Horrendous Disc
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Horrendous Disc is the title of a 1981 album by the rock band Daniel Amos, and recorded in 1978.
DA had almost completely abandoned the country sound of their first record by late 1977 and early 1978, when this album was recorded with legendary rock and roll producer Mike Stone (Journey, Queen, Asia, Kiss, Frank Zappa and others).
The album was dropped by Maranatha! Music after the label decided to quit releasing rock and roll albums and focus on children's releases and gospel music. So the band, now without a record contract, began to shop the project around to various labels like Curb/Warner Brothers. After considering a number of offers, DA settled on Larry Norman's Solid Rock Records, home to such artists as Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard and Mark Heard. Norman had the album mixed and took photos of the band for the album's cover.
Aside from live performances, music from the album was first heard by the public on the Rock & Religion Radio Show on January 20, 1980. Several tracks were played and the band was interviewed about what they had hoped would be their soon-to-be-released album. For reasons that remain a mystery, the album was shelved by Solid Rock until its long overdue release in April of 1981, nearly three years after it had been recorded and just weeks before the band's follow up on Newpax Records, ¡Alarma!, hit record stores.
This album frequently appeared at the top of Christian Music magazine readers polls of the "album that people most wanted to see released on CD," until it's eventual reissue on CD in 1999. It was listed at #63 in the book (Harvest House Publishers, 2001).
Track listing
Master Cylinder One:
- "I Love You #19" (Taylor)
- "Hound Of Heaven" (Taylor)
- "(Near Sighted Girl With Approaching) Tidal Wave" (Taylor)
- "Sky King (Out Across The Sky)" (Taylor)
Master Cylinder Two:
- "On The Line" (Taylor)
- "I Believe In You" (Taylor)
- "Man In The Moon" (Chamberlain)
- "Never Leave You" (Cook)
- "Horrendous Disc" (Taylor)
The Canadian re-issue omits "Never Leave You". However, Word Canada still had labels, sleeves, and jackets from the first pressing so, not wanting to be wasteful, the disc was mastered to appear to have five tracks on side two by visually splitting "Horrendous Disc".
Personnel
DA's membership had grown to six members, when this album was recorded.
- Terry Scott Taylor on guitars, and Lead Vocals.
- Jerry Chamberlain on guitars, and vocals.
- Marty Dieckmeyer on bass Guitar.
- Mark Cook on keyboards and vocals.
- Ed McTaggart on drums.
- Alex MacDougall on Percussion.
| Daniel Amos |
| Terry Scott Taylor | Ed McTaggart | Greg Flesch | Tim Chandler |
| Marty Dieckmeyer | Mark Cook | Steve Baxter | Jerry Chamberlain | Rob Watson | Alex MacDougall |
| Production |
|---|
| Al Perkins | Jonathan David Brown | Mike Stone | Gene Eugene Ojo Taylor | Tom Gulotta | Eric Townsend | Jason Townsend | The Green Room |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Daniel Amos | Shotgun Angel | Horrendous Disc | ¡Alarma! Doppelgänger | Vox Humana | Fearful Symmetry | Darn Floor - Big Bite Kalhöun | MotorCycle | BibleLand | Songs of the Heart | Mr. Buechner's Dream |
| Live Albums: Live Bootleg '82 | Preachers From Outer Space! |
| Related Articles |
| Lost Dogs | The Swirling Eddies | Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor | Stunt Records |
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