Description
The self-titled debut album by the American vocal pop group Glad was released on Myrrh Records in 1978, a division of Word. The album was produced by band member Ed Nalle.
The group was started in 1972. They originally formed to do Christian music, but there weren’t many opportunities for bands that played Christian rock music in the northeast at that time. So the group played whatever gigs they could find, college dances, wedding receptions, proms, anywhere they could be heard.
With tight harmonies and highly melodic jazz-influenced songwriting, the five-man outfit Glad emerges as one of Christian music’s more interesting pop-rock groups. Maybe you’ve never tuned in to their first two LPs because of the group’s ‘80s/’90s image as an a cappella band or CCM radio kings, but I hear some real talent here that’s unlike a lot of the cheese on the airwaves. Listen close – the musicianship is solidly professional, especially Bob Kauflin’s keyboards (piano, synthesizer) and John Bolles’ lead electric guitar, the latter showing more rock bite than you might think on AOR-edged tracks like «Ephesus», «Love That Never Dies» and «Master Of Us All». Another distinctive characteristic is the group’s sweeping, clear-flowing and creatively arranged vocal harmonies. Their biggest asset though is the quality of the songwriting, often with a strong jazz-rock component as well as classical and even progressive edges, culminating with the multi-textured eleven-minute «Trilogy: Three Voices» in the middle of side two. Pristiner produced by member Ed Nalle. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]
LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “All Things” – 3:26
A2. “Ephesus” – 4:01
A3. “Rely On Your Love” – 3:22
A4. “Love That Never Dies” – 3:07
A5. “Master Of Us All” – 5:26
Side Two
B1. “So Hard Alone” – 2:46
B2. Triology: Three Voices – “I Am”/”Fall On Me”/”Lord Of Life” – 11:07
B3. “Psalm 121” – 4:31
Note: Simultaneously released on 8-track tape, cassette, and 12-inch vinyl LP by Myrrh Records.
Glad (L-R) Ed Nalle, Brad Currie, Don Nalle, John Bolles and Bob Kauflin. (Photo taken in Bob and Julie Kauflin’s Philadelphia apartment in 1977.)
“Triology: Three Voices”
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