Jesus: The Moment of Truth

Description

Jesus: The Moment of Truth is a multi-artist compilation independently released in 1972. (Re-issued by Sonrise Mercantile Company in 1974 featuring a slightly different tracklist as well as new cover artwork.) The album was engineered by Glenn Campbell and recorded in Pittsburgh under a special arrangement with G&C Record Manufacturing Company. Produced by The Moment of Truth – Campus Christian Fellowship.

Featuring vocals by Steve Israel, Grechen Naugle, Tricia Lynn, and Al Mossburg & Logos (Al Mossburg, Duke Vipperman, and Chris Campbell). Also featuring Jim Stein and Lynn Noelle (the latter playing the dulcimer). The album project was the “brain child” of Jim Jackson who served as pastor/leader of The Moment Of Truth Campus Christian Fellowship.

The Moment Of Truth is an excellent recording that pools the talents of four Pittsburgh Campus Christian Fellowship artists. Steve Israel opens with a pair of authentic 12-string rural electric folk-rock tracks, followed by the folksy dulcimer-accompanied «Just Believe It’s True». Next is Al Mossburg and Logos, continuing with the hippie rural vibes on the wistful «Kind Of A Woman» (also featured on the compilations Beginnings and The Greatest Of These Is Love) and the classic Southern-edged «Rabbit’s Song» with some electrifying fuzz guitar. Gretchen Naugle’s three selections start off side two, turning the mood to dreamy acoustic sounds with shimmering guitar and lovely female vocals, mingling with vibraphone on the mysterious «In His Tirne». Closing the set is Tricia Lynn with two delicate spoken-word-over-guitar poems: «The Christian Tree» and «I Am God». The latter five-and-a-half minute track was deleted when the album was picked up in 1974 by the Sonrise Mercantile label (SMC 003, which also has a different cover and song sequence), so by all means seek to track down this the original custom production. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]

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LP tracklist (Original Version, 1972):

Side One
A1. Steve Israel – “Lord I Need You” – 3:45
A2. Steve Israel – “Praise His Name” – 3:40
A3. Steve Israel – “Just Believe It’s True” – 1:45
A4. Al Mossburg & Logos – “Kind of a Woman” – 3:55
A5. Al Mossburg & Logos – “Rabbit’s Song” – 4:42

Side Two
B1. Grechen Naugle – “In His Time” – 3:10
B2. Grechen Naugle – “As You Stand There” – 2:40
B3. Grechen Naugle – “Isaiah 35:8” – 3:12
B4. Tricia Lynn – “The Christian Tree” – 3:20
B5. Tricia Lynn – “I Am God” – 5:30

LP tracklist (Sonrise Version, 1974):

Side One
A1. Steve Israel – “Lord I Need You” – 3:45
A2. Grechen Naugle – “As You Stand There” – 2:40
A3. Steve Israel – “Just Believe It’s True” – 1:45
A4. Logos – “Kind of a Woman: A Dedication to Carol” – 3:55
A5. Tricia Lynn – “The Christian Tree” – 3:20

Side Two
B1. Grechen Naugle – “In His Time” – 3:10
B2. Logos – “Rabbit’s Song” – 4:42
B3. Grechen Naugle – “Isaiah 35:8: Glory Hallelujah” – 3:12
B4. Steve Israel – “Praise His Name” – 3:40

Note: Later re-issued on CD by Sonrise Music Company.

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