A Time of Peace

Description

A Time of Peace is the debut album by the American singer and songwriter Marj Snyder, released on Discovery Records in 1971. The album was engineered by Dale Annis with Bob Runyon producing.

Marjorie Snyder was originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she sang as Marj Snyder back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before turning 21 she had already recorded four solo albums. The first she recorded at just 17 years old. Snyder also recorded a collaborative album, Brothers with Marj Snyder.

I can’t imagine anyone not liking the simple music of this obviously gifted folksinger, one who’s fondly remembered from the early days. Her debut album (recorded when she was only seventeen and a junior at San Lorenzo High School in Felton, California) is primarily dreamy soft-sung lyrics over tranquil guitar. What’s immediately striking is how captivating her voice is – how it carries you right up into the clouds. A Time Of Peace includes five of her own songs, as well as covers of John Fischer («Look All Around You», «Road Of Life»), Ray Repp («I Am The Resurrection») and Jim Strathdee («I Am The Light»). Also haunting renditions of «I Saw A Man» (backed by piano) and «They’ll Know We Are Christians» (with distant background organ). Mostly quiet-natured songs, although drums, bass and a beat show up on «For Norman». A few additional voices join in for a homey folk sing-along of «He’s Everything To Me» that closes the album. [Ken Scott, The Archivist]

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LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “God” – 3:07
A2. “Look All Around You” – 2:00
A3. “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love” – 3:30
A4. “Road Of Life” – 4:54
A5. “I Am The Resurrection” – 3:08
A6. “White Clouds” – 3:16

Side Two
B1. “I Am The Light” – 3:04
B2. “I Saw A Man” – 3:23
B3. “For Norman” – 3:00
B4. “The Law Of Love” – 3:47
B5. “Do You Care” – 2:31
B6. “He’s Everything To Me” – 1:53

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