Description
Volume One is the full-length debut album by the British folk group Glorylanders, released in The UK on SECC Recordings in 1969.
Back in the day, Glorylanders were one of Britain’s major gospel groups, a trio who packed halls in every part of Britain, appeared on TV and did shows with Cliff Richard. The group formed originally in 1966 after Arthur Pemberton and Bill Simmons, who’d sung together in the church choir in Manchester, met up with Ian Moore at a concert in Preston. The Glorylanders began to play at Christian coffee bars, including the famed Catacombs in Manchester where songwriters like Judy McKenzie would drop in “with their new songs almost written on the back of old fag packets.”
When I first got hold of the Key label’s Alive! compilation I was unaware of any of the artists having full-length albums available. Well the British male folk trio Glorylanders (with their two guitars and one upright bass) had at least three to their credit and they’re all excellent. The trio consists of Bill Simmons, Arthur Pemberton and Ian Moore. Their robust energetic style emphasizes tight harmonies, crisp 12-string guitar and moving melodies while echoing mid-’60s pop-oriented groups like The Seekers (minus Judith of course), with arrangements and clarity of sound that are on the level of the major labels. Their debut includes titles such as «Have You Ever Wished?», «The Rainbow Song», «For Me To Live», some Judy MacKenzie songs («If I Tried», «That’s How It Is» and «Jesus Came»), plus a few originals. The group had some early EP releases containing songs from this album. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]
LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Have You Ever Wished?”
A2. “Are You Going My Way?”
A3. “If I Tried”
A4. “Think Of Tomorrow”
A5. “That’s How It Is”
A6. “I Can See A New Day”
Side Two
B1. “I Never Shall Go Back”
B2. “Jesus Came”
B3. “No One On My Side”
B4. “The Rainbow Song”
B5. “For Me To Live”
B6. “When I Found Out About Jesus”
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