Description
Chronology is a compilation album by the British singer, songwriter, and blues guitarist Bryn Haworth, released on Myrrh Records in 1989, a division of Word. The album was released on both cassette, vinyl, and CD (with the CD edition featuring two extra tracks).
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LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Grappenhall Rag” – 2:56 (from the album Let the Days Go By, Island 1974)
A2. “Good Job” – 4:40 (from the album Sunny Side of the Street, Island 1975)
A3. “Pick Me Up” – 3:24 (from the album Sunny Side of the Street, Island 1975)
A4. “Grand Arrival” – 4:41 (from the album Grand Arrival, A&M 1978)
A5. “Keep the Ball Rolling” – 4:00 (from the album Keep the Ball Rolling, A&M 1979)
A6. “It’s You I Need” – 3:25 (B-side of a single from the album Keep the Ball Rolling, A&M 1979)
A7. “City Boy” – 4:17 (previously unreleased re-recording of a track from ‘Keep the Ball Rolling’)
Side Two
B1. “The Gap” – 4:55 (from the album The Gap, Chapel Lane 1980)
B2. “New World Coming” – 3:03 (from the album The Gap, Chapel Lane 1980)
B3. “Pass It On” – 4:54 (from the album Pass It On, Chapel Lane 1983)
B4. “Perfect Love” – 2:47 (from the album Pass It On, Chapel Lane 1983)
B5. “Awake O Zion” – 2:17 (from the album Wings of the Morning, Chapel Lane 1983)
B6. “Mountain Mover” – 5:14 (from the album Mountain Mover, Myrrh 1985)
B7. “Anywhere You Want To Be” – 3:00 (from the album Let the Days Go By, Island 1974)
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette, 12-inch vinyl LP, and CD by Myrrh Records, with the CD edition featuring two extra tracks: “I Can Do All Things” and “Land of the Living”.
Liner notes by Bryn Haworth as featured on the Chronology album:
A1. Grappenhall Rag, 1974
Music was instrumental in my salvation! Sitting around jamming in someone’s front room in Hollywood, California, with a few other musicians I suddenly started playing this tune. It was so powerful at the time that it caused me to search for words that would fit what to me felt like a “call”. This was the start of me seeking after God. Little did I realise it was Him who was seeking me! Fifteen years later some of the theology sounds a little strange, but it was the best I could do at the time.
A2. Good Job, 1975
A song of amazement/surprise! I had written the church off my list of places most likely to find God. Then one day my wife and I walked into a tent meeting, thinking it was a circus, and we heard about Jesus Christ being the way to Life. We welcomed Him into our lives and next thing we know we’re going to church! I’d just bought my first rhythm machine, and this song, believe it or not, is a fast tango.
A3. Pick Me Up, 1975
I included this one as it reflects the frustration of not finding anything that this world has to offer that really “gets it”. We couldn’t find a bass line at the time that really “got it” so we left it without.
A4. Grand Arrival, 1978
I couldn’t get Matthew 24.30 out of my mind. What a day that will be! I’d also just rediscovered a book I’d bought entitled 7,488 Guitar Chords!
A5. Keep the Ball Rolling, 1977
Original idea came jamming with an American guitarist friend, Israel Zacuto. Finally finished it in 1977 during the time I was in the Cliff Richard Band with the then “wild heathen” John Perry. (Written by Bryn Haworth, R. Zacuto, and J. Perry.)
A6. It’s You I Need, 1979
This was the B-side of the single. My sister sent me the words and I put them to music around the time I was writing the ‘Keep the Ball Rolling’ material. It still reflects how I feel living in this world.
A7. City Boy, 1979
This song was re-recorded as a single after the ‘Keep the Ball Rolling’ sessions with Alan Tarney and Trevor Spencer producing, but was never released. I had toured with them in Australia and New Zealand with Cliff and we made contact again when we were all signed to A&M at around the same time. It’s a completely different arrangement of the original song which appeared on the ‘Keep the Ball Rolling’ album.
B1. The Gap, 1980
I remember watching Sting singing with the Police “there’s a hole in my life”, and thinking “yes, that’s what it’s like”. A while later I wrote this song.
B2. New World Coming, 1980
I don’t feel at home in this world, and I guess I never will. I’m just passing through. But I want to see as much of the Kingdom of God coming here on earth as I can, because everything else is going to pass away.
B3. Pass It On, 1983
I’ve always liked Latin/Salsa rhythms, and that combined with looking at Luke 8:16-17, and realising that “everyone’s gonna know one day where it’s at”, (Philippians 2:9-11), caused this song to be written.
B4. Perfect Love, 1983
The perfect love of God expressed through Jesus Christ is totally liberating. N.B. This track, like most of the tracks on this album, was recorded live with three or four musicians playing until we got a good take.
B5. Awake O Zion, 1983
After talking with a friend and feeling sad about how much we as God’s people can miss out on all He desires for us through unbelief, this melody started to come. The words of hope and exhortation from Isaiah 52 seemed to fit beautifully.
B6. Mountain Mover, 1985
It’s interesting to see how much faith features in these songs; I guess it’s because I couldn’t get through without it!
B7. Anywhere You Want To Be, 1973
This was recorded on a 2-track Revox in a beach house where Sally and I were living in Malibu, California. First I recorded the guitar, then literally stuck the microphone out of the window and recorded the sound of waves and the crickets.
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