Stories (Randy Stonehill album)

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Stories
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Compilation album by
Released1993
StudioNew tracks: The Green Room
Huntington Beach, California
Genre Folk, rock
Label Myrrh
Producer New tracks: Terry Scott Taylor
Randy Stonehill chronology
Wonderama
(1991)
Stories
(1993)
Lazarus Heart
(1994)
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Stories is the title of a compilation CD by Randy Stonehill, released in 1993 on Myrrh Records.

Contents

All of the tracks were released on previous albums by Stonehill (some of which remain unavailable on CD to this day), except "I Thirst For You," "Charlie the Weatherman," and the Acoustic Version of "Hope of Glory." These new tracks were recorded at The Green Room, with the Lost Dogs and Terry Scott Taylor producing.

"This record is dedicated with love to the memory of John Mark Heard, who always told the true story."

Track listing

All songs written by Randy Stonehill except as otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "I Thirst For You" – 5:49
  2. "Still, Small Voice" – 4:06 (from Celebrate This Heartbeat)
  3. "Rachel Delevoryas" – 3:19 (from Wonderama)
  4. "Bells" – 4:15 (from Love Beyond Reason)
  5. "Starlings" – 5:01 (from Return to Paradise)
  6. "Turning Thirty" – 3:46 (from Equator)
  7. "Coming Back Soon" – 4:46 (from Can't Buy a Miracle)

Side two

  1. "Charlie the Weatherman" (Randy Stonehill, Terry Scott Taylor) – 5:54
  2. "Sing in Portuguese" – 4:05 (from Wonderama)
  3. "Weight of the Sky" – 3:28 (from Return to Paradise)
  4. "Letter to My Family" – 4:35 (from Between the Glory and the Flame)
  5. "Christmas at Denny's" – 5:53 (from Return to Paradise)
  6. "Hope of Glory" (Acoustic Version) – 4:22 (original version from The Wild Frontier)

Personnel

On "I Thirst for You" and "Charlie the Weatherman"

Production

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