Sweet Crystal – Power N Glory

Description

Power -N- Glory is a six-track cassette EP by the American AOR band Sweet Crystal, self-released on Nightcrier Music in 1985. The EP was recorded by Henry Weck and band member Marq Andrew Speck at The Old Schoolhouse Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan; with Weck and the band producing. All songs written by Marq Andrew Speck except “Come On Over” co-written by Bill Blatter and Marq Andrew Speck.

Sweet Crystal is Marq Andrew Speck lead vocals and keyboards, Bill Blatter on harmony vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, and Steve Wieser on drums. The EP as well features Bob Rundell on additional lead and rhythm guitars and Lenny Clark on bass guitar, additional lead and harmony vocals.

Sweet Crystal is an interesting bad. They started in the late 70s, but other than a couple of singles it doesn’t seem like they recorded their first music until 1985. But the follow-up to that (and their first full length) wasn’t until 2001. And they have kept going strong, with few line-up changes, to this days. Over 40 years of Christian progressive hard rock/metal. The band obviously does this because they love it, not because there is a quick buck to be made. They have opened for bands from Nazareth to Stryper. Anyways, you can find this early tape remastered on BandCamp. Stylistically, they have been described as everything from prog rock to melodic heavy metal to hard rock. The prog rock seems to be more of an influence, while they tend to rock out between hard rock and metal usually. You can also find this on CD at various places online as well. [Christian Tape Underground, July 24, 2021]

Cassette tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Power And The Glory”
A2. “Lead Me To The Rock”
A3. “Now Or Never”

Side Two
B1. “For Once In Your Lifetime”
B2. “Here, Now And Then”
B3. “Come On Over”

Note: Available at Bandcamp: https://sweetcrystal.bandcamp.com/album/power-n-glory-resurrected-masters

[youtube_sc url=”fIUqCPPlYc0″ title=”Sweet Crystal – Power And The Glory 1987 Lost Footage” autohide=”1″ rel=”0″]Sweet Crystal – “Power And The Glory”. 1987 Lost Footage from the Doug “The Doc Of Rock” Podell’s breakthrough 80’s TV show “The Beat”