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Look Up is the sole album by the American folk-rock band Redemption featuring Kemper and Bekah Crabb of Arkangel fame, independently released on EVAN/COMM Recording in 1974.
Kemper and Bekah Crabb’s pre-Arkangel band Redemption recorded this one rather precious and ultra-rare custom LP. No hint of their future art-rock direction, just good ol’ rural folk-rocking Jesus music with a nice 12-string sound brimming with home-made charm. A bit of crude electric added on the jamming cover of Blessed Hope’s «Something More». Some really nice dreamy tracks: «New Jerusalem» uses some ethereal organ for a magical folk/psych effect. Equally pleasant is the fragile hypnotic «Surrender» featuring Bekah’s delicate murmurings. Renditions of Jamie Owen’s «May I Introduce You» and Love Song’s «Front Seat Back Seat». 1000 copies were made. Beware of the very ordinary looking cover photo with the virtually unrecognizable short-haired Kemper. See also Gospel Ship 2 and Hill Country Faith Festival 74. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]
LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “May I Introduce You”
A2. “Anti-Satan Boogie”
A3. “I See”
A4. “Something More”
A5. “New Jerusalem”
Side Two
B1. “Surrender”
B2. “Front Seat, Back Seat”
B3. “Yes He’s Lord”
B4. “Hey Brother”
B5. “Amazing Grace”
Note: Two songs by Redemption, “Anti-Satan Boogie” and the non-album track “Liberation Song”, were included on the multi-artist compilation Gospel Ship 2 released by Destiny in 1975, and were as well released as a two-sided 7-inch vinyl single by Destiny (“Anti-Satan Boogie”, b/w “Liberation Song”).
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