Father Lift Me Up

Description

Father Lift Me Up: Expressions for His Presence is a praise & worship project produced and conducted by the American producer/arranger/composer Kurt Kaiser, released on Word Records ‎in 1981. Orchestra recorded in England by Eric Tomlinson at Anvil Recording Studios in Denham and EMI Recording Studios (a.k.a. Abbey Road Studios) in London. Vocals recorded in the US by John Mayfield at Sumet-Bernet Sound Studios in Dallas, Texas. Mixed by Chris Taylor at Whitefield Studios in Santa Ana, California. Produced and conducted by Kurt Kaiser. Orchestra arrangements by Bill Pursell with vocal arrangements by Kurt Kaiser.

Featuring vocals by Cindy Sterling, Kay Henrikson, Abbey Haywood, Sheldon Curry, John Hooper, Rohn Bailey, and Dan Alexander.

‘Teach Us Your Way‘ by Evie and Pelle Karlsson / ‘Thank You For The Music‘ by Jim Stipech & Friends / ‘Father Lift Me Up’ produced by Kurt Kaiser.

Composed of slow, orchestrated melodies and simpler lyrics, these three albums carry the listener upward.
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Another simple praise album without a big name banner atop its cover is ‘Father Lift Me Up’. Produced by Kurt Kaiser, the seven artists on this LP are listed individually by name on the back of the cover. Five cuts were composed by Kurt Kaiser, including «The Lord Is My Strength and My Song», «Grow In Grace» and «If Any Man Thirst».
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Beautifully orchestrated and produced, ‘Father Lift Me Up’, ‘Thank You For the Music’ and ‘Teach Us Your Way’ make praise this side of heaven sound pretty good. [Carolyn Burns, CCM (What’s New), May 1981]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Father Lift Me Up” – 4:30
A2. “Enter Into His Gates” – 2:37
A3. “The Lord Is My Strength And My Song” – 2:28
A4. “O Bless The Lord” – 2:21
A5. “Grow In Grace” – 3:21
A6. “He Careth For You” – 3:23

Side Two
B1. “If Any Man Thirst” – 3:20
B2. “Oh So Wonderful” – 2:19
B3. “Give Me Thine Heart” – 3:17
B4. “Sing It Out Loud” – 2:14
B5. “A Shield About Me” – 3:40
B6. “Hallowed Be The Name” – 3:15