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Bloodgood – To Germany, With Love! – 1993

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

Randy Matthews – Now Do You Understand – 1975

Long scraggly hair and beard, John Lennon like spectacles and a silver jump suit cladded Matthews grabs just a guitar and microphone and makes his way through 70-minutes of song, story, humor and ministry. There sometimes appears to be as much talking as singing, but it works so incredibly well with Matthews. He is a master story teller whether in song or not. His rough edged, Joe Cocker like voice is pure gold on this project. the intimacy and genuineness of the performance simply pulls the listener into what is being said and sung. Sunny Day, Holy Band and Evacuation Day are just stellar. The 10 minute version of Country Faith – interrupted by stories and questions – is priceless. But, quite frankly, the song “Didn’t He” that closes the album is just mesmerizing and painful. This is one of those songs where artist and message collide to create something that will always be remembered. Simply, simply stunning!

Contributor – David Lowman https://ccms500bestalbums.wordpress.com/

Tracklist
1 – Intro – 0:50
2 – Holy Band – 2:45
3 – Quartet Rap – 3:30
4 – Dill Pickles – 2:00
5 – The Bad Has Made It Better – 2:20
6 – Guiding Light – 3:10
7 – The Deli – 1:15
8 – Sunny Day – 3:40
9 – Important Things – 2:30
10 – Love – 5:25
11 – Darling I’ll Be There – 2:20
12 – Where Were You? – 0:40
13 – Wounded Warrior – 2:50
14 – Country Faith – 10:00
15 – Christmas (White House Shuffle) – 0:55
16 – Pharoah’s Hand – 3:35
17 – Evacuation Day – 3:15
18 – Hands – 3:45
19 – Oh My – 2:45
20 – In The Morning – 4:10
21 – The Picnic – 3:50
22 – Didn’t He? – 3:50

Credits
Composed By – Randy Matthews
Engineer – Bob Clark (3)
Mixed By [Remix] – Lee Hazen
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Zap (15)
Producer, Liner Notes [Back Liner Notes], Management [Personal Management] – Wes Yoder

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Word, Inc.
Mixed At – Hazen’s Recording Studio
Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders

Mark Farner – Rock ‘n Roll Soul Live 1989 – 2023

Mark Farner did something really great for his fans with this one. Somehow he got the rights to the video and audio of his performance at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson, California as part of the “Woodstock 20 Years After” festival in 1989. He released a DVD with the full video, a CD with all the tracks, and a very cool coloured vinyl LP with limited tracks. Okay so lets set the background. This was a music festival that unofficially celebrated the 20 year anniversary of Woodstock. While that was strange enough even stranger Grand Funk Railroad never played at Woodstock as they had conflicting tour dates. To be clear this was a secular music festival but Mark didn’t let that get in the way and sang a great mix of his classics and current Christian music. Mark really was a treasure in the industry. He often leveraged his bands early success to minister to people. Mark practised what he preached and I always felt he never got the recognition he deserved for that. Now let’s talk about the album. The original recording of this concert was obviously not intended for an album release but I have to say the mix is pretty good. Mark’s team did a pretty good job in post production because a concert mix is nothing like an album mix. I of course never being satisfied did do some post production work myself so you may notice our copy is slightly more saturated than the original. Hat’s off to Mark for an excellent release and I’ll say this too, he didn’t do a kickstarter so it is likely he didn’t make much of anything off this release. I hope I’m wrong and he made some money but if you listen to it here he’ll get a few pennies from YouTube. Be sure to visit his website if you’re a fan as he is still releasing albums and they are available there including both the vinyl and CD version of this album signed. I doubt Mark will ever read this but hats off to you Mark for an excellent release.

Tracklist
1 – Are You Ready – 4:03
2 – Rock’n Roll Soul – 3:32
3 – Footstompin’ Music – 4:06
4 – Airborne Ranger – 4:39
5 – Judgement Day Blues – 4:45
6 – Some Kind Of Wonderful – 5:27
7 – Paranoid – 10:23
8 – Come To Jesus – 4:01
9 – Mean Mistreater – 4:38
10 – Must Have Been Love – 3:11
11 – Bad Time – 2:46
12 – I’m Your Captain/Closer To Home – 6:34
13 – Heartbreaker – 7:24
14 – Isn’t It Amazing – 5:08
15 – The Loco-motion – 4:27

Credits
Art Direction – Mark Kalmus
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Lawrence Buckner
Drums, Backing Vocals – Mike Maple
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Mike Blair
Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals – Mark Farner
Mastered By – Randy Perry
Photography – Fred B. Slinger
Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals – Arnie Vilches

Companies, etc.
Record Company – Liberation Hall – Lib – 5164

Geoff Moore and The Distance – Greatest Hits – 1996

We normally do not upload Greatest hits albums to YouTube but in this case we made an exception. The album contains 2 new tracks and the second of this two CD collection is entirely live so it’s also new material. Disc 1 consists of material from their 4 albums on the ForeFront label. It includes two new songs, More Than Gold and Today. Disc two is parts pf a concert recorded in Rome Georgia. A video was released to coincide with this release called Roadwork and is a more complete collection of the concert mentioned previously. The live tracks are well recorded and engineered which is more difficult than you may think as live mixes are completely different than album mixes. The live recording are what makes this album worth listening to as it was a great concert.

Tracklist
1 – More Than Gold – 4:19
2 – Life Together – 4:25
3 – Evolution … Redefined – 4:27
4 – The Vow – 4:08
5 – Good To Be Alive – 4:27
6 – If You Could See What I See – 4:18
7 – Listen To Our Hearts – 4:48
8 – House Of Faith – 4:22
9 – A Friend Like U – 3:44
10 – Simple Heart – 4:56
11 – Live To Tell – 4:34
12 – Today – 3:37
13 – Evidence Of God – 4:05
14 – Evolution … Redefined – 3:22
15 – Life Together – 3:54
16 – Best Days – 3:59
17 – Good To Be Alive – 4:18
18 – Home Run – 5:18
19 – New Americans – 5:18
20 – Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music – 4:26
21 – When All Is Said And Done – 2:50

Credits
Art Direction, Design – Tom Davis, Tonya Presley
Engineer [The Live Set], Mixed By [The Live Set] – Richie Biggs
Executive-Producer – Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo
Illustration [Jupiter Boy Cover Image By] – Steven Webster
Management – Brock & Associates
Mastered By – Ken Love
Photography By [Bus Image] – Shane Johnson
Photography By [Group Photography By] – John Chiasson
Photography By [Truck Image] – Jeff Frazier
Recorded By – RM Audio

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The ForeFront Communications Group, Inc.
Copyright © – The ForeFront Communications Group, Inc.
Distributed By – Chordant Distribution Group
Distributed By – CMC Distributors
Mastered At – Mastermix
Glass Mastered At – EMI MFG.

Dallas Holm And Praise – Live – 1977

The live project was originally titled Hey, I’m a Believer and was released in very limited numbers on cassette by Dallas himself in 1976. He says it did not sell well but then radio found his signature track “Rise Again” and Greentree Records jumped in and released it the next year with the title simply “Live”. This was also the first album where Dallas used the name Praise for his band. That band was Tim Johnson on keyboards, Tim’s wife LaDonna on vocals, and Randy Adams on bass. Dallas has told the story of this album a few times and he always points out that they had no idea what they were doing. They recorded the whole thing in one take with an 8 track in the Lindale High School auditorium with a crowd of 300 people. Apparently the whole session lasted 45 minutes and that was it. Given that this is the origin album for Rise Again it is in many collections but honestly Dallas was right when he said they had no idea what they were doing. This album is horribly recorded and quite frankly most the arrangements are a disaster and sound unrehearsed. That said it was 1976 and in the CCM genre Dallas still nailed it with one great quality song. This album has been re-released at least 4 times and there are some variations between those release. Our version here is actually a combination of those versions which we think best represents the album. We have moved the spoken track so their respective songs as a 30 second track on a YouTube playlist is just annoying.

Tracklist
1 – Hey! I’m A Believer! – 3:22
2 – Front Seat, Back Seat – 2:51
3 – He Means All To Me – 4:10
4 – Jesus, I’m An Open Book – 4:59
5 – Thank You Jesus – 3:39
6 – If I Had It To Do All Over Again – 2:56
7 – Let My Light Shine – 4:02
8 – Rise Again – 5:35
9 – He Knew Me Then – 3:54
10 – Come Unto Jesus – 4:28

Credits
Art Direction – Bob McConnell
Bass, Vocals – Randy Adams
Engineer [Remix] – Bob Clark
Guitar, Vocals – Dallas Holm
Keyboards, Vocals – Ladonna Johnson, Tim Johnson
Photography By – Bill Deaty
Producer – Phil Johnson
Recorded By – Bob Clark

Companies, etc.
Record Company – John T. Benson Pub. Co.
Mastered At – Masterfonics
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Greentree Records
Copyright © – Greentree Records
Published By – Dimension (3)
Published By – Dunamis Music, Inc.

Scott Wesley Brown – Live In Concert Songs and Stories – 1978

Here’s a great but also a little odd album from Scott Wesley Brown. Odd in that it was self released while he was under contract with Sparrow records but it obviously had the blessing of the record company and SWB actually thanked them for their help with the album. Anyway this is a live album recorded at Christ Church in Washington D.C. Unlike many live albums this isn’t the best performances from many concerts but just a recording of one concert. SWB had only had 3 albums released at this point but he was making a big splash on the industry. This concert is a great representation of his concerts in the late 80’s. SWB’s concerts were very intimate and a great representation of who SWB was/is. Backing him up on this album was the band GLAD who did a great job. I absolutely love SWB’s tongue in cheek version of “We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll)” originally by Wayne Raney and covered by mediocre gospel bands everywhere in the 70’s. Luckily by the late 70’s Rock & Roll as a whole claimed this song for themselves. Great historic album here and an absolute must listen.

Tracklist
1 – I’m Not Religious, I Just Love The Lord – 4:16
2 – You Make Me Feel – 2:35
3 – We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus – 6:53
4 – Harrison – 9:08
5 – Lords Prayer – 3:11
6 – Dance – 0:56
7 – Jesus Is The Lord Of My Life – 2:25
8 – Learning – 3:26
9 – Trees (Monologue) – 3:00
10 – How Can I Say I Love You – 3:42
11 – Alphabet Prayers (Monologue) – 6:36
12 – I Wish You Jesus – 5:05

Credits
John Bolles – Guitars, Background Vocals
Scott Wesley Brown – Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Brad Currie – Drums, Percussion
Debbie Halverson – Background Vocals
Bob Kauflin – Keyboards, Background Vocals
Don Nalle – Bass, Background Vocals
Ed Nalle – Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals
Tom Willett – Background Vocals

Steve Taylor – Liver – 1995

We have a great live album from Steve here. While most live albums are a compilation of the best takes from several concerts this one was recorded in just one take in October 1994 in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Even the tracks are in the order played except for “Jim Morrison’s Grave” and “On The Fritz” which were switched around to allow for proper timing on the cassette. Steve even played a couple tracks from his Chagall Guevara band. The fire alarm incident that closes out the album actually occurred at Judson College and was dubbed in. As for the album there’s not much to say other than it’s another example of Steve’s live brilliance and is pretty well engineered for a live album.

Tracklist
1 – Jim Morrison’s Grave – 3:19
2 – The Lament Of Desmond R. G. Underwood-Frederick IV – 4:37
3 – I Want To Be A Clone – 2:05
4 – Escher’s World – 3:33
5 – On The Fritz – 6:31
6 – Bannerman – 3:19
7 – Hero – 5:14
8 – Jesus Is For Losers – 4:13
9 – The Finish Line – 5:41
10 – Violent Blue – 4:29

Credits
Art Direction – Buddy Jackson
Bass – Wade Jaynes
Drums – Chris Kearney
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Greg Wollan, Mark Townsend
Booking – Jeff Roberts & Associates
Crew [Driver] – Dave Fancey, Doug Rioux, Guy Johnson
Crew [Merchandise] – Curtis Swartzentruber
Design – Karinne Caulkins
Engineer [Engineered By], Engineer [Sound], Mixed By – Russ Long
Lighting [Design] – Scott Moore
Lighting [Operator] – Anthony Kordyjaka
Management – Proper Management
Management [Proper Management] – Amy Kyker, Glenda McNalley, Jeff Quistad, Nancy Kronemann, Norman Miller
Management [Road Manager] – Joe Nero
Mastered By – Hank Williams
Photography By – Ben Pearson
Producer – Russ Long, Steve Taylor
Production Manager – Mike Jones
Recorded By [Recording Assistance], Engineer [Monitor] – Marc Chevalier
Written-By – Steve Taylor

Companies, etc.
Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc., WEA International Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc., WEA International Inc.
Manufactured By – WEA Manufacturing
Mixed At – The Carport
Mastered At – Mastermix
Designed At – Jackson Design
Published By – Soylent Tunes, Warner Alliance Music, Birdwing Music, Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc., MCA Publishing, GMMI, Inc., C.A. Music
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Darrell Mansfield Blues Band – Live On Tour – 2000

Here we have another live album from Darrell. It contains most of his favourites that we see pop up on most of his later live work. Half the album was recorded in Los Angeles and half in Holland with 2 different bands not that you can really tell. Anyway I don’t have much more to say as there are plenty of live Darrell recordings and they are all excellent.

Tracklist
1 – Let’s Work Together – 4:08
2 – There’s Gotta Be A Change – 5:39
3 – Tell The Truth – 5:21
4 – Walk With Me Jesus – 5:35
5 – The Mission – 4:45
6 – Nobody But You Lord – 4:53
7 – Boom Boom – 7:12
8 – Stand By Me – 9:05
9 – Time To Go – 9:18
10 – People Get Ready – 7:10
11 – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – 7:12

Larry Norman And Beam – Shouting In The Storm (Flevo 2) – 1998

Beam is a band from the Netherlands that Larry toured with in 1998 on a European tour. The studio sessions “Breathe In, Breathe Out” were released as a double CD, revealing their rehearsals for the tour. This is a live recording, also noted as “Flevo 2” on the CD itself. Larry’s “Live at Flevo” with Q-Stone was a success and this recording is just as good as that one. Again, Larry is fronting a tight band here, and a more modern sounding one than the 60s groups he built up in the past to perform material from the People! years and the trilogy albums that followed that. This is a solid 90s sounding band backing Larry on some of his classic songs as well as some newer ones from that era. “God part 3” is a rock version here. We have heard Larry perform and record it in almost every style imaginable, from solo acoustic/folk to studio versions with some bite. Beam adds something here that isn’t in any of the other recordings with upgraded guitar riffs. “Six Sixty Six” is changed from a 70s folk song into a 90s grunge ballad with Larry’s distinctive voice still adorning. The closing track is Larry and Beam covering “Jesus Freak” which was a 90s anthem thanks to both DC Talk and Newsboys. “Shot Down” is remembered as a piano rock song from its original In Another Land release, however there is no piano here. Beam’s full guitar sound make a great update on this classic.

Tracklist
1 – Heaven Wants To Bless You – 4:57
2 – God Part 3 – 4:09
3 – Six Sixty Six – 6:06
4 – Shot Down – 2:23
5 – Let The Rain Fall Down – 7:29
6 – Sweet Song Of Salvation – 4:58
7 – Goodbye, Farewell – 4:00
8 – Let It Go – 6:20
9 – Bombs – 8:03
10 – The Rock That Doesn’t Roll – 4:56
11 – Jesus Freak – 6:08

Credits
Bass Guitar – Hans Sigmond
Design [Booklet] – Jason Carter, Wavelength
Drums – Gert Koudijs
Engineer – Johan Van Loo
Executive-Producer – Gerrit aan’t Goor
Harmony Vocals – Beam
Lead Guitar – Robert Riekerk
Lead Vocals – Larry Norman
Mastered By – Sander van der Heiden
Mixed By – Johnny Hulst, Larry Norman
Photography By – Bea Riekerk, David Carter, Nathalie Riekerk
Producer – Larry Norman
Promotion [Concert] – Gerrit aan’t Goor
Recorded By – Alpha Mobile Studio
Rhythm Guitar – Tommy Riekerk

Companies, etc.
Distributed By – GMI Music Partners
Produced For – Solid Rock Records
Produced For – The Street Level Cafe
Produced For – White Trash Communications
Published By – Ordure Blancu Music
Published By – Universal
Published By – Alliance 4K
Mixed At – Hulst Recording Studio Zwolle
Mastered At – Wisseloord Studios

Randy Stonehill – Live at Greenbelt ’79 – 2005/2021

This album has a but of a strange history. It was recorded at Greenbelt obviously but Larry Norman released it in 2005 on his label. I don’t think Larry actually had the rights to this recording. Yes it was recorded back when Larry and Randy were getting along but in 2005 they were not doing business together. I have no idea how Larry decided he had the rights to this album but who knows what was said back in 1979. That said after Larry passed suddenly Randy owned the rights and released it himself in 2021. Anyway the version you will listen to here is a hybrid I worked over offering the best versions in my opinion. !979 was a great year in CCM music and this album displays that.

Tracklist
1 – Intro-One True Love – 4:41
2 – Keep Me Running – 5:43
3 – Teen King -4:09
4 – Lung Cancer – 4:26
5 – Venezuela – 3:10
6 – Through The Glass Darkly – 5:53
7 – The Great American Cure – 4:26
8 – You Really Got Me – 3:06
9 – Trouble Coming – 4:44
10 – Good News – 4:47
11 – Let That Tape Keep Rolling – 6:09