This is Terry’s first album though he did have a previous album in 1974 with his wife Nancy and brother Duane as the band The Children Of Faith. After that experiment (that I haven’t listened to yet but want to) Terry and Duane joined up with Liberation Suite for their 1975 European tour. This leads us to this 1978 album. I’m kind of torn on this album. I absolutely love the upbeat tracks but I strongly dislike almost all the slower tracks with the exception of Red Cloud which is the best track on the album. The album was very well engineered/mixed by Joe Bellamy but I think the albums downfall is the final production by CCM godfather Chuck Girard. I mean the choice of Welcome as an opening track is just questionable. It is without a doubt the weakest track on the album and I think they got caught up with the whole idea of the introductory album being called Welcome so they wanted to start the album with that track. I’ll be honest when I sat down to listen to this album that opening track made me think this would be a boring album but then track 2 “Let’s Have A Good Time” comes on and know this is gonna be a great album. Terry had a knack for rock and I really wish someone would have encouraged a little more of that for this album. I haven’t listened to any more of his albums yet so I am interested to see what direction his career went. Next month we’ll cover another one and see how he does.
Tracklist
1 – Welcome – 3:46
2 – Let’s Have A Good Time – 2:01
3 – Make A Noise – 2:44
4 – Merry-Go-Round – 2:47
5 – Time Enough – 3:55
6 – Red Cloud – 4:45
7 – Ugadano Thawanu Maija – 3:41
8 – Your Love For Me – 4:00
9 – For Each Other – 2:38
10 – Oh The Love – 2:39
11 – Living Loving Eyes – 5:38
Credits
Cliff Wooley – Harp
Chuck Girard – Producer, Arranger, Background Vocals
Terry Clark – Keyboards, Synthesizer, Strings, Arranger, Writer, Composer, Background Vocals
Joe Bellamy – Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer
Emory Gordy, Jr. – Bass
Jeff Porcaro – Drums
Dean Parks – Guitar
Gary Ferguson – Percussion
Michael Porcaro – Bass
Paul Humphrey – Drums
The Paul Carlson Singers – Chorus
Clydie King – Background Vocals
Sherlie Matthews – Background Vocals
Venetta Fields – Background Vocals
Jon Linn – Lead Guitar
Jim West – Background Vocals
Ernie Watts – Saxophone
Burleigh Drummond – Marimba, Percussion
David Pack – Guitar
Jay Truax – Background Vocals
Larry Myers – Background Vocals
George Bohanon – Horn Arrangements
Stephen Houston – String Arrangements
Jimmie Haskell – String Arrangements
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Distributed By – Word Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Good News Records
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Recorded At – Mama Jo’s
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
