Another excellent lp on the highly collectible Key label - this one a various artists studio compilation featuring five British artists. Best of the bunch is Whispers Of Truth, contributing four tracks and featuring a young Graham Kendrick. Kendrick would go on to release several excellent folk, poprock, and ultimately worship lps, but here he and his band were deep into the electric British Invasion rock sound. Hard to top the loud Yardbirds-ish energy of ‘Reality’ or psychy pop numbers like ‘Psychiatrist’ and ‘Sunday Afternoon With Emily’. All Things New delivers a couple of blues rockers plus a fun beat song ‘Jesus Is Coming Again’, complete with cheesy organ, baritone sax, fuzz guitar, flute, and trumpet, coming off as some kind of bizarre cheap Troggs/Madness clone. Acoustic folk is provided by the duo of Roger and Jan, and The Glorylanders contribute a pair of rousing, more traditional folk numbers (both groups have other full-length albums available). Rounded out by two impassioned poetry readings by Nigel Goodwin, including the original version of ‘First Time I Went To Church’ done in a strong Cockney accent while a church organ softly plays. You may be familiar with the version on Larry Norman’s Street Level. 45 glorious minutes of solidly British-sounding early Jesus music. Alive!
Label: Key – KL 002
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Folk
Tracklist
A1: Whispers Of Truth - Psychiatrist, Words & Music: Graham Kendrick
A2: Roger & Jan - Ever Heard A Million People Cry
Bass – Pat Morgan, Words & Music: Roger Hurrell
A3: All Things New - Jesus Is Coming Again
Flute: Doug Fowler, Words & Music: James Holloway
A4: The Glorylanders - Too Many Folks, Words & Music: Val Howard
A5: Whispers Of Truth - Sunday Afternoon With Emily
Flute: Doug Fowler, Words & Music: Graham Kendrick
A6: Roger & Jan - And It's You
Guitar – David Price, Words & Music: Roger Hurrell, Pat Morgan (Bass Guitar)
A7: Nigel Goodwin - The First Time I Went To Church, Words By: Gordon Bailey
B1: The Glorylanders - Moment Of Time, Words & Music: Judy McKenzie
B2: Whispers Of Truth - Ode To Arnold
Alto Saxophone – Doug Fowler
Words & Music: Graham Kendrick
B3: All Things New - Show Me, Words & Music: James Holloway
B4: Nigel Goodwin - Plastic World, Words By: Gordon Bailey
B5: Whispers Of Truth - Reality
Tambourine – Bob Uzzard, Words & Music: Graham Kendrick
B6: All Things New - Ones, Twos And Threes
Alive! 1969 LP B1 - Words & Music: James Holloway, Mick Glasson
B7: Roger & Jan - Three Crosses, Words & Music: Roger Hurrell
Arranged By: Peter Bye, Bass: Pat Morgan, Cello: Muriel Danniels
On the labels the title is just 'Alive'.
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