Charlie Peacock is one of several releases by the American contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 artist Charlie Peacock

Charlie Peacock

Charlie Peacock is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, session musician and author. While growing up in California Peacock was inspired by John Coltrane and began playing the piano. After completing his education, Peacock formed a band and began a career as a professional...

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The bulk of the Charlie Peacock album was originally recorded for A&M Records

A&M Records

A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

 and was initially slated to appear on an album titled Town Hall. Upon hearing the finished master, A&M declined to release it. Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

 licensed the recording for release, dropped the title, and made various changes in song selection including adding a reworked version of "Lie Down in the Grass" (the title cut from the artist's debut recording in 1984). This Collector Series CD includes all the master recordings produced for this project-from its inception at A&M to its final release on Island Records in November 1986.

Track listing

1. Message Boy (video remix)*
2. Counting The Cost
3. Down In The Lowlands
4. Lie Down In The Grass
5. Riding Into Wonderland*
6. It's No Surprise
7. Dizzy Dean Movie
8. Forever Strangers
9. I Will Need Your Help
10. My People
11. Already I'm Falling*
12. Waiting On The Perfect Moment*
13. Conversing With Mercy
14. Message Boy

Contributing musicians

• Drums: Mike Urbano (2,5,7,8,9,10,11,12), Bruce Spencer
  Bruce Spencer
  Bruce Spencer is an American drummer, drumming instructor and clinician, singer and session musicion, songwriter, record producer, best known for his work with the rock and roll trio, The 77s....
  
   (4,14)
• Beat Box: Aaron Smith
  Aaron Smith (musician)
  Aaron "The A-Train" Smith is a Nashville-based drummer and percussionist.At the age of 21, Aaron Smith played drums on The Temptations' megahit...
  
   (3), Mike Urbano (3)
• Berimbau: Bongo Bob Smith (3)
• Tom Toms: Steve Griffith (4)
• Percussion: Bongo Bob Smith (4,6)
• Bass: Randy Jackson
  Randy Jackson
  Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...
  
   (2,5,7,9,10,11), Eric Heilman (3,13), Daryl C. Anders (4,14)
• Z-Bass: Eric Heilman (10)
• Guitar: Lyle Workman (2,3,5,8,9,11,12,13), Michael Roe
  Michael Roe
  Michael Roe is an American record producer, songwriter, guitarist and singer.-Career:Although he has released several solo albums since the mid-1990s, Roe is primarily known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for the rock band The 77s...
  
   (4,6), Phil Palmer (5,7), Michael Miller
  Michael Miller
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  (10,14), Jim Abegg
  Jimmy Abegg
  Jimmy Abegg aka Jimmy A, is an American guitarist, composer, director, photographer and artist, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee....
  
   (14)
• Acoustic Guitar: Jim Abegg (4)
• Keyboards: John Weber (4,14)
• Trumpet: Larry Lunetta (4), Stan Mark (14)
• Trombone: Shelley Denny (14)
• Sax: Michael Butera (14)
• Backing Vox: Clarice Jones(3,9), Kathy Melberg (3,9,10,14), Shelley Burns (3,9), Michael Roe (4), Steve Griffith (4), Brent Bourgeois
  Brent Bourgeois
  Brent Thomas Bourgeois is an American rock musician, songwriter, and producer. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg with Larry Tagg, and has released several solo albums. His later work has been classified in the genres Pop and Contemporary Christian Music.- Early career :Born in New...
  
  (10,14), Cory Fite (10)