1970s Christian Music (private press lps etc)

"OUR CHOICE, MINIMUM VG++ SHAPE, Shipped to your door for $100.00...some cool ones...Lamb, Ric Masten, Bethleham, etc..."

has anyone heard the Dave Bryan lp?

or Michaels & Hack?

seriously people, yogi records are where it's at.

has anyone heard <I>Pressed Down, Shaken Together, and Running Over</I>? I guess that's the band name and the LP title. Vaguely xian psych/folk from New Knoxville, Ohio. Kinda CSNY sounding, nice harmonies, but simpler arrangements.

Bueller? Anyone? Beuller?

also, i have recently gotten a private american folk LP by PAT DECOU AND TEX LAMOUNTAIN (that's a male/female duo, for those keeping track) called DOWN HERE ON EARTH. It is not xian, but it is nice in a sort of lo-fi, naively enthusiast way. it's really got a very nostalgic ssound for me, for some reason. like an idealized hybrid of uh, not Raffi, but that other guy who was on Nick Jr circa 1986--him, AND like the seldom scene or something? i really get into private country/folk stuff, but so much that looks cool is actually kinda lame.. saw a real promising LP the other day, now of course can't remember who it was by, but it had a black and white sleeve that gave off creepy vibes--song titles like "My Mental Problem." Unfortunately music was boring boring boring. I found the first PENDRAGON LP, which is about 50/50 trad Irish music and indistinguished folk-rock. A buck at a thrift store, and it's got a dragon on the cover.

I need to stop myself from digressing on all the mediocre private folk records I've bought this year. Big year for me with that stuff. I sold my Santo record though; I didn't think I needed it even though there were some tracks with nice fuzz guitar.

also worth mentioning: the second LP on the new Peter Grudzien "Unicorn" issue on Subliminal Sounds is ESSENTIAL. Seriously some great stuff.

omg Petra \m/ \m/

omg this website http://heavenly-grooves.blogspot.com/

somebody download and listen to all this stuff and tell me what's best

john d4rnie11e to thread, please.

Revive! I discovered a lot of these records this past year, some great, some only with great moments.
Norman Ezell - Resurrection Day (sad lonely folk record with strings and banjo, very good from start to finish and you can find it sort of cheap)
Jon Byron - New Horizons (A real masterpiece of soft rock folk, really beautiful arrangements with steel guitar and saxophone)
Scott Wesley Brown -S/T (rural folk rock that doesn't really have a weak moment, even a hippie countrfied version of Sonshine)
Kinfolk - Clean (nice country & western folk record with male and female vocals, not a bad record)
Various - Father's Family (compilation of a Houston,TX hippie church with really nice femme vocals)
Carey Landry - Great Things Happen (Somber folk record with nice guitar and guys got a great voice)
Clearing - S/T (hippie folk with both male and female vocals, really dreamy vibe and not a bad song)
Wild Olive Branch Band- Through A Glass Darkly (The title says it all, rural folk rock with great harmonies and rockin' moments)
Sounds of Salvation- S/T (experimental stuff,I can't really describe this well, really good folk songs with voice effects and I think some tape splicing. Beautiful moments too!)
Sons of Thunder - Day Follows Night Nice jazzy folk rock)

And records I've heard and want to own
Ed Drake - Friend Of Mine
Listen - S/T
John Warren - Land Of New Hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kj-qNHEHoA

I've been looking for that record, never heard it or seen it.

only seen the cover somewhere?

i LOVE that Family record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WQL5uywj8Y

I need that John Ylvisaker record! Also looking for a live record he with David Blakeley called "Recorded At A housewarming for Fritzie" Been way into this stuff, even Medical Mission Singers!

Daniel Rydstedt - Song For Morning really nice rural folkie with pedal steel, moog, fender rhoads Nice!
Tedd Smith - Smash & Grab dreamy psych folk that some how was released on Waco's Light records, impressive!
Dave Dilley - A Reason To Give ex drug user/dealer goes xian folk pop, just got this one in and I haven't stopped playing it!
Al Bohl - The Music Gotta Stop Someday unexpected sometimes funky country folk!

If anyone is serious about exploring this genre getting this is well worth your money!
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Just in the mail today!

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I need to give in and buy the reissue of that Fraction record, still haven't heard it. Isn't sort of like a doomsday version of the Doors?

For a vocal record this one is groovy
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WOW, great cover!

Fraction record is pretty good, not a huge listen for me. Sometimes doorsy biker rock kinda sound.

Ian you would totally dig that Leaf River record, it's really downhome rural folk and it's got a cover of Sin City!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOX0QcLIhCA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUeWPdr1o1w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkC1QQ1BnLo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YgnlHo59Ac

lots of versions of this song have been recorded, and for some reason I've put off digging into Larry Norman, he's not bad though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1FcTKNXlO0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUce5B3Y8Y

lots of versions of this song have been recorded, and for some reason I've put off digging into Larry Norman, he's not bad though

there's a great clip of "Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music " (here) where he rants about supposed Satanic backmasked messages in rock songs and ends his performance with a Mick Jagger impression. I feel like half of his appeal came from his stage presence and between-song banter/sermonizing, and as good as his records can be, they don't do full justice to how witty and charismatic he was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_7xvx0iLuM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzbc9TJlIXI

search this album (A Time of Peace) and her next one, Let the Son Shine. sweet and soulful acoustic singer-songwriter stuff with occasional folk-rock and country elements. her third album (My Lifetime Now) is a little more hippified, with bongos and "jesus is my drug" messages (well, it's really just the one song "High on the Love of Jesus" that bugs me), but it's pretty good too. no one else can sing bible camp anthems like "They'll Know We Are Christians" and "I Am the Light" with such quiet conviction. she does quite a few John Fischer covers too.

Catholic liturgical jazz, sometimes with choral backing, which might sound like an awful idea but I really dig this record. The choral prats sometimes have a christmas vibe, and the Jazz actually cooks! Weird idea that a pastor had the notion of playing jazz to reach the youth in the late 60's.
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The look/font makes me think of 2008, not 1968 or whenever.

Like that was an Arcade Fire side project.

digging this one

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fqhzwvoD_w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAJ4ta9qQMI

Giant Killers - Power to Power - organ-heavy new wave with apocalyptic lyrics. reminds me of Fischer-Z in a weird way. their first album (Alternative) is heavier and more Doory and not as good, but just look at the cover art:

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that's Giantkiller, not "Giant Killers".

...and the album the clips are from is called Valley of Decision, not Power to Power. I am dumb tonight.

Hey Scott that Tom and Candy Green looks good! It's listed in the Archivist too! They were from Vermont and he says it's the best of their records.

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this guy came to our church when i was a kid and played:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY-pcReBVpA

Found these records too, all good in different ways:
Beatnik jazz choir folk
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funky choir folk
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lonely guy folk
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I found a bunch more, 2 by Hope Of Glory, The Keyhole, The Way, Bill Atwood, another God Unlimited and the second Way of The Wolf but haven't listened to them. And I met the wife of a guy who runs a music store here in west texas who used to play in a christian folk band in the 70's who has More records that I'm negotiating to look at/buy!!

This has a really nice homemade sound, not lo-fi, just really clear recording, with a few fuzz solos! A side is secular love songs and B side is about Jesus! kind of reminds me of the 90's.
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I've never heard that Peter Scholtes album ("They'll Know We Are Christians" is a great song, though), but did you know that his son posts to ilx sometimes? it's interesting how the Rev. Peter Scholtes went from being a priest and Christian songwriter to being a business author and consultant of some note.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPXK2E3T7og

it's a shame this was the only solo song she ever recorded. this blog seems to be the only source of info on the album.

("she" = the soloist Gaye Harry. the rest of the album is high school band/choir stuff, judging by the description)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS6UhgK4ois&feature=related

http://youtu.be/WW3ylvQPYGc

sorry
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDkLfON7YJ0&feature=relmfu

I've never heard that Peter Scholtes album ("They'll Know We Are Christians" is a great song, though), but did you know that his son posts to ilx sometimes?

Interesting bit of ILX trivia. That songs was like my pre-teen Christian summer camp anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6In2Z0_3uY

been digging this track by The Overcomers (late '60s ska-inflected Christian beat group). I didn't know this kind of thing existed!

(FavoriteJesusMusic is a great youtube channel, btw. I wonder if it all comes from one person's record collection...)

I love these two songs from Maria Barton's The Preacher & The Songwriter LP (although I haven't heard anything else from it):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8PsryRpJO8

the sermon is extremely grating, though, and I'm pretty sure there's a sermon after every track. her secular singer-songwriter album Rainful Days is a favorite of mine. riyl Marj Snyder, Becky Severson, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX_OGpF9pJM