Description
Echos o’ Faith is an acoustic live album by the American rock band The Seventy Sevens, independently released on the band’s own label Fools of the World in 1996. The album was recorded live at Echos Of Faith Church in Ontario, California, on November 28, 1992. This performance was a rare acoustic “unplugged” performance by the 77s, featuring Michael Roe, Mark Harmon and David Leonhardt, with Steve Hindalong of The Choir fame on percussion, which prompted producer Brian Healy to start recording.
Recorded live in 1992, just after the release that would have been titled Pray Naked (if not for the humor-deficient lads at Word Records), this disc showcases Roe at his pop songwriting best, with acoustic versions of songs from that album right back to the beginnings of the band, along with covers of a Strawmen tune or two and a Steve Scott number. Consider it something of a “best-of” disc.
How good is The Seventy Sevens’ best? Very. Very few bands can consistently produce songs with the quality of «The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes And The Pride Of Life», «God Sends Quails», «Nowhere Else», and «MT». Very few bands have songs this good that are this hard to get your hands on. The majority of these are long out of print, and will most likely be obnoxiously hard to find again as soon as this disc sells out.
As far as the sound quality goes, this is a true live album, nothing added, nothing taken away. The mistakes (there aren’t many – Michael Roe is as good a guitar player and singer live as he is on record) are left in, as are Roe’s comments to band and audience. It’s a little bit loose, a little bit sloppy, and as close to actually being present at a Seven’s show as is possible without really being there. And yes, 77’s shows are as good as people say.
This is bound to be considered required listening material by 77’s fans across the continent, and because of that, it’s bound to become a very rare collectors item very quickly. Get it while you can. [Todd Brown, TLEM, 1996]
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CD tracklist:
01. MT – 4:20
02. Nowhere Else – 4:35
03. Ba Ba Ba Ba – 5:39
04. The Treasure In You – 4:03
05. Hard To Say – 4:34
06. The Rain Kept Falling In Love – 4:34
07. Bottom Line – 4:29
08. A Different Kind Of Light – 3:23
09. The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes & The Pride Of Life – 3:52
10. Caught In An Unguarded Moment – 3:54
11. Do It For Love – 4:40
12. Look – 3:41
13. U U U U – 5:18
14. Happy Roy – 4:10
15. God Sends Quails – 5:50
16. Kites Without Strings – 6:05
Note: The original CD release was limited to 1000 copies and pressed in monophonic sound. Re-issued as a double disc by Lo-Fidelity Records on June 29, 2012. The package contains the original Echos O’ Faith on one disc and a second disc entitled Played Naked featuring additional live recordings by The 77s (The Rain Kept Falling In Love / Don’t This Way / MT / Mike Breaks A String / Happy Roy / Do It For Love / The Crowd Goes Wild / Denomination Blues – all tracks recorded at Echoes of Faith, Ontario, CA, December 1991). As well containing an all new booklet with photos and extensive liner notes written by Michael Roe. Available at Bandcamp: https://the77s.bandcamp.com/album/echos-o-faith-played-naked
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