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The self-titled debut album by the British folk group Harbour Light was released on ECHO in 1974. The album was engineered by Don Feltham at ECHO Studios in Eastbourne, England. (“An ECHO recording produced by Evangelical Communications Home and Overseas.”) This record was made by the Harbour Light to mark their tour of the Netherlands. All song written by group member Chick Yuill except track B7 co-written with John Morahan, track A7 written by Richard Slater, track B6 written by Fred Fry, as well as track A6, a trad-song.
The group comprises of members of the same family, including Chick, Margarets’ husband. Group members are Philip (maracas and vocals), Paul (tambourine and vocals), Margaret (piano, guitar and vocals), David (bass guitar and vocals), Barbara (twelve-string guitar and vocals), and Chick (piano, clarinet and vocals).
In the mid-1960s German-born Helmut Kaufmann began ECHO (Evangelical Communications Home and Overseas) with business partner Don Feltham. Around 1973 ECHO was folded and a new registered charity ICC (International Christian Communications) took its place with a studio housed in old stables outside of Eastbourne, England. In the beginning the studio was really Heath Robinson, little more than a semi-domestic four-track machine. The first album recorded at ICC was the self-titled debut album by Meet Jesus Music. (The first track on that album, “Jehovah Shalom” written by Ken & Pam Smith, was recorded on a 4-track TEAC by Helmut Kaufmann at ICC Studios Eastbourne in the Summer of 1973.) The Meet Jesus Music album led John Pac of Parchment fame (and later A&R for Kingsway Music) to book the studio, asking John Pantry to come and produce some Christian bands. ICC later invested in an eight-track machine. Gradually as the ’70s rolled on ICC became known as the place to record Christian music in the UK, in fact often it seemed the only place to record. By the late 70s the studio were actually turning out 60 albums a year.
[Ken Scott, The Archivist]
LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Harbour Light”
A2. “Walking”
A3. “For Christianity”
A4. “Faith, Work And Prayer”
A5. “Procrastination”
A6. “Chariots A’comin'”
A7. “God Is Near Thee”
Side Two
B1. “We’re Happy Since We Trusted”
B2. “People”
B3. “Child Of Destiny”
B4. “Freedom”
B5. “Reasons”
B6. “We Shall Walk Through The Valley”
B7. “I’ve Been Found By The Light”
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