Tag: Wayne Watson

This is Wayne’s third album and was really the one that gave us a glimpse of what was to come for him. While he had a CCM charting single on his previous album this album is where he really broke out with 3 CCM charting singles. “New Lives For Old” made it to #5, “The Sacrifice” to #6, and “People Of God made it to #21. This would be the album that put Wayne on the path to superstardom in the CCM genre. Oh and did I mention he was still producing all The Harvest albums at this point. Pretty good to be producing another bands successful albums while putting out your own and touring. At this point Wayne was certainly one of the hardest working members of the industry. The album continues his easy listening style but that genre of CCM was where most the money was so I don’t blame him.

Tracklist
1 – All The King’s Men – 4:02
2 – The Sacrifice – 4:48
3 – Roll On – 3:09
4 – People Of God – 3:03
5 – Take All Of Me – 3:54
6 – New Lives For Old – 5:19
7 – Never Give Up – 4:05
8 – In Those Eyes – 4:37
9 – The Greatest Is Love – 4:13
10 – Light Of The World – 3:01

Credits
Accordion – Jim Alderman
Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – Don Wyrtzen
Art Direction – Bob McConnell
Bass Guitar – Darrell Cook
Classical Guitar – Rex Thomas
Drums – Keith Edwards, Terry Westbrook
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Jerry McPhereson
Engineer [Strings] – Bob Whyley
Executive-Producer – Phil Brower
Mastered By – JL
Percussion – Russell Dunlap
Photography By – Ken Kim
Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano – Allen Mesko
Producer, Arranged By, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Wayne Watson
Producer, Arranged By, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Brian Tankersley
Recorder – Fletch Wiley
Synthesizer [Yamaha CS-80] – Paul Mills

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Singspiration
Copyright © – Singspiration
Recorded At – Rivendell Sound Recorders
Recorded At – Pinebrook Recording Studio
Mastered At – Masterfonics
Pressed By – Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.

This is Wayne’s first album, kind of. This was his first album on a label with proper distribution actually. He actually had a self released album in 1978 that we have but I haven’t listened to yet. But essentially as far as most people are concerned this is indeed his first album. As the story goes after college Wayne was playing music in area churches and was leading worship at an area youth camp when one of the parents recorded his music performance. That tape ended up on a desk at Milk & Honey records. They must have liked what they heard as Wayne went on to release 4 albums with them. This album gave him his first CCM charting single with “One Day” making it to #9. The album is pretty easy listening so it’s not really for me but for the style it’s a great album that was a sign of things to come in Wayne’s career.

Tracklist
1 – One Day – 3:33
2 – Because Of Whose I Am – 4:59
3 – Make A Wish – 3:19
4 – I Don’t Want Your Money – 3:47
5 – Trust In The Lord – 2:55
6 – Touch Of The Master’s Hand – 4:37
7 – Lay Them Down – 3:54
8 – How He Loves Me – 3:18
9 – No Need – 3:18
10 – One More Song – 3:01

Credits
Arranged By – Greg Nelson
Backing Vocals – Al Moore, Dennis Wilson, Don Gant, Donna Sheridan, Mike Albrecht, Mitch Humphries, Scott Roley
Bass – Ernie Collins
Drums – Bob Mater
Engineer – Scott Hendricks
Engineer [Assistant] – Bill Deaton
Executive-Producer – Ray Nenow
Guitar – Brent Rowan, Joe Wilson, Mike Noble
Keyboards – Alen Steinberger, Buddy Skipper, Mitch Humphries, Shane Keister
Percussion – Bill Wiggins, Terry McMillan
Photography By – Michael Borum
Producer – Greg Nelson
Saxophone – Donnie “Sax” Sanders
Synthesizer – Shane Keister

Companies, etc.
Record Company – The Zondervan Corporation
Recorded At – Glaser Sound Studios, Nashville
Lacquer Cut At – Masterfonics
Designed At – Michael Harris Design
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Milk & Honey
Copyright © – Milk & Honey
Published By – Group Seven
Published By – Takalofme Music
Published By – Libris Music
Published By – Paragon Music Corp.
Published By – Cooga Music
Published By – Crosswalk Music

I once coined a phrase called “WayneWatsonitis.” I used it in retail to describe artists that everyone loved their songs, but no one knew there name. It happened when I took my sister to see Wayne Watson at Melodyland in Southern California (across the street from Disneyland). She mentioned before the concert that she was unfamiliar with Watson, but midway through the concert leaned over and said, “I know every one of these songs!” Watson is a prolific artists with mountains if hits, popular church songs and some actual classics and yet is often forgotten when discussing the best of late 70’s and 80’s music. Many may remember his truly classic, “Touch of the Master’s Hand” or even the popular wedding song, “Somewhere in the World” that appears here, but his legacy is much broader and more impactful. This album brought Watson into the mainstream of CCM, moving from a smaller label to Dayspring Records and receiving distribution from mega company Word. But the album is filled with radio favorites and many songs that lasted for decades. “Narrow Way” starts of the album with a safe, CCM pop radio hit. But it was “Lookin’ Out for Number One” that KYMS jumped on and made it into a monster hit. Upbeat and approachable it became the song that brought Watson into the forefront in Southern California. It also allowed the follow up single to become the classic it is now regarded as. “Somewhere in the World” could have easily been just another song about parenting until listeners discovered it was a song about praying for the future spouse of their own child. The emotional chord it struck would only be duplicated a few years later by a song like “Butterfly Kisses.” It became a wedding classic and sold truck loads of accompaniment tracks. Even typing to this as I listen I am struck by the emotional tug that hopefully someone out there is praying for my own young daughter to be the Godly woman fit for their Godly son. The sentiment is emotional, but authentic, and I believe why it struck such a powerful chord with listeners. The album bounces between mid-tempo pop rock and stirring, inspirational ballads. But Watson’s vocals are so pure and naturally emotive that even the most formulaic CCM numbers never come across as trite. It’s fair to say that Watson possessed a voice that ranks among the best in CCM. Most of the album fits quite nicely within the framework of the CCM world at the time and served as a wonderful set up for his classic album that would follow (to be discussed much later).

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

Tracklist
1 – The Narrow Way – 4:05
2 – Lookin’ Out For Number One – 3:08
3 – Heart Of Hearts – 3:57
4 – Peace That Passes Understanding – 4:02
5 – Somewhere In The World – 3:29
6 – Giants In The Land – 4:18
7 – Born In Zion – 4:23
8 – Look Me In The Heart – 3:16
9 – Changed In A Moment – 3:07
10 – Holiness – 3:52

Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Greg Jennings
Arranged By – Phil Naish
Arranged By [Strings] – Alan Moore
Arranged By, Keyboards [Electronic] – Shane Keister
Art Direction – Buddy Jackson, Jackson Design
Bass Guitar – Mike Brignardello
Drums, Electronic Drums, Programmed By [Percussion] – Dennis Holt
Engineer [Assistant] – Alan Henry, Bill Whittington, Chris Hammond, Danny Mundhenk, J.T. Cantwell, Keith Penney
Executive-Producer – Neal Joseph
Keyboards [Electronic & Moog Bass Lines] – Phil Naish
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Percussion – Terry McMillan
Photography By – Mark Tucker
Producer, Arranged By – Wayne Watson
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Scott Hendricks
Saxophone [Solo] – Sam Levine
Strings – The Nashville String Machine

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Word, Inc.
Copyright © – Word, Inc.
Recorded At – Bullet Recording
Recorded At – OmniSound Studios
Mixed At – Bullet Recording
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab

This was Wayne Watson’s 5th album. Waynes is well known for his easy listening style and has received dozen Dove Awards. This is one of those easy listening albums.

Track Listing:
1 – I Still Believe – 4:45
2 – Material Magic – 4:04
3 – Watercolour Ponies – 4:41
4 – Friend Of A Wonded Heart – 5:23
5 – Is There No Harbor – 4:37
6 – The Hunger – 4:54
7 – Rose Colored Glasses – 4:53
8 – 2 Loves – 5:59
9 – Jesus Sings – 5:25
10 – Would I Know You – 3:47

Credits:
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Kirk Whalum
Arranged By [Strings, Brass] – Paul Mills
Art Direction – Bill Brunt
Backing Vocals – Rick Crawford, Susan Rae Hill
Bass Guitar – Mike Brignardello
Cover [Co-ordination] – Terri Short
Drums, Synth [Percussion] – Dennis Holt
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Jerry McPherson
Engineer – Paul Mills
Engineer [Assistant] – Chance Chambers, Joe Baldridge, Steve Dady
Executive-Producer – Neal Joseph
Illustration [Drawing] – Randal Martin
Keyboards [Additional], Programmed By [Synthesizer], Sampler – Paul Mills
Keyboards, Programmed By – Phil Naish
Mastered By – Hank Williams
Percussion – Bryan Lenox
Photography By – Mark Tucker
Producer, Arranged By – Paul Mills, Wayne Watson