some success the band was dropped by EMI America. The band was smart enough to hire Peter Paterno who at the time was a little known attorney. Peter went on to be a giant in the industry getting several large bands signed. Anyway Peter git RPM an audition with Warner Bros. The showcase went well and the band received a phone call shortly that competed the deal. The record people wanted the album recorded in LA but the band preferred the U.K. The record company agreed and the album was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill. The band was able to use Gary Langan as the producer and that was a big deal. Gary thought they had a number one album on their hands but alas, they didn’t. The single was “It’s Only Water” which had aa real “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” feel which Langan had engineered. I think it’s a fantastic song but I think it flew a little too close to the previously mentioned song. I think the whole album is great and I would have loved it had I heard it at the time. I didn’t because it didn’t get a Canadian release. Unfortunately this would be it for RPM which is too bad, they had a good thing going.
Tracklist 1 – Man Overboard – 3:48 2 – Head In The Sand – 4:33 3 – Savoir Faire – 3:30 4 – Ceylon Ceylon – 4:41 5 – Piece Of Glass – 5:34 6 – Pay Attention To Me – 4:20 7 – No One Answer – 4:57 8 – It’s Only Water – 5:42 9 – The Curtain’s Gonna Fall – 6:48
Credits Bass, Keyboards – Jimmie Lee Sloas Drums – Tommy Wells Guitar, Synthesizer [Guitar] – Mark Gendel Producer – RPM (6) Producer, Engineer – Gary Langan Vocals – Robert White Johnson
This is the 1992 offering from the Huff family. There wasn’t any news with the band since their last album so let’s just discuss the album at hand. The opening track is a good Rock tune but not entirely representative of the album which takes a yacht rock turn pretty quick. That said “Dream On” has a hint of Bon Jovi and is without a question the best track on the album. I mean it’s not even close. I am a big fan of David & The Giants but this particular album didn’t really do much for me with the exception of “Dream On” which I think might be one of their best tracks ever.
Tracklist 1 – Love Won’t Leave You Alone – 4:26 2 – Live And Learn – 3:55 3 – Long Time Coming – 4:35 4 – Listen To Your Heart – 4:00 5 – Dream On – 5:29 6 – I’m Still Rockin’ – 6:04 7 – Do You Love Your Neighbor – 4:53 8 – No Matter How Long – 4:30 9 – No Shortcuts – 4:39 10 – Stumbling Block To A Stepping Stone – 5:04 11 – In My Father’s House – 4:01
Credits Backing Vocals – Clayborn Huff, David W. Huff, Rayborn Huff Bass Guitar – Clayborn Huff Drums, Percussion – Lance Huff Engineer – David W. Huff, Jeff Mingle, Rayborn Huff, Scott Carter Guest, Backing Vocals – Beverly Freeman, Felicia Turner, Jalea Wade, James Bolton, Lloyd Bustard, Mellody Freeman, Phillip Clark, Sheletha Street, Tammy Perine, Tanglyn Bolton Guest, Programmed By – Tommy Sims Guitar, Lead Vocals – David W. Huff Mastered By – Hank Williams Performer – David & The Giants Photography By – Harold Head Producer – David W. Huff Programmed By, Keyboards – Rayborn Huff Remix – David W. Huff
This is Phil’s offering for 1985. It was not that well received by his biggest fans but I love it. Criticisms of the album were that it didn’t feature his guitar playing but instead was more of a pop album. This of course is the exact reason I love it. I’m more of a pop rock kind of guy and less of a guitar virtuoso kind of guy. It was a little heavy on the electronic drums but that doesn’t bother me. As usual for Keaggy many of the tracks had one too many verses making them unnecessarily long but this is part of who Keaggy is so I shouldn’t fault it. “Sounds” does a good job of highlighting his guitar skills so that track is there for the crowd that loves him for his guitar skills. The album includes the original version of “I Will Be There” which I think is a better version than the one that would show up on Crimson And Blue in 1993. The CD release for this album in 1998 included 2 bonus track that we have included in our upload.
Tracklist 1 – Where Has Our Love Gone – 3:14 2 – Passport – 4:13 3 – I Will Be There – 5:00 4 – Getting Closer – 4:09 5 – Movie – 4:59 6 – Sounds – 6:05 7 – Like An Island – 3:50 8 – Look Deep Inside – 5:08 9 – Riverton – 3:54 10 – Reaching Out – 4:31 11 – Get Up And Go – 2:46 12 – Sunrise – 3:20
Credits Art Direction, Design [Photo Concept] – Stan Evenson Backing Vocals – John Mehler Bass – John Patitucci Drums – Dave Spurr Engineer – Bob Lockhart, Chris Taylor, Joe Bellamy, Mike Ross, Peter Haden, Terry Lang, Walter Grant Executive-Producer, Engineer – Bob Cotton Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Drum Programming, Producer, Written By – Phil Keaggy Keyboards – Richard Souther Keyboards, Drum Programming [Linn], Producer, Engineer – Smitty Price Mastered By – Steve Hall Photography By – Lisa Powers Programmed By [Fairlight Synth] – Rhett Lawrence Written-By – Bernadette Keaggy, Dave Spurr, John Mehler, Richard Souther
This is the original release of “To Germany, With Love!”. This CD was limited to 990 copies and were hand numbered. It was re-released in 2000 and that run was limited to 2000 copies. This concert was recorded in Freudenstadt, Erlangen, Stuttgart on March 23rd, 26th, and 28th, 1993. This tour would mark the end of the band as they split after this tour. The group however did reform in 2006 and perform several times a year since in the U.S. and Europe. Not a lot to say about the album. It contains all the hits you think it would and it’s a pretty good mix for a concert album. I’m not a big Bloodgood fan but I enjoyed this one and definitely would have enjoyed being at this concert.
Tracklist 1 – Kingdom Come – 4:43 2 – Heaven On Earth – 3:56 3 – Let My People Go – 5:51 4 – Out Of Love – 4:10 5 – All Stand Together – 5:04 6 – Hey You! – 4:29 7 – Anguish And Pain – 5:52 8 – Escape From The Fire – 6:56 9 – I Want To Live In Your Heart – 4:07 10 – Self Destruction & Drum Solo – 6:38 11 – Crucify – 4:06 12 – Intro & Messiah – 9:57 13 – Seven – 5:43
Credits Bass, Backing Vocals – Michael Bloodgood Drums – Paul Roraback Guitar – Paul Jackson Keyboards – David McKay Lead Vocals – Les Carlsen
Lauren is a member of the legendary Stalnecker family. They were a gospel family band that was very big during the late 60′ into the late 70’s. this appears to be Lauren’s only solo release on a label but he had several releases within the family. He also had a release as Chip Stalnecker which I assume was a nickname. this album is not in the tradition of him family’s albums and in fact is a very pop album. Of course this is where the problem comes in for this album. I would never have purchased an album with “Hymn” in the title, especially from a Stalnecker family member. But that would be unfair because this is a great little pop album that many younger people would have enjoyed. This is just a quick lesson that album names have consequences. All that said this is a fun 80’s pop album that leans a little more Easy Listening but it’s pretty darn good.
Tracklist 1 – Hymn To Him – 4:07 2 – City Of Gold – 4:33 3 – Prayerfully – 3:49 4 – Love Will Conquer All – 4:15 5 – The Great I Am – 4:41 6 – Yes To The Life – 4:34 7 – Every Grain Of Sand – 4:10 8 – Heaven – 3:41 9 – You Made The Difference In Me – 5:01 10 – Stand Up – 3:34
Credits Art Direction – Ed McTaggart Backing Vocals – Allison Beach Co-producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Lacquer Cut By – Tim Heintz Drums – David Huff Engineer, Mixed By – Dave Jahnsen Guitar – Marty Walsh Keyboards – Lauren Stalnecker Photography By – Michael Seeley Producer, Engineer, Backing Vocals – Bill Baumgart
We normally do not upload compilation albums because we upload the source albums instead. However sometimes a compilation album contains new track and in that case we do upload them. This is one of those albums. However for this release we’ve only uploaded the LP even though the CD had 7 more tracks because we are only interested in the two new tracks “Stay For Awhile” and “Love Can Do.” Just a quick comment on the 2 new tracks, they are both pretty good pop tracks and if you’re an Amy fan they are a must hear.
Tracklist 1 – Stay For A While – 5:34 2 – Find A Way – 3:25 3 – Everywhere I Go – 4:09 4 – Angels – 4:12 5 – El Shaddai – 4:05 6 – Love Can Do – 4:21 7 – Sing Your Praise To The Lord – 3:12 8 – Father’s Eyes – 4:03 9 – Thy Word – 3:19 10 – Emmanuel – 3:08
Credits (for the two new tracks) Backing Vocals – Amy Grant, Chris Harris, Gary Chapman, Greg Volz, Mark Heimermann, Richard Page Bass – Nathan East Co-producer, Engineer – John Potoker Drums – Paul Leim Guitar – Dann Huff Keyboards – David Gamson, Michael W. Smith, Robbie Buchanan, Shane Keister Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa Producer – Brown Bannister Programmed By [Synclavier Programming] – Steve Schaeffer
I’ll be honest that for some reason I knew nothing about Eric in the 80’s. However after listening to his work I can honestly say I think he was the synth king of CCM era for his period and this was his greatest achievement in that genre. While his album up until now had a synth pop feel this one took a turn towards sci-fi synth. This may actually be one of the best sci-fi synth albums I have ever heard. It came completely out of left field because as I said Eric was a pop artist. While I’m not saying he wasn’t a great artist his stuff was mainly just simple pop. Not this album. This album is more like a piece of art and I’m comfortable categorizing this as a conceptual album though it may not have a traditional conceptual structure. It should also be said that it is strongly influenced by Tommy Sims (White Heart). He helped Eric with everything from production to instruments, in fact he played most of the instruments on the album. The album sold very well especially considering the genre with over 100,000 sold. If I had one small criticism for the album is that it was 1994 and this style fit better into the mid 80′. That said who cares, this is a great album.
Tracklist 1 – Transmit – 1:55 2 – N2 The Next Dimension – 5:09 3 – Verticality – 3:29 4 – Walk On Water – 4:16 5 – More About You – 4:28 6 – My Life Is In Your Hands – 4:34 7 – Dancing In The Fire – 4:40 8 – Endless – 4:59 9 – Journey – 4:49 10 – Touch – 6:21 11 – Believe It To See It – 5:18
Credits Accordion – John Painter Art Direction – Diane Barnes Backing Vocals – Angelo & Veronica Petrucci, Chris Eaton, Cindy Morgan, Danny Duncan, Eric Champion, Fleming Painter, Tommy Sims Classical Guitar – George Cocchini Design – Dylan Tran, Gabrielle Raumberger Drums – Chris McHugh Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Greg Parker, Martin Woodlee, Pete Martinez, Wayne Mehl Executive-Producer – Mark Maxwell Flugelhorn – Mike Haynes, – John Painter Guitar [Sci-Fi Guitar] – George Cocchini Management [Artist Management] – Champion & Smallbone Mastered By – Ken Love Organ [Hammond B-3] – Phil Madeira Photography By – Ruth Leitman Producer, Concept By [Vertical Reality Concept And Story By], Recorded By, Arranged By, Programmed By [Keyboard Programming], Drum Programming, Keyboards, Backing Vocals [All Others] – Eric Champion Producer, Executive-Producer, Recorded By, Arranged By, Arranged By [Horn And String Arrangements], Programmed By [Keyboard Programming], Drum Programming, Keyboards, Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals [All Others] – Tommy Sims Recorded By, Mixed By – Rick Will Recorded By, Producer [Production Assistant], Programmed By [Keyboard Programming Assistant] – Danny Duncan Saxophone [Sax] – Mark Douthit Trombone – Chris McDonald
This album was new era in the history of White Heart. They had left Sparrow records and this was their first album on Star Song. Chris McHugh, Gordon Kennedy, and Tommy Sims had left the band to become studio musicians and Brian Wooten, Anthony Sallee , and Mark Nemer were brought in as replacements. I’m sure there some great gossipy reason for the big change but here we just like to say “That’s Rock & Roll”. The result of this was their most successful album with “Desert Rose”, “Independence Day”, and “Powerhouse” all apparently making it to number one on the rock charts. I had not listened to this album before this week and wow I was stunned with how great it is. It has lots of gimmicky intros which I usually hate but I love it on this album. Producer Bill Drescher nailed the intros. He failed however on the outro’s which are way too long and radio friendly for a commercial album. Small thing that drives me nuts. One final thing I will say is that “Independence Day” should have been used in the Movie of the same name which had horrible music. What a banger of a tune.
Tracklist 1 – Independence Day – 5:37 2 – Powerhouse – 4:30 3 – Desert Rose – 4:41 4 – Lovers And Dreamers – 4:35 5 – Nailed Down – 5:09 6 – Messiah – 5:19 7 – A Love Calling – 6:24 8 – Answer The Call – 4:44 9 – Storyline – 4:20 10 – Lay It Down – 4:57
Credits Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals – Billy Smiley Art Direction – Toni Thigpen Backing Vocals – Chris Rodriguez, Gordon Kennedy, Marty McCall Bass Guitar – Anthony Sallee Co-producer [Additional Production] – Billy Smiley, Mark Gersmehl Computer [Fairlight], Percussion – Carl Marsh Coordinator [Project] – Malcolm Greenwood Drums, Percussion – Mark Nemer Engineer [Assistant] – Barry Dixon, Lee Groitzsch, Richard Engstrom, Roy Gamble, Shawn McLean Executive-Producer – Darrell A. Harris Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Mark Gersmehl Layout, Design – Tufts Design Studio Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Brian Wooten Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Riq Florian Management – Malcolm Greenwood Photography By [Back Cover] – Mark Tucker Photography By [Cover] – Bob Forti Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Bill Drescher
