Randy Stonehill - Welcome To Paradise (with six bonus tracks)

Tuesday 1st July 2003
Randy Stonehill - Welcome To Paradise (with six bonus tracks)
Randy Stonehill - Welcome To Paradise (with six bonus tracks)

STYLE: Jesus Music
RATING 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 7426-8880
LABEL: Solid Rock SRD002
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1
RRP: £15.99

Reviewed by Dougie Adam

One of the most requested CD reissues in CCM history is now available. Indeed 'Welcome To Paradise' has been on sale in CD format for over six months now and has almost sold out. This album is usually listed as the best in Randy's 30 years plus recording career and one of the most significant, groundbreaking Christian albums from the tail end of the pioneering Jesus Movement era. All 10 classic tracks from the original album recorded in 1975 are here and digitally remastered from the original multitrack tapes. Six bonus tracks from the pre-production demo sessions have been added. Thus we have Stonehill singing "Janet" and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar on the first bonus track before deciding to change the girl's name and song title to Sarah on the album proper. The demos of the "The Winner" and "Keep Me Running" are a delight as they highlight Stonehill's dexterity with the acoustic guitar. The CD booklet also deserves praise, with producer's notes from Larry, the song lyrics and Randy's memories of the sessions and song by song explanations all nicely presented and accompanied with previously unpublished black and white photographs from the sessions. In summary, here we have some of Stonehill's most enduring and instantly appealing songs, produced by Larry Norman and engineered by Andy Johns (of Rolling Stones and Led Zep fame) meticulously remastered and nicely packaged. Get the picture?

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