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Americafan
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Re: All Things Are Possible
Posted on: 07/21/2013 10:12 PM
I remember when it first came out, I had a hard time finding it. I heard the song, All Things Are Possible, on the radio, but none of the record stores in town had the album in stock. Back in those days most record stores did not carry Christian albums. I finally found it in a Christian bookstore.
Form what Dan said about the album, it seemed that he did not enjoy working with Chris Christian, the producer of his first two albums. After splitting with America, I think somebody telling him what he should be recording or how he should be performing just rubbed him the wrong way.
Still, All Things is a very good album. The title song was a huge hit on the Christian and AC charts. The follow-up single, Ready for Love, was a big hit on the Canadian AC chart - not sure why it did not catch on in the US.
A solid debut for Dan as a solo artist, and it was nominated for a Grammy to boot.
Mark
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Re: All Things Are Possible
Posted on: 07/24/2013 12:49 AM
Bluey - I believe "Doer Of The Word" and "You Can Do Magic" were about two years apart with the latter being first if I'm not mistaken.
Regarding my own question about the video recording of Dan, Gerry and Chris Christian, I personally tend to think the recording was done without either Dan or Gerry knowing. I have the feeling it was posted on YouTube only after Dan had passed away for a reason, and that being, if it had been posted while Dan was living, perhaps things would have hit the fan between Dan and C.C. even more than things did during their recording sessions. Plus, all that Dan had told us about being secretly recorded by C.C. just seems to have been done with the same m.o. Just my personal opinion with no proof of anything either way, of course.
Concerning ATAP, I had to write to Lamb & Lion Records directly as no local music store was able to get me the album. I like the extra wording of the Aussie version of ATAP. Regarding the album sleeve with the photo of Catherine, Dan and Debbie, I initially thought Debbie was Catherine and Dan's daughter being that I could see a very strong resemblance between Dan and Debbie. It was only after Dan had told us via one of his bio episodes did I realize the two were actually siblings.
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Re: All Things Are Possible
Posted on: 07/31/2013 09:09 AM
Bluey,
I was working at a station that was playing some pop music back around 1979. I remember playing "All Things Are Possible" from time to time, but we never had the album. Dan actually sent me the vinyl back in 1984 after I located his address from an appearance on the "700 Club." I still have the vinyl to this day, and its in great shape. As for reissuing "Love Is Just Another Word"...I don't see it ever happening. Fans that own the album or CD will have to be content knowing its the last song the guys all did together. Gerry's work on "Doer Of the Word" would certainly be the last time any of the guys sang with each other. As much as we all miss Dan, he still left a nice body of solo work to compliment the music he did with Gerry and Dewey. The resurrection of the 1972 Philadelphia show is just another example of that.
"You are one more posse to pass in the night, one more card to conceal..."
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Americafan
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Re: All Things Are Possible
Posted on: 09/02/2014 11:32 AM
I used to have a couple of Uriah Heep albums back in the 70's. I thought they were really good, kind of in the same genre as Deep Purple, heavy metal with an organ.
"Demons and Wizards" was probably their best album. "Magician's Birthday" was also very good. "Easy Livin" was there lone top 40 hit in the US, but a few other songs used to get airplay on FM rock stations like "Sweet Loraine", "Traveler in Time", and "Blind Eye". All good songs.
For some reason, they seem to have been largely forgotten in the US during the classic rock resurgence of the 80's and 90's. Classic rock stations rarely, if ever, play any Uriah Heep.
Thanks for jogging my memory!
Easy Livin by Uriah Heep
Mark
Edited by Americafan on 09/02/2014 11:36 AM
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