Imperials Live

Imperials Live
Live album by the Imperials
Released	1978
Venue	First Baptist Church, Waco, Texas The Kingsland Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri
Genre	Contemporary Christian music gospel inspirational
Length	41:16
Label	DaySpring/Word Records
Producer	Chris Christian, Armond Morales, Buddy Huey
The Imperials chronology
Sail On (1977) Imperials Live (1978) Heed the Call (1979)

Imperials Live is a 1978 live album by Christian music vocal group the Imperials, released on DaySpring Records ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Imperials Live was recorded at two venues: First Baptist Church in Waco, Texas and at The Kingsland Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri to promote their 1977 album Sail On . There are three songs that were recorded from 1976 that resulted in The Lost Album (2006) that the Imperials performed live for this album: "Sonshiny Day," "New Creation" and "I Love The Way You Love." The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational at the 21st Grammy Awards. ^[5] Imperials Live has never been released on CD.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sonshiny Day"	Ken Medema	2:34
2.	"Bread Upon the Water"	Bill Grine, Janny Grine	3:16
3.	"Bread Upon the Water" (Reprise)	B. Grine, J. Grine	0:52
4.	"New Creation"	Russ Taff	5:47
5.	"Your First Day in Heaven"	Stuart Hamblen	1:39
6.	"Lead Me Gently Home Father"	Will L. Thompson; arranged by Armond Morales	3:17
7.	"I Love The Way You Love"	John Lutz	4:09
8.	"He Touched Me"	Bill Gaither	3:53
9.	"Sail On"	Chris Christian	5:03
10.	"How Great Thou Art"	Stuart K. Hine	2:40
11.	"The Old Gospel Ship"	Traditional; arranged by A. Morales	3:07
12.	"The Old Gospel Ship" (Reprise)	Traditional; arranged by A. Morales	1:42

Personnel

The Imperials

• Russ Taff – lead vocals
• Jim Murray – tenor, vocals
• David Will – baritone, vocals
• Armond Morales – bass, vocals

References

1. The Imperials – The Imperials Live at AllMusic
2. The Imperials: Imperials Live. DaySpring Records. 1978.
3. Classic Imperials - Our History.
4. Cusic, Don (2009-11-12). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship: Pop, Rock, and Worship. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-0-313-34426-8.
5. "21st Annual Grammy Awards". February 15, 1979.