Tag: 1983

Thomas Goodlunas And Panacea – Take Me Away – 1983

This is one of those albums that showed up in an obscure artist thread in our Facebook group. I had never heard it so I gave it a listen. Upon listening to it I just don’t understand why I never heard of this album. I mean it was produced by Steven Soles, Jan Eric Volz was involved, and Mike Roe played guitar on 2 tracks. This is a fantastic progressive rock album and is easily as good as anything the secular market was offering in this style at the time. It was the second album on the Exit Records label coming out at roughly the same time as the first 77’s album. This might be why it wasn’t very well promoted. I know Exit promoted that 77’s album pretty hard so maybe they didn’t have the money to promote this one too. Anyway this is a great debut album and if you like progressive rock I can almost guarantee you will love this album. Thomas had a few more albums over the years which I’m looking forward to hearing soon. He continues to make music and you can find out more about him at his webpage linked below.

Tracklist
1 – Take Me Away – 4:26
2 – Under The Sun – 5:25
3 – What Can I Say – 3:32
4 – Jordan – 4:35
5 – Last Train – 3:11
6 – When The Music Ends – 3:45
7 – Resurrection – 4:58
8 – Meditation – 5:32

Credits
Acoustic Guitar – Jim Abegg, Mike Roe, Thomas Goodlunas
Backing Vocals – Charlene Rodriguez, Steve Griffith
Banjo – Dann Wick
Bass – Gary Landaker, Jim Abegg
Bongos, Congas, Percussion, Timbales, Triangle – Kenneth Nash
Coordinator [Executive Coordinator] – Jan Eric Volz
Cover, Illustration – Mark Swanson
Design – Andy Tipple, Nancy Barnet
Drums – Steve Griffith
Electric Guitar – Jim Abegg, David Mansfield
Engineer – Daryl Zachman, Larry Hirsch
Executive-Producer – Mary Neely
Gong, Percussion – Kenneth Nash
Guitar – Mike Roe, Jim Abegg
Guitar, Harmonica, Violin – Thomas Goodlunas
Lyrics By – Mary Nash, Mary Neely, Thomas Goodlunas
Mastered By – John Golden
Mixed By – Larry Hirsch
Music By – Jim Abegg*, Thomas Goodlunas
Percussion – Kenneth Nash
Photography By – Bob Jacobs
Piano – Thomas Goodlunas
Piano, Timpani [Tympani] – Thomas Goodlunas
Producer – Steven Soles
Saxophone, Flute – Michael Butera
Synthesizer – Frank Martin
Timpani – Thomas Goodlunas
Violin – David Mansfield, Thomas Goodlunas
Vocals – Thomas Goodlunas

Companies, etc.
Recorded At – Sangre Productions
Mixed At – Paramount Recording Studios
Mastered At – K Disc Mastering
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △25969
Copyright © – Word, Inc., Sangre Productions
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Word, Inc.
Published By – Word, Inc., Sangre Productions
Lacquer Cut At – K Disc Mastering

Darrell Mansfield Band – The Vision – 1983

This was Darrell’s 5th album (his first was with Gentle Faith). Most people believe “Revelation” was his breakthrough album but I would argue this one is. This one established his blues rock sound that many people we’re hungering for in the mid 80’s. The album also contains a new version of his Gentle Faith song “Jerusalem”. This is a song that Darrell is very proud of and has reworked several times over the years and there’s even a music video for it out there. I guess the big hit of the album would have been “Radio” which Darrell played religiously at his live shows through the 80’s and 90’s. Personally I am not the biggest fan of the production of this album and I’ve changed it up slightly to a bit of a fuller sound. This is one album that we spent hours listening to back in 1983 and it’s one we love to this day.

Tracklist
1 – Lay Down This World – 1:07
2 – No More Blues – 3:40
3 – Hard Times – 3:26
4 – The Vision – 5:05
5 – Radio – 3:52
6 – Walk Across Heaven – 4:14
7 – Empty Hearts – 4:05
8 – Can’t Do Nothin’ Without Jesus Love – 3:55
9 – Jerusalem – 3:42
10 – Have You Been Listenin’ – 1:25

Credits
Art Direction – Alex MacDougall
Backing Vocals – Anthony Dean, Jeff Nicholson, Rosemary Butler, Tom Howard, Virgil Beckham
Bass – Abraham Laboriel, Charlie Souza, Jeff Nicholson, John Patitucci
Design [Album Design] – Gary DeLacy, Rick Griffin
Drums – Bill Lordan, Billy Maxwell, Paul Angers
Engineer – Brook Johnson, Chris Taylor, Linda Schaffer, Willie Harlan
Guitar – Anthony Dean, Dennis Carothers, Don Gerber, Eric Turner, Hadley Hockensmith, Jerry Swallow, Steve Kara, Virgil Beckham
Keyboards – Dave Garland, Harlan Rogers, Tom Howard
Lead Vocals, Harmonica [Harp] – Darrell Mansfield
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Percussion – Alex Acu a
Photography By – Linda Baily, Scott Lockwood, Valerie Sutter
Producer – Darrell Mansfield, Tommy Coomes, Virgil Beckham

Companies, etc.
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&S Records
Copyright (c) – A&S Records
Recorded At – Rocshire Studios,I.A.M. Studios, Irvine, Whitefield Studios
Mixed At – Rocshire Studios,I.A.M. Studios, Irvine
Mastered At – A&M Studios

Bryn Haworth – Wings Of The Morning – 1983

I’ll be straight up and admit that Bryn is one of my favourite artists period. Unfortunately we had almost no exposure to him in Canada until his The Gap album. While huge in the U.K. American record companies didn’t think his appeal would spread to our side of the ocean. This is one of the greatest tragedies of the CCM industry as Bryn deserved as wide an audience as possible. I didn’t even get to hear most of his work until we undertook this project but now I get to enjoy all his albums. Every one of Bryn’s album has a track that stands out to me personally. This album it is “Were You There” which showcases his slide guitar technique which is one of the best in the industry in my opinion. While actually a traditional this particular arrangement is probably the best treatment this song ever got. Many artists of Bryn’s skill level have kind of abandoned Christian music but not Bryn. His faith is still the center of his music.

Tracklist
1 – Give Thanks – 3:27
2 – Lord I Love Your Word – 4:25
3 – Were You There – 2:01
4 – Let Us Humbly Worship Jesus – 1:43
5 – Make Us Holy – 5:33
6 – Awake O Zion – 2:18
7 – I Found A Love – 3:06
8 – We Give Thanks – 2:46
9 – More Than A Tent – 4:26
10 – He Is Lord – 2:54
11 – Strong Wall – 3:09
12 – What Kind Of Love Is This – 3:48

Credits
Bass – Dave Markee, Terry “Tex” Comer
Drums – Fran Byrne, Henry Spinetti
Engineer – Dave Charles, Paul Cobbold, Rob Andrews
Flute, Saxophone – Steve Gregory
Guitar – Alan “Bam” King
Guitar, Vocals – Bryn Haworth
Keyboards – Pete Wingfield
Mixed By – Paul Cobbold
Painting [Front Cover Painting] – Robin Clifton
Photography By – Tony Neeves
Producer – Bryn Haworth

Companies, etc.
Recorded At – Chapel Lane Studios
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Chapel Lane Productions
Copyright © – Chapel Lane Productions

David Diggs – Realworld – 1983

This is actually David’s 6th album. All the time he was making albums with Sweet Comfort, Richie Furay, Barry McGuire, and Candle (to name very few) he had a parallel career going. I knew of David but I had no idea he was putting out albums himself. His sound is kind of jazz infused easy listening style. These albums were released in the secular market but I bet their were a lot of Christian buyers. As for the album it’s great. The track “Come On” might have singled with a slightly different mix and a completely different intro. It’s an excellent track but needed a bit of love to be radio ready. Oh and it was cowritten by Richie Furay which fits perfectly when you hear it. Now David didn’t do any vocals on this album so he had Bob Carlisle provide the vocals on the few tracks with vocals. Anyway this is a great album and I was excited to find a “new” artist to enjoy.

Tracklist
1 – Gentle Thoughts – 4:04
2 – The Red Balloon – 2:52
3 – Come On – 3:09
4 – Cloud Shepherd – 3:36
5 – Welcome To The Real World – 2:23
6 – Window Of A Child – 4:43
7 – Love’s Inception – 3:44
8 – Bluebird – 3:20

Credits
Alto Saxophone – Tom Kubis
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Dave Boruff, Joe Roccisano
Art Direction – Herb Wong
Bass – Leon Gaer
Concertmaster [Strings] – Doug Cameron
Design – Chuck Walker
Drums – Ed Greene
Engineer – Don Holden, Jack Joseph Puig
French Horn – Ken Wiley
Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.
Harp – Paulette Miller
Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion – David Diggs
Mastered By – Steve Hall
Mixed By, Engineer – Billy Taylor
Photography By – David Cavagnaro
Producer – Bob Edmondson, Ron Peters
Producer, Arranged By, Conductor – David Diggs
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Jim Coile
Trombone – Bob Edmondson, Doug Wintz
Trumpet – Danny Ackerman, Jerry Hey
Vocals – Bob Carlisle

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Palo Alto Jazz
Copyright © – Palo Alto Jazz
Recorded At – Mama Jo’s
Recorded At – Hit Man Studio
Recorded At – Sound Castle Recorders, Los Angeles
Mastered At – Future Disc
Lacquer Cut At – Future Disc

Labor of Love – Message to the Bands – 1983

Labor of Love is as advertised, it is a message to all bands Secular and Christian about the need to follow Jesus, the very first song on the album is titled Message to the Bands and the very last song/monolog on side B is titled 6. Unleash the Spirit (2:15 Minutes) is a testimony to other bands to follow Jesus. This particular album is a collectors item and rich with the Holy Spirit in the true nature of Contemporary Christian Music and one might say the beginning of a generation of Christian Music, which would make Mark Krischak a pioneer of the industry as Michael Knott is often titled. In the early 1980’s I personally attended the Saturday Night Concert Series at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa with many of my High School/College friends and watched Mark Krishak perform many times when he was the lead singer for the Lifesavors, I owned all their albums, both the Lifesavors and the one Labor of Love album. Ironically I don’t remember Labor of Love ever performing at Calvary Costa Mesa, their album just appeared at Maranatha Music (a branch of Calvary Costa Mesa) and all my friends knew it was Mark Krishak, formerly of the Lifesavors, that made Labor of Love. Although Labor of Love didn’t get the attention level of Lifesavors their one album, Message To The Bands, had tremendous circulation in the early 1980’s

Contributor – Bob Bright

Tracklist
1 – Message To The Bands – 2:38
2 – Dancin’ – 2:27
3 – Will You Be There – 1:43
4 – I Say Start – 2:00
5 – I Don’t Do That Anymore – 2:36
6 – I See Lots A People – 2:47
7 – I Need You – 2:03
8 – All My Love – 1:52
9 – It’s So Simple – 3:09
10 – Oh Israel – 2:31
11 – Ah Ah – 2:43
12 – Modern World – 3:58
13 – Unleash My Spirit – 2:15

Jon Gibson – Standing On The One – 1983

Not many people know that Jon Gibson actually had a secular release before he moved to the Christian genre. Jon was already knee deep in the secular music industry when he became a Christian in the early 80’s. Because of this he went ahead and released this soulful secular release on Constellation Records. The album didn’t do that well but Constellation did spend the money for a music video which we will upload to our music video channel. Jon was torn between his faith and the secular music industry and decided he needed to perform Christian music so this was his only secular album and he went on to join with Frontline Records in 1985.

Tracklist
1 – Start It All Again – 4:55
2 – She Told Me So – 5:33
3 – Standing On The One – 4:47
4 – That Ain`t No Way To Live – 3:12
5 – Are You Gonna Stay With Me Again – 4:35
6 – I Love Her Anyway – 3:48
7 – It’s True – 3:07
8 – So In Love With You – 4:37
9 – Nation In Need – 3:50
10 – She Told Me So (Radio Mix)

Credits
Ben Bridges – Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
Bill Wolfer – Composer, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Producer, Programming, Soloist, Synthesizer
Bily Greary – Vocals
Brenda MeKeel – Composer, Shouts, Vocals
Carrie Lucas – Composer
Chris Whorf – Art Direction
Clifford Colter – Composer, Piano
Crystal Blake – Vocals (Background)
Ed Sanders – Composer, Engineer, Mixing
Ernie Watts – Sax (Alto), Soloist
Greg Doty – Guitar
Harry Maslin – Shouts, Vocals
Herb Trawick – Shouts, Vocals
Irvin Dugan – Vocals
Joey Gallo – Synthesizer, Synthesizer Bass
Johanna Vigoda – Vocals
John “4 Daddman” Robinson – Drums
John Robinson – Drums
John VanNest – Shouts, Vocals
Jon Gibson – Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals (Background)
Jonathan Moffett – Drums
Ken Rarick – Composer
Larry Williams – Sax (Alto)
Marvin Morrow – Composer
Micki Free – Guitar
Nathan Watts – Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Phillip Ingram – Vocals (Background)
Sneaky Pete – Guitar (Steel)
Stephen Geyer – Composer
Stewart Whitmore – Digital Engineer
Tom Slocum – Shouts, Vocals
Tony Lewis – Drums
W.G. Snuffy Walden – Guitar
Wayne O. Millstein – Percussion, Vocals

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Constellation Records
Copyright © – Constellation Records
Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum Records
Distributed By – Elektra/Asylum Records
Designed At – Art Hotel
Recorded At – Allen Zentz Recording
Recorded At – Image Recording Studios
Recorded At – Digital Magnetics
Mixed At – Image Recording Studios
Mastered At – Allen Zentz Mastering
Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – △4912
Pressed By – Allied Record Company – B-18366
Pressed By – Allied Record Company – B-18367

Salmond & Mulder – Fun Raiser – 1983

This is the fourth and final album from the duo. Roy went on to do a couple solo albums and then of course a huge producer career. Mulder on the other hand slipped behind the scenes but I understand he did continue to do some writing. This was also the first album released on Roy’s short lived label River Records INC. This is by far my favourite album from these guys but we don’t have any sales numbers so we don’t know if listeners shared my view. This album contains what is their most famous tune though, “The Turkey Song”. It would be played at many Thanksgiving parties for years. This album was only released in Canada but I have read many U.S. comments about it so it must have got some distribution in the U.S.

Tracklist
1 – Breaking Away – 2:55
2 – You Make It Easy – 3:02
3 – And He Said… – 2:02
4 – The Turkey Song – 2:40
5 – Light Shines In – 2:58
6 – Strength To Be Weak – 4:16
7 – What Am I Worth? – 3:04
8 – Government Man – 2:37
9 – Stone Cold Heart – 3:38
10 – South Side Of Chicago – 7:03

Credits
Guitar, Vocals – Mike Mulder
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Roy Salmond
Guitar, Piano, BG Vocals – Jim Woodyard
Bass – Don Biggar
Drums – Phil Robertson
BG Vocals – Gayle Salmond
BG Vocals – Faye Mulder
Bass – Steve Pugsley
Synth – Dave Pickell
Drums – Kat Hendrickse

Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – River Records INC
Distributed By – River Records INC
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Riverbed Publishing Co.
Copyright © – Riverbed Publishing Co.

The Reps – Bad Boy At School – 1983

There is very little info on this album out there but I have put together a few things. The band included husband and wife team John & Sue Ritter. They went on to record another album in 1994 that included a couple tracks from this album. Unfortunately it is even more obscure than this album. Sue was a prolific writer in the 80’s and 90’s having written several Christian books. As for the album it’s kind of a mix of styles including some Ska and some new wave. I hear a lot of talent here and I wish they would have recorded another album which this lineup. The album was produced by Mark Williamson (Mark Williamson Band/Lyrix) but this was relatively early in his career and I don’t think he was a strong producer at this point. Maybe a more experienced producer could have lead this band to a more consistent album. That aside I actually really like this album for some reason. I definitely hear some things I like here.

Tracklist
1 – Laugh – 2:33
2 – Someone’s Hero – 3:41
3 – Face To Face – 3:01
4 – One Way Love – 3:47
5 – Bad Boy At School – 3:24
6 – Second Time Around – 3:10
7 – Shadows Falling – 3:13
8 – Rebel – 3:03
9 – The Moon Shines Red – 3:50
10 – Movin’ On – 2:17

Credits
John Ritter = Lead Vocals, Guitar, Writter
Sue Ritter = Lead Vocals, Keyboard, Writter
Andy Clark = Guitar, Vocals.
Paul Raper = Bass, Vocals.
Jo Stephens = Drums, Vocals.
Mark Williamson – Produce, Engineer
Vladimir Vanazzawith & Max Waxahotti – Mix
Wesley Mahan & Quest Graphics – Album Art

Companies, etc.
All songs published through Thankyou Music.
Kingsway Music record company

Various – Back To The Rock #2 – 1983

This is the second in a series of samplers form A&S Records. This is one is a treasure trove of unreleased and barely released material. The first album in this series had more mainstream tracks but this time they went with some real obscure stuff. Below I’ve listed the tracks and the album they came from;

1 – Bill Batstone – Silver And Gold – Unreleased
2 – Spurr And McNeil – Walkin’ Again – Unreleased
3 – Apocalypse – Call On Jesus – Unreleased
4 – Michael Gonzales – Mountaintop – Mountaintop – 1983
5 – The Lifters – Living Water – The Lifters – 1983
6 – Eden – Break Out Of The Night – released on a 45 – 1983
7 – The Altar Boys – Where’s It Gonna Lead Ya – Altar Boys – 1984
8 – Sheryl Olguin – Easy Rider – Unreleased
9 – James Ledlie – Strangers – released on a 45 – 1983
10 – Danny Daniels – Flyer – Sons Of Thunder – 1982

Tracklist
1 – Bill Batstone – Silver And Gold – 3:50
2 – Spurr And McNeil – Walkin’ Again – 3:44
3 – Apocalypse – Call On Jesus – 4:32
4 – Michael Gonzales – Mountaintop – 3:58
5 – The Lifters– Living Water – 1:48
6 – Eden – Break Out Of The Night – 4:09
7 – The Altar Boys – Where’s It Gonna Lead Ya – 2:21
8 – Sheryl Olguin – Easy Rider – 3:50
9 – James Ledlie – Strangers – 3:38
10 – Danny Daniels – Flyer – 3:40

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&S Records
Copyright © – A&S Records
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Mixed At – Whitefield Studios
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △26182

Keith Green – I Only Want To See You There – 1983

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

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sparrow Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Sparrow Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Olympic Studios
Engineered At – Mama Jo’s
Mastered At – Future Disc
Published By – Birdwing Music
Published By – Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc.
Published By – Ears To Hear Music
Published By – April Music Inc.