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  • Vision Of Sunshine - S/T Vision Of Sunshine - S/T

    I was lucky enough to stumble upon this little gem a few years ago while digging through box upon box of lp’s at a now defunct local flea market. I remember falling instantly in love with the cover art and I couldn’t wait to get the thing home! I had all these expectations…and let me […]

  • Roger Rodier - Upon Velveatur Roger Rodier - Upon Velveatur

    I had high hopes for this record when I finally found a copy, and upon first needle-drop I was slightly disappointed. I just wasn’t ready. He was so gentle. So dreamy. I found myself tip-toeing around my apartment, worried I might shatter this fragile vibe issuing out my speakers, leaking into my apartment building, and […]

  • St. Francis De Sales Cathedral Choir and Ensemble: Those Who See Light St. Francis De Sales Cathedral Choir and Ensemble: Those Who See Light

    This record is mostly pretty ehhhh… In fact, in an effort to impose more rigid quality control standards on… uhhh…. myself, I guess… I’d scrapped a previously completed review of it. But, alas, I often get to pondering these especially marginal records when I’m up late drinking. Plus, there is one track where they get […]

  • Teenage Talk-In Teenage Talk-In

    Strange 60’s Christian lp that has one of my favorite covers of all time. It depicts youthful scenes of of the era; playing baseball, dancing, riding on a motorcycle, holding a portable radio dangerously close to your ear and screaming, getting maced by the cops, hallucinating the Beatles’ disembodied heads, etc. And the message, delivered […]

  • Om Shanti - We Are Home Om Shanti - We Are Home

    In life we have all been moving
    Towards love as our centre blooming
    Let’s dance to that loving feeling
    Let’s dance with our hearts revealing
    Those four phrases circulate the back-side of the cover on this private spiritual folk album headed by Oman Deal and Shanti Ess Rae, released in 1977 on the Solace Records label. There are 6 […]

  • 50th Anniversary ov LSD / Tribute to Albert Hofmann 50th Anniversary ov LSD / Tribute to Albert Hofmann

    Y’all guys seem to be sleeping on sect-tech. Not ancient or even rare but indiscutably contains some fully-formed facemelts and, to me, a paradigm shift possibly towards facebelt and a new thing called Swiss heat. Plus, I’ll take any opportunity to cause you all Waxi-annoyance with my 90s techno records. Plus this is an Anniversary […]

  • Mission Singers: Everything's Just Fine... Or Is It? Mission Singers: Everything’s Just Fine… Or Is It?

    This is one on those albums where the concept behind it is just so good that I really, really want to love it. According to the brief notes on the back, the Mission Singers were a group of young, rockin’ priests from St. Louis who devoted themselves to fighting world hunger. I fact, I believe […]

  • Father Ian and Caroline Father Ian and Caroline

    ‘Nuther interesting record made by one of those “hip priests”. Some of the stuff on here is pretty cheese, but there are a couple fun pop-psych things. I especially dig this track, with it’s mix of groovy sounds and apocalyptic imagery.

  • Rainbow Promise - self titled Rainbow Promise - self titled

    Rainbow Promise, teenage Jesus freak jam band from Texas, early 70’s recording, recorded in Ohio, on a Springfield MO label. 2 pressings with different cover variations were made, only sold at their concerts. Four stand out cuts with heavy shredding guitar jams.
    Listen - my fave track

  • Marlin Wallace and The Corillions - Songs Of Divine Inspiration Marlin Wallace and The Corillions - Songs Of Divine Inspiration

    incredible DIY release, variety of styles showcased by thiis rail riding hobo, including some straight Ozark gospel, folky xian protest & heartfelt honest pleas for redemption. Recorded from 1975-8 in Springfield Missouri, featuring top notch studio musicians now working in Branson and members or garage/retro rockers the Skeletons/Morells. This is the real deal, the infamous […]

  • Masses In Time Of War Masses In Time Of War

    There are soooo many privately pressed lp’s of various church services, sermons, masses, church choirs, etc… that trying get a handle on them would probably cause your mind to literally explode. Not that anyone would really care to though, ’cause the sounds found on the vast majority would probably put even the most hellishly hyperactive […]

  • Becky Stewart and Midge Robertson: Two Sent Becky Stewart and Midge Robertson: Two Sent

    Private Christian record from my current home of Santa Rosa, CA (I think). On the whole this lp is less than spectacular, but I have an almost unhealthy obsession with a track on it called “Those Who Wait Upon the Lord”. It’s a song of divine beauty and a reminder of why I continue to […]

  • Les Bardanes - Vers l'homme, Gospel Night N°4 Les Bardanes - Vers l’homme, Gospel Night N°4

    Right people, like with my last post, if you want the sound clip you have to patiently plug into my webpage and hear mix 1 at http://dr.lloyd.free.fr/ I have this propensity I can’t shake for sonic and sensual overload and I totally recognise that one of my biggest faults is overuse of the tape echo function on […]

  • Pax Quartet - Merveilles Pax Quartet - Merveilles

    Christian records of interest are not that common in France, but this one has something special. This is the second Pax Quartet LP to be reviewed on Waxidermy and just like the first one, this LP has one vocal and one instrumental side but Pop/Folk oriented instead of Jazz.
    The “Folk” tracks are not really good […]

  • Redemption - Gone Fishing Redemption - Gone Fishing

    I had no idea what this LP was all about when I saw this at my local Salvation Army. I did know that it was a fresh change of pace from the usual barrage of Mantonavi’s and Streisand’s that have flooded the store for the past however many years. Anyway, flipping to the back […]

  • Tedd Smith: Smash and Grab World Tedd Smith: Smash and Grab World

    I believe I once read somewhere that Tedd Smith was Billy Graham’s Pianist. And record enthusiasts probably best know him for the common and less than amazing “Time to Run” soundtrack. But he also made a few very ambitious concept albums for Word/Light - this being the best of the ones I’ve heard. The album […]

  • Barbara Sipple - Barbara Sings for Life Barbara Sipple - Barbara Sings for Life

    Obscure private press christian folk recording by pro-lifer Barbara Sipple, released on the Lazarus label out of Willingboro, NJ. The majority of the record is pretty deep (and good) folk music, while a few of the tracks are accompanied by a group of kids called the “Lollipop Express Chorus,” who join Sipple on some […]

  • Gertrude Behanna - God Isn't Dead! Gertrude Behanna - God Isn’t Dead!

    Here is the “highly personal story” of Mrs. Gertrude Behanna, a story of alcohol, drug addiction, three broken marriages and attempted suicide. Just look at Gertrude, doesn’t she exude the aura of misbehavior and a youth gone wild?! But who am I to know. Maybe God healed her visage of all that was ugly and […]

  • Linda Rich: There's More To Living Than I Know So Far Linda Rich: There’s More To Living Than I Know So Far

    Linda Rich’s first lp on the Chicago based IVR label from 1969 is an amazingly beautiful set of original xian folk-pop. Outstanding sparse production, excellent songwriting, and Linda’s understated, yet confident vocals make this a record that reaches way beyond any kind of novelty factor often used to “handicap” Christian records. In fact, like many […]

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