Hope Street Music Group

July 2004

I’m Going Up – Mike Vaughn, Water Grave – Branded, How Sweet It Is – Susie Luchsinger, Grandaddy Finley Walt Mills, It’s Goodbye World - Gene Farington & See The Light, Beneath The Calvary Flood – Gina White, Hold On – Paul Mills, It’s Not What On The Door – Benny Greenlee, Creator Of Destiny – Micki Farington & See The Light, I’m On My Way To Heaven – Tommy Smith, Walk Around Me Jesus – Jerri Sue Baken, Run Through The Rain – Marvell, Jesus You’re My Hero – Chief George Braswell, Why? – Billy Hale, I’m Still Amazed – Bob Smallwood, God Bless The U.S. Again – Pat & Connie Goodson

Hope Street Music Group

2004

Unplug The Jukebox – Michael Birschfield, Keny Holloway & Bruce Haymes, Hello God – Tammy Sue Baker, Dolly Parton, Velvet Apple, The Family Who Parays – Bluegrass Carm, Carlie & Ira Laurin, Acuff Rose, Steppin‘ Out – Rosalee Jennings, Ro. Ark, I Just Can’t Wait – Gary R. Smith, I Saw The Light – Joel Curtis, Prophecy – Marvell, Walking Golden Streets – Jerry Mc Arthur, Jerry Mc Arthur, Blessed By An Angel – Darlene Jones, Je’s The Answer – Carolyn Richards, Marty Robbins & Roy Hughes, How Fast – Mike Hubert

Dying To Live – See The Light, Micki Farington, Gina Vera, Let The River Flow - See The Light & Gene Farington, Iran Parker, Somebody’s Rayin‘ – Sandy Goad, Homesteaded In Heaven – C. Freeman, Texas Cowboy Church – Ann Webb

Hope Street Music Group

2005

Grace Again – John Steed, Give Love An Inch – Susie Luchsinger, Got My Name In The Big Book – Mike Manuel, Plant The Seed – Mike Vaughn, Until We Know – Melanie Walker, When The Tribulation Enters – Walt Mils, I.O.U. – Gayla Earlene, He’s Going To Answer Prayer – Paul Miles, Oh Lord I Need A Savior Too – Glorya Wilson, Calvary – Jerry Jones, I Will Never Thirst Again – Jerry Sue Baken, Amazing Grace Is Still At #1 – David Brown, Lock Me In Your Love – Micki Farington & See The Light, Oh Halleluja – Paula Borden, Saved – Jo-El Curtis, I’m So Glad – Vicky Vaughan

Es handelt sich bei allen hier drei vorgestellten Alben um Sampler mit mehr mal weniger bekannten Künstlern. Durch die Bank christliche Songs von Country bis Gospel. Für den Kircheneinsatz sicherlich gut geeignet, für den großen Markt Europa sicherlich etwas zu viel des Guten. Doch muss es auch diese Art von Sampler geben. Denn das Christentum ist ja eine nicht zu verachtende Zielgruppe, die auch bedient werden möchte. Einflüsse von Blues finden sich bei einigen Songs genauso wie Rock-Elemente.

Christian Lamitschka ( Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de )

More and less popular artists worked on the three albums discussed here. The Christian songs range from country to gospel and are surely suitable also for use in mass, however, for the German market too much of a good thing is not necessarily a good thing. Still there is a need for such samplers as the Christians are a considerable target group which would like to see its desires met. Some songs have elements of blues just as of rock.