Tag: Brush Arbor

A quick confession right off the bat. I had no idea Bruch Arbor existed in the 80’s. I don’t know how this is even possible as they were relatively huge. Sure their sound was not what we really liked but we had lots of albums from artists that weren’t really our style. So how did they slip past us? I have no idea. I guess it was just a product of growing up in a small town with one Christian music store so we got what we got. Anyway this is their album for 1981. It’s mainly easy listening with hints of country. All in all a pretty good album.

Tracklist
1 – Only For The Love Of The Lord – 2:42
2 – Come Back Home – 3:56
3 – Witness – 2:36
4 – All I Want To Be – 3:08
5 – Hero – 2:10
6 – Hey There Stranger – 3:42
7 – Running – 3:07
8 – Trust In The Lord – 1:58
9 – God Is Good – 2:58
10 – St. Peter – 2:19
11 – Rescue Me – 3:10

Credits
Acoustic Bass – David Rose
Arranged By – Brush Arbor, John D’Andrea
Art Direction – Paul Gross
Banjo – Jim Rice
Bass Guitar – David Rose
Design Concept – Bill Lightner
Drums – Kevin Watkins
Engineer – Carmine Rubino
Engineer [Assistant] – Jim Crosby
Guitar – Jim Rice, Joe Rice
Lead Guitar – Dale Cooper
Lead Vocals – Jim Rice, Joe Rice
Mandolin – Joe Rice
Mastered By – Bill Lightner
Percussion – Kevin Watkins
Photography By – Lisa Diamond, Phil Fewsmith
Producer – Michael Lloyd
Sleeve – Dennis Hill
Vocals – Dale Cooper, David Rose, Kevin Watkins

Companies, etc.
Record Company – Myrrh Records
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Word, Inc.
Copyright © – Word, Inc.
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △25044
Published By – Word Music
Published By – Dayspring Music
Published By – John T. Benson Pub. Co.
Published By – House Of Hits
Published By – Happiedayle Music
Published By – Warner-Tamerlane

This is Brush Arbor’s 5th album and their first on a Christian album. This album doesn’t have as much of a country sound as their others and in fact this one has a 70’s rock sound to me. What this album is best known for is having the original version of David Edwards “Not Going To Fall Away” though it was titled “My Lord”. David Lowman theorizes that as Buddy King produced both this and David’s first album he had a hand in this and I think he’s probably dead on on that one. Anyway their version is pretty good and I guess because this version came out first technically David Edwards covered his own song.

Tracklist
1 – Hide Away – 2:46
2 – Listen To Your Heart – 2:52
3 – Oh, I Love You – 3:37
4 – My Lord – 2:26
5 – Here I Am – 3:26
6 – Hello God – 4:06
7 – How Long – 2:22
8 – If I Didn’t Have Love – 3:28
9 – You And Me All The Way – 2:37
10 – Please Make Yourself Known – 3:28

Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Bill Keene, John Hunt
Arranged By [Basic Tracks], Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar – Tom Keene
Arranged By [Strings] – David Diggs
Arranged By [Vocals] – Jules Alexander
Art Direction – Dennis Hill
Bass Guitar, Tuba – Dave Coy
Concept By [Cover], Photography By – Scott Lockwood
Drums, Percussion – Fred Petry
Electric Guitar – David Storrs
Engineer – Bino Espinoza, Richard Donaldson
Engineer, Remix – Bill Bottrell
Executive-Producer – Gary Whitlock
Guitar – Tim Fuller
Keyboards – Dave Garland
Management – Dan McKinnon
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Performer – Dave Rose, Jim Rice, Joe Rice
Producer, Engineer, Remix – Buddy King
Saxophone – Ernie Watts
Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar – Al Perkins
Synthesizer – Yabo Obien
Violin – Fred Field

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Word, Inc.
Copyright © – Word, Inc.
Recorded At – Soundcastle
Remixed At – Soundcastle
Mastered At – A&M Studios
Mastered At – Capitol Mastering

This was the 7th album from longtime CCM/Jesus Music band Brush Arbor. Though they released 10 albums through the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s they only had two chart singles. This album includes one of them, “I Will Follow” which made it to #29. Though this album was released in 1983 the album has a distinctly 70’s sound and structure. The song’s vary from country, rock, easy listening, and bluegrass. Like I say it’s a rather typical 70’s Jesus Music album. This however isn’t a criticism, I actually enjoyed the album and the track “Praise His Name” might actually make it into my regular daily rotation. The real treat of the album however are the last 2 tracks which are live bluegrass songs. Personally I think they’re the real stand out of the album and is probably what the band did/does best.

Tracklist
1 – Then Came You – 3:02
2 – Have I Got A Story For You – 2:26
3 – Love Is All I Need – 3:14
4 – Praise His Name – 3:09
5 – I Will Follow – 2:56
6 – I Got You – 2:30
7 – It’s All Right – 2:48
8 – Psalm 103 – 4:05
9 – Dancin’ With The Angels – 2:00
10 – Let’s All Go Down To The River – 3:10

Credits
Arranged By – Brush Arbor, Michael Lloyd
Cover, Design – Susan K. Blatman
Engineer – Carmine Rubino
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Performer – Dale Cooper, David Rose, Jim Rice, Joe Rice, Kevin Watkins
Photography – David Randle
Producer – Michael Lloyd

Companies, etc.
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Word Records Limited
Copyright (c) – Word Records Limited