LARRY NORMAN various tracks

LARRY NORMAN various tracks

*None of the footage is of the actual performance of the song.

01. What We Need is a Whole Lot More of
Jesusand a Lot Less Rock n Roll (People!) 0:00:00-0:01:58 I Love You 1968
02. Why Should the Devil (Punk) 0:01:58-0:03:15 Down Under but Not Out 1986
03. f the Bombs Fall 0:03:15-0:07:55 Down Under but Not Out 1986
04. A Few Loaves and Smelly Fish 0:07:55-0:10:34 Live at the Vineyard 1999
05. Moses in the Wilderness 0:10:34-0:13:48 Upon This Rock 1969
06. I Am The Six O'clock News 0:13:48-0:19:52 Only Visiting This Planet 1972
07. Be Careful What You Sign 0:19:52-0:24:48 So Long Ago the Garden 1973
08. Put Your Life into His Hands 0:24:48-0:28:48 Something New Under the Sun 1981
09. Forget Your Hexagram 0:28:48-0:31:10 Upon This Rock 1969
10. The Sun Began to Rain 0:31:10-0:32:30 In Another Land 1975
11. Gonna Write a Song about You for the
Radio 0:32:30-0:35:45 Rehearsal for Reality 1986
12. Rock the Flock 0:35:45-0:39:20 Tourniquet 2001
13. What’s Wrong with This Body 0:39:20-0:44:48 Stop This Flight 1984
14. Peacepollutionrevolution 0:44:48-0:48:03 Street Level 1971 (Barcheaology)
15. Letters to the Church 0:48:03-0:52:24 Home at Last 1988
16. Righteous Rocker (Hard Rock Version) 0:52:24-0:56:45 Only Visiting This Planet 2004 re-issue
17. Ashes of Me (People!) 0:56:24-1:00:05 I Love You 1968
18. No More LSD 1:00:05-1:02:13 Live at the Vineyard 1999
19. The Last Supper 1:02:13-1:05:27 Upon This Rock 1969
20. Leaving the Past Behind 1:05:27-1:09:03 Something New Under the Sun 1981
21. Come Away 1:09:03-1:14:37 Stranded in Babylon 1990
22. If You Don’t Love - You’ll Fall 1:14:37-1:19:58 Footprints in the Sand 1994
23. I Wish We All Been Ready 1:19:58-1:24:30 Only Visiting This Planet 2004

Larry Norman commonly known as the father of Christian Rock released Upon This Rock with Columbia Records in 1969. He as not the only to come out at the time but being in contract with Columbia Records gave him a prominent position. In addition, that year were released The Search Party’s Montgomery Chapel and Aum’s Resurrection. Then 1970 saw a good number of Christian rock releases, although Larry Norman’s Upon This Rock did not fair well in the market and led to Larry Norman being dropped from the label. It eventually did achieve some success when placed in Christian book stores. The Christian market version had although been greatly remastered. His second major release (in between were Street Level [1970] and Bootleg [1972]) Only Visiting This Planet on Verve Records [1972] has been ranked number 2 of the all time best CCM albums.

Larry Norman is an example of the human condition. A pioneer of the Christian Music Industry who was often relegated to the sidelines. He suffered broken friendships and broken marriages, and serious health issues. Humanity is frail and resilient; we make mistakes, we SIN, we endure and persevere. Great men of God do make great errors. Abraham had risked Sarah to be taken by Pharaoh to have. David slept with Bathsheba and set her husband up to be killed. After their passing we learn so much of the faults of the Christian heroes. Their was one who was perfect and he lived that perfect life to save us from our grievous condition. The condition of the Christian should be a person aware of their inadequacies and repentant in love for Christ in consideration of the seriousness with which he treated the nature of our condition, that he had to pay such an extreme price.

Enjoy!