Celebrate This Heartbeat is the title of an album by Randy Stonehill

Randy Stonehill

Randall Evan "Randy" Stonehill is an American singer-songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the so-called "fathers of contemporary Christian music". His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but he has assayed other styles, with various albums focused on...

, released in 1984, on Myrrh Records

Myrrh Records

Myrrh Records, also known as Myrrh Worship, is a Christian music record label. According to Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, the label was instrumental in developing a popular following for Contemporary Christian music as the label that first published music by Barry McGuire, 2nd Chapter of...

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Side one

1. "Overture: Celebrate This Heartbeat" (Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard
   Tom Howard (musician)
   Tom Howard was an American pianist, musical arranger and orchestral conductor.In 1983, Howard helped the rock band Daniel Amos form the Alarma! Records label....
   
   ) – 3:25
2. "Still, Small Voice" – 4:04
3. "Celebrate This Heartbeat" – 4:08
4. "Modern Myth" – 3:51
5. "Who Will Save the Children" – 5:27

Side two

1. "When I Look to the Mountains" – 3:41
2. "Allison" – 3:18
3. "Watcha Gonna Do About That" – 3:19
4. "Stop the World" – 4:34
5. "I'll Remember You" – 4:26

Personnel

• Randy Stonehill: All acoustic guitars and "Ventures" guitar on "Stop The World."
• Tom Howard
  Tom Howard (musician)
  Tom Howard was an American pianist, musical arranger and orchestral conductor.In 1983, Howard helped the rock band Daniel Amos form the Alarma! Records label....
  
  : Piano, Electric Grand Piano, Synthesizers, and Tympani
• John Mehler
  John Mehler
  John Mehler, born August 27, 1948 in Long Beach, California, drummer for Love Song, Spirit of Creation, Noah and other bands. John graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1969 and soon thereafter moved to Salt Lake City with two musician friends, Chuck Fraher and Jay Truax to form Spirit of...
  
  : Drums on all songs except "Stop The World"
• Tim Chandler
  Tim Chandler
  Tim Chandler is a bass guitar player, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies and The Choir....
  
  : Bass on all songs except "Watcha Gonna Do About That" And "Stop The World"
• Danny Jacob: Electric Guitars
• Mark Heard
  Mark Heard
  John Mark Heard was a record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia, USA....
  
  : Electric Twelve String Guitar, Slide Guitar Solos on "Allison" and "Watcha Gonna Do About That," Bass Guitar on "Watcha Gonna Do About That" and "Stop The World," Harmonica on "Celebrate This Heartbeat"
• Rick Geragi: Congas, Bongos, Percussion, and DMX programming on "Stop The World"

Jay "Shotgun" Leslie: Tenor

Tenor saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

 and Baritone Saxophone

Baritone saxophone

The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...

s, Flute

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

John Clarke: Flute and English Horn
Barbara Northcutt: Oboe

Oboe

The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...

Darrel Gardner: French Horn

• Michael Amorosi: Harp
  Harp
  The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
  
  
• Phil Keaggy
  Phil Keaggy
  Phil Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets...
  
  : Second lead vocal on "Who Will Save The Children"
• Additional Background vocals: Tom Howard & Dori Howard on "Still Small Voice" and "Who Will Save The Children"; David Edwards, Tonio K. on "Modern Myth"; Rachel Anderson, Amy Eason, Audrey Floyd, and Moses Toth: children's voices on "Who Will Save The Children"

Production notes

• Produced by Barry Miller Kaye
• Recorded and mixed at Fingerprint Recorders
  Fingerprint Recorders
  Fingerprint Recorders was a recording studio owned by Mark Heard, where he recorded most of his own records. The studio was located in Montrose, California....
  
  
• Cross-Fades and editing at Wildor Brothers Recording Studios
• Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Inc.
• Art Director: Tim Aldersen
• Photography: Aaron Rapoport
  Aaron Rapoport
  Aaron Rapoport is an American photographer, best known for his photographs of music artists.-Biography:In a career that spans over three decades, Rapoport has photographed in a wide variety of areas including commercial photography. His photography of album/CD covers is particularly well known...
  
  

Engineered by Mark Heard

Mark Heard

John Mark Heard was a record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia, USA....

at Fingerprint Recorders

• Orchestrated, arranged, and conducted by Tom Howard

Rhythm section and vocal arrangements by Barry and Randy
Second Engineer: Dan Reed