Description
Velvet & Steel is the fifth gospel album by the American singer and songwriter Dion DiMucci of Dion & the Belmonts fame, released on Dayspring Records in 1986, a division of Word. Also manufactured and distributed by A&M Records. The album was recorded by JB Baird at The Bennett House in Franklin and at Gold Mine Studio and Bullet Recording in Nashville, Tennessee; with Neal Joseph producing. Mixed at The Castle Recording Studios in Franklin. Tracks arranged by Smitty Price and Neal Joseph. Horns arranged by Chris McDonald.
Featuring a session band with Smitty Price on keyboards, Billy Crockett and Dion on acoustic guitars, Gordon Kennedy and Jon Goin on electric guitars, and a rhythm section consisting of bassist Gary Lunn and drummer Mark Hammond. 9 of the tracks were written or co-written by Dion DiMucci, including “You Need A Love” co-written with Pierce Pettis.
[Mark Eischer, CCM, March 1987]
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LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “New Breed Of Man” – 4:51
A2. “You Need A Love” – 3:48
A3. “Treasure Of Love/You’re My Child” – 4:39
A4. “Another Saturday Night In Heaven” – 3:58
A5. “Prayers” – 4:47
Side Two
B1. “Simple Ironies” – 3:15
B2. “Just Talk To Him” – 4:32
B3. “I Love Jesus Now” – 4:03
B4. “Hymn To Him” (feat. First Call) – 4:30
B5. “There In Your Heart” – 3:18
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and 12-inch vinyl LP by DaySpring Records. Later released on CD by Word, and as well manufactured and distributed by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music. Re-issued on CD by Collectables in 2010 featuring one bonus track, “Golden Sun, Silver Moon”.
An advertisement for Dion DiMucci’s Velvet & Steel was featured in the December 1986 issue of CCM Magazine.
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