7ball Gas Collection 19

Description

7ball Gas Collection 19 is a multi-artist sampler CD released by 7ball Magazine in 2000 as a part of their Gas Collection Series. The CD came enclosed with the May/June 2000 issue of 7ball Magazine (issue #30).

During 1997-2001, 25 issues of 7ball Magazine contained a sampler CD: 1997 – DISC1 / DISC2 / DISC3 / DISC4. // 1998 – DISC5 / DISC6 / DISC7 / DISC8 / DISC9 / DISC10. // 1999 – DISC11 / DISC12 / DISC13 / DISC14 / DISC15 / DISC16. // 2000 – DISC17 / DISC18 / DISC19 / DISC20 / DISC21 / DISC22. // 2001 – DISC23 / DISC24 / DISC25.

7ball was an American music magazine founded and created by Frank Chimento, published between 1995 and 2004 (with the first issue being the July/August 1995 magazine). They focused on Christian artists working in genres such as indie rock, metal, hip-hop, and other “alternative” forms of music. Its primary competition were magazines such as CCM, HM, and True Tunes News.

7ball was initially published by the Royal Magazine Group (Nashville, TN), a division of Thomas Nelson, alongside Release Magazine and others. The magazine was initially edited by Chris Well, former editor of the Christian rock magazine Syndicate, until 1996. In 1996, the magazine was sold to VoxCorp (Nashville, TN). Well was promoted to editor in chief of the entire company, overseeing 7ball, Release, and others, and former CCM assistant editor Bruce A. Brown was hired as managing editor of 7ball. Brown edited through the end of 1997, and was eventually replaced by Cameron Strang. In early 1999 7ball gained distribution to Family Christian Stores, the largest Christian bookstore chain. Strang edited into 2001 (then founded the Relevant Media Group, which began publishing Relevant Magazine in 2003). There were no publication in 2002. Published during 2003-2004 by Adolph Agency (Puyallup, WA). 7ball ceased publication in 2004.

Many issues contained covermount compilation CDs. Beginning with Issue #12 in 1997, the magazine included a 7ball Gas Collection sampler CD with each issue, full of songs from a wide variety of Christian rock artists. Usually at least 15 songs and well over an hour of music, often including a couple of up-and-coming independent artists that few had yet heard of.

CD tracklist:

01. Five Iron Frenzy – The Phantom Mullet
02. Philmore – Together
03. Ill Harmonics – Will I
04. Dicky Ochoa – Please Don’t
05. Spark – Beyond the Sunset
06. MG! The Visionary – Compliments of…
07. Chris Taylor – Secret of the Universe
08. Project 86 – One-Armed Man
09. Room Full of Walters – Snowfort
10. Jamie Rowe – Beautiful
11. Noggin Toboggan – To the Castle
12. Frankie Cutlass and the God Squad – Y2J
13. Atomic Opera – WinterLand (Metal Blade Records) – 4:01
14. 100 Portraits – I Will Not Forget You (Blue Renaissance Records) – 4:58
– Somebody Sign These Guys:
15. Edmund’s Crown – Where You Find Love – 5:29

Note: CD packaged in slimcase format with front insert only. Free disc with May/Jun 2000 issue of 7ball Magazine.