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Posted by HemispericalHead on 08-23-2002 at20:04:

  Intro. to Mr. Taylor?

I'm curious to what or how others were introduced to DA and/or other Terry Taylor related stuff?


I was in Florida about ten years ago (I live in Michigan) at Longs CHristian Music. They had a box full of budget priced cassettes. I dug in a found Vox Humana. .99 cents!
I did not really like it.After that I heard the Lost Dogs Scenic Route and said to myself: " Man This Terry Taylor guy has written the bulk of the material, hmmmn, where have I heard that name, ah DA."

A year later I ordered (I guess you can call me a sucker.)Kalhoun from Radrockers for Five bucks! sealed!
Now that was good...I've since bought about 15 or so others since, including Alarma Chronicles bookset. I'm hooked now.
This guy amazes me with his output. He write more material than ANYBODy around at the present. Look at how many bands he's involved with! And we're not talking run of the mill earcandy here! It's Philosophy set to music.....

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 08-23-2002 at20:09:

 

In junior high, my youth minister set up a record (lps) library that we could check out albums from. It was cool. He had a copy of Rock around the World which included "Home Permanent." I thought it was groovy and started hunting for all things DA. I now have over 50 CDs and I don't know how many lps. I also have a bunch of V/A stuff that Terry or Terry and Co. have contributed to. Crazy!!

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Posted by HemispericalHead on 08-23-2002 at20:15:

 


brdhsnyrsoul:
Crazy!!

No, not really. But 50 discs? wow. I got a ways to go. The artist that I have the most discs of?
Larry Norman. Probably about 40. Him only...

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 08-23-2002 at20:19:

 

My wife would disagree. She thinks I'm nuts. She doesn't understand why I need three different versions of Shotgun Angel on CD. Two versions of Knowlege and Innocence, the book set and each of the CDs on its own, and on and on. It's really sort of an obsession I guess. I'm still mad I missed the DA club cassettes from years ago (the swirling mellow stuff). I did get the CD with SM and Meet the Farm Beetles. Very weird stuff. I also have the Alternative Records stuff and the Brow Beat stuff, and on and on. As Daniel Amos puts it: "It's Sick"

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Posted by HemispericalHead on 08-23-2002 at20:26:

 

Yeah, I can sort of relate. My wife never really says anything, but she knows I've got a problem. My friend calls me the other day, (My only Taylor fan friend around here!) to inform me that there are two new limited CDs coming out for a total of thirty bucks, I then tell him your about to see a man pull thirty bucks out of his.....Well you can only guess where.. My wife looks at me like I'm sick!

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 08-23-2002 at20:37:

 

I know what you mean. I actually stayed on line at the time the CDs came available so I could get really low #s. I know it doesn't really matter, but......I got #15 on the ten gallon hat deal.

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Posted by arcticsunburn on 08-23-2002 at21:06:

 

My dad listened to DA when I was young...

He died when I was 14...

Just recently I reaquainted myself with DA/Swirling Eddies and seemed to remember some of Alarma! and Kalhoun.

He left:
Alarma!
Motorcycle
Kalhoun
Bootleg '82
Outdoor Elvis
The Miracle Faith Telethon

Vox Humana and Doppelganger on vinyl.

and I recently bought MBD.

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Posted by HemispericalHead on 08-23-2002 at21:15:

 

quote:

Originally posted by brdhsnyrsoul I know what you mean. I actually stayed on line at the time the CDs came available so I could get really low #s. I know it doesn't really matter, but......I got #15 on the ten gallon hat deal.

No,. it does matter!!!

Seriously though, I like to get low #'s myself.
I have not gone throught he extremes you have but trust me, if given the op. I would.....\
What # is your Alarma bookset?
I waited too long.
Mine is 1111.

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Posted by Lost Canine on 08-23-2002 at22:11:

 

I bought Alarma on 8 Track in 1981. My life was never the same after that.

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Posted by BigDork on 08-24-2002 at00:08:

 

I don't even know who's Dan or who's Amos, I just come here for the message board. And who is this Terry guy you keep talking about?


BD

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Posted by dorfsmith on 08-24-2002 at00:54:

 

I was raised on Shotgun Angel. I now have almost everything on CD except their first one and DFBB as well as Outdoor Elvis. Still waiting for the re-releases. I was listening to Alternative Worship tonight and the songs Terry sang are beautiful. Anybody have that CD???

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Posted by Lost Canine on 08-24-2002 at00:56:

 

quote:

Originally posted by dorfsmith I was raised on Shotgun Angel. I now have almost everything on CD except their first one and DFBB as well as Outdoor Elvis. Still waiting for the re-releases. I was listening to Alternative Worship tonight and the songs Terry sang are beautiful. Anybody have that CD???

It's a great CD. I have it and love it.
LK-9

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Posted by Mark on 08-24-2002 at14:37:

 

quote:

Originally posted by dorfsmith I was raised on Shotgun Angel. I now have almost everything on CD except their first one and DFBB as well as Outdoor Elvis. Still waiting for the re-releases. I was listening to Alternative Worship tonight and the songs Terry sang are beautiful. Anybody have that CD???

I have the CD too.

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Posted by Dr Rich on 08-24-2002 at14:51:

 

quote:

Originally posted by Lost Canine I bought Alarma on 8 Track in 1981. My life was never the same after that.

The only way to have it!

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Posted by Dr Rich on 08-24-2002 at14:53:

 

There is a "before DA" and "After DA" way of looking at Christian muisc. Once your hooked on the real stuff, you never look back )

My first DA was dfbb, but I did not like it for a long time. I really did not "get" dfbb until after I bought FS and the Miracle Faith Telethon.

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Posted by Mark on 08-24-2002 at14:56:

 

I haven't listed to MFT in quite awhile. I really need to get it out and listen to it.

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Posted by Dr Rich on 08-24-2002 at15:02:

 

quote:

Originally posted by Mark I haven't listed to MFT in quite awhile. I really need to get it out and listen to it.

We have Negative fruit here people!

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Posted by skykinglvr on 08-24-2002 at15:14:

 

I'm 45 and I go back to the beginning when Daniel Amos was primarily a country band. I bought their first album because I really liked "Aint Gonna Fight It" from Maranatha 5. Then when I went to a 4 year Christian liberal arts college, they played one night in concert. Some complained about how loud they were, but I loved it.
Then came "Shotgun Angel" which I snatched up. I waited eagerly for their next release, but it was not soon in coming. Before HD was released, I heard them again in an outdoor Jesus Music concert and it was obvious their music was changing because they played a lot of what ended up on HD. But I loved the new music and was fascinated by it. I snatched up HD on cassette when it came out, and was astonished when "Alarma" came out just 2 months later! What really blew me away from that point on was that no two albums ever sounded the same! I picked up all the Alarma Chronicles albums as they were released, then DFBG
and Kalhoun. I didn't know who the Swirling Eddies were until I gave them a test listen, and realized they had to be a Terry Taylor band. I've picked up everything since except "Swirling Mellow" and "Meat the Farm Beetles."
Then of course there were his solo albums, and the Lost Dogs releases. After having to wait years to get some releases, it's so exciting to have so many re-releases and new recordings becoming available. Right now I'm waiting for "Imaginarium" to hear another side of Terry, and "Hodgepodge and Random Acts when it's released."

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Posted by Mark on 08-24-2002 at15:16:

 

Sounds like you've been doing well.

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Posted by Dr Rich on 08-24-2002 at15:24:

 

I did not hear "Shotgun Angel" until 1990. When "Nigh & Days" started you could have knocked me over with a stick.

That's cool that you followed them all through the changes. That is really neat

BTW, You need to post more )

quote:

Originally posted by skykinglvr I'm 45 and I go back to the beginning when Daniel Amos was primarily a country band. I bought their first album because I really liked "Aint Gonna Fight It" from Maranatha 5. Then when I went to a 4 year Christian liberal arts college, they played one night in concert. Some complained about how loud they were, but I loved it. Then came "Shotgun Angel" which I snatched up. I waited eagerly for their next release, but it was not soon in coming. Before HD was released, I heard them again in an outdoor Jesus Music concert and it was obvious their music was changing because they played a lot of what ended up on HD. But I loved the new music and was fascinated by it. I snatched up HD on cassette when it came out, and was astonished when "Alarma" came out just 2 months later! What really blew me away from that point on was that no two albums ever sounded the same! I picked up all the Alarma Chronicles albums as they were released, then DFBG and Kalhoun. I didn't know who the Swirling Eddies were until I gave them a test listen, and realized they had to be a Terry Taylor band. I've picked up everything since except "Swirling Mellow" and "Meat the Farm Beetles." Then of course there were his solo albums, and the Lost Dogs releases. After having to wait years to get some releases, it's so exciting to have so many re-releases and new recordings becoming available. Right now I'm waiting for "Imaginarium" to hear another side of Terry, and "Hodgepodge and Random Acts when it's released."