Appalachian Melody

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Appalachian Melody
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Studio album by Mark Heard
Released 1979
Recorded 1977–1979
Genre Folk, rock
Label Solid Rock
Producer Larry Norman
Mark Heard chronology
Mark Heard
(1975)		Appalachian Melody
(1979)		 Fingerprint
(1980)

Appalachian Melody is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1979 on Solid Rock Records. [1] [2]

Mark Heard American musician and record producer

John Mark Heard III was an American record producer, folk rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia, United States. Heard released 16 albums, and produced and performed with many other artists as well, such as Sam Phillips, Pierce Pettis, Phil Keaggy, Vigilantes of Love, Peter Buck of R.E.M., John Austin, The Choir, Randy Stonehill and Michael Been of The Call. Heard produced part of Olivia Newton-John's The Rumor, which also included a cover of Heard's own "Big and Strong".

Solid Rock Records is a record label started by Larry Norman. It was established in 1975 to distribute his work after he had been released by Capitol Records. Solid Rock had a distribution deal with Word Records until 1980.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard.

Side one

  1. "On the Radio" - 3:41
  2. "Castaway" - 3:30
  3. "Bless My Soul" - 4:08
  4. "Here I Am (Once Again)" - 4:41
  5. "With the Setting Sun" - 1:47
  6. "Appalachian Melody" - 4:25

Side two

  1. "Happy Cornbread Anniversary" - 0:48
  2. "Two Trusting Jesus" - 4:18
  3. "Jonah's Song" - 5:30
  4. "Sidewalk Soliloquy" - 3:22
  5. "The Last Time" - 3:19
  6. "The Saints" - 0:27

Compact disc bonus tracks

  1. "Bless My Soul" (Demo) - 3:28
  2. "Appalachian Melody" (Demo) - 4:02
  3. "Happy Cornbread Anniversary" (Demo) - 0:34
  4. "Two Trusting Jesus" (Demo) - 2:06
  5. "Jonah's Song" (Demo) - 3:37
  6. "The Saints" (Demo) - 0:46
  7. "Saints Are Singin'" (Demo) - 2:25

Personnel

The band

Larry Norman American musician

Larry David Norman was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Christian rock music, and released more than 100 albums.

Randy Stonehill American musician

Randall Evan "Randy" Stonehill is an American singer and songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian music. His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but some of his albums have focused on new wave, pop, pop rock, roots rock, and children's music.

Tom Howard was an American pianist, musical arranger and orchestral conductor.

Additional musicians

Al Perkins is a Texas-born American guitarist known primarily for his steel guitar work. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential dobro player" and began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001—designed and autographed by Perkins.

Charles Franklin Long Jr. is a former American football player and coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. After his professional career, Long was an assistant coach at Iowa and Oklahoma before serving as the head football coach at San Diego State. Long also held a position as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks under head coach Turner Gill. Long is the CEO and Executive Director of the Iowa Sports Foundation, the organization that runs the Iowa Games, the Senior Games and the Live Healthy Iowa challenge, as well as an analyst for the Big Ten Network.

Alex MacDougall is an American record producer, and percussionist. MacDougall is best known for being a member of the Christian rock band Daniel Amos in the late-1970s in addition to his production and recording session credits. He was also a member of Selah, The Way, Salvation Air Force, The Richie Furay Band, The Randy Stonehill Band and The Larry Norman Band.

Production notes

Audio engineer engineer who operates recording, mixing, sound reproduction equipment

An audio engineer helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound. Audio engineers work on the "...technical aspect of recording—the placing of microphones, pre-amp knobs, the setting of levels. The physical recording of any project is done by an engineer ... the nuts and bolts." It's a creative hobby and profession where musical instruments and technology are used to produce sound for film, radio, television, music, and video games. Audio engineers also set up, sound check and do live sound mixing using a mixing console and a sound reinforcement system for music concerts, theatre, sports games and corporate events.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mark Heard - Appalachian Melody". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ↑ "Solid Rock Records". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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