Gordon Wright & The Gospel Four - Can This Be Your Life?
STYLE: MOR / Soft Pop RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 50076-18783 LABEL: Pilgrim XPR3062 FORMAT: CD EP ITEMS: 1
Reviewed by Mike Rimmer
Even by standards of the '60s Christian beat groups, this is a bit ropey. Gordon Wright was actually the drummer of this group and there's a faint taint of trad jazz about this though it is tempered by more pop arrangements and I can't escape the fear that any minute they're going to break out into "When The Saints Come Marching In". No doubt this Manchester band were popular on the UK church coffee bar circuit but it's the combination of horror film electric organ, not quite there saxophone and twee vocals which makes for such a disappointing sound. The group do their own instrumental take on "There Is A Green Hill Far Away" and side two of this 1968 released EP has a couple of their own compositions. But sadly this is cheaply produced music which simply hasn't stood the test of time.
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Amazing to see this here! It's my father, and 'Can this be your life' was written by my mother. Both still alive!