Tag: Candle

Agape Force – Within the Gate – 1978

This may actually be the first live Jesus music worship album ever. Agape Force and Candle came together to record this live worship album in the Agape Force gymnasium at their ranch in Garden Valley, Texas. As for the album it is exactly what you are expecting after reading after the first sentence. Not particularly my style of album but I wasn’t attending worship services in the south in 1978. For what it is it’s a pretty good album and gives us a little insight into what was happening in the southwest U.S. southwest Jesus music scene in the late 70’s. It should be noted that I have arranged the track in a slightly different way that the album presented them as I think it better represents the flow of the album.

Tracklist
1 – Soldiers Of The Army – 2:38
2 – Stay On The Battlefield – 2:23
3 – I Will Sing – 2:50
4 – Fill Me Now – 2:10
5 – Lord Of Hosts – 2:00
6 – Glory To God In The Highest – 1:51
7 – Glory, Jesus, Glory – 1:43
8 – I Want To Be In Service For Jesus – 3:48
9 – The Lord Is My Strength – 2:14
10 – Lay Hold – 2:33
11 – The Steadfast Love – 1:43
12 – Living Fire – 2:02
13 – Hallelujah Song – 2:14
14 – Worthy – 3:00
15 – The Greatest Thing – 4:16
16 – Higher, Higher – 3:38

Credits
Artwork By, Design – Mark Pendergrass
Bass – Frank Hernandez
Engineer – Paul Christensen
Executive Producer – Tony Salerno
Guitar [Acoustic] – Frank Atcheson, Frank Hernandez, Gabriel Arosemena, Mike Milligan
Piano – Kathy Salerno
Producer [& Musical Director], Liner Notes – Billy Ray Hearn
Voice – Betsy Jacobson, Mike Milligan

Companies, etc.
Mixed At – Martinsound
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sparrow Records, Inc.

Candle – On The Street – 1979

Candle were better known for their children’s albums than their adult ones but I think this adult one is pretty good. I can’t really figure out what the origin of Candle is but they did include 3 members of Seawind and were producing music at the same time as Seawind. This is a little strange as they were on 2 different labels at the time. Seawind was on A&M’s Christian label “Horizon” and Candle were on “Sparrow”. Anyway whatever the story I think this is a pretty good album, it has a nice 70’s funk sound and probably would have fit in a little better in 76 or 77 but it’s a good album and deserves a listen.

Tracklist
1 – All Your Love – 2:32
2 – In Due Time – 2:44
3 – Call On Him – 2:22
4 – Sunshine And Rain – 2:08
5 – The Rest Of My Life – 2:58
6 – Feels So Right – 2:56
7 – Runnin’ – 2:35
8 – I Need To Tell You – 3:25
9 – Won’t Take Long – 2:44
10 – The Martyr’s Song – 3:09

Credits
Arranged By [Horns], Saxophone, Flute – Jim Horn
Arranged By [Strings] – David Diggs
Bass – Abraham Laboriel, Kenny Wild
Co-producer, Guitar – Mike Deasy
Design – Lynn Robb, Stan Evenson
Drums – Bill Maxwell, Bob Wilson
Engineer – Wally Duguid
Guitar – Bud Nuanez
Lead Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar, Mandolin – Hadley Hockensmith
Lead Vocals – Frank Hernandez, Georgian Banov, Mark Pendergrass, Ron Krueger
Organ, Piano – Harlan Rogers
Percussion – Fred Petry
Photography By – Dave Pavol
Piano – Peter Hallin
Producer – Billy Ray Hearn
Synthesizer, Piano – Larry Williams

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sparrow Records, Inc.
Published By – Candle Co. Music
Published By – Sparrow Song
Recorded At – Buckskin Studio
Recorded At – January Sound Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Recorded At – Peace In The Valley Recording