Music to Raise the Dead
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Music to Raise the Dead is the first independent cassette
from American
Christian rock
band Resurrection Band
, released in 1974. Although technically the band's first release, the album Awaiting Your Reply
four years later
is considered by most to be the band's official debut.
community had moved from Minneapolis
to Chicago, but before they found a permanent home in Uptown. The record was created in the basement
of friend Gary Rotta entirely on headphones, so as not to wake Rotta's wife, who was asleep when the band recorded. However, the mixing board had been used many years previously to record one of Elvis Presley
's number-one hits.
The cassette was re-released in a limited number of copies by the band's own label, Grrr Records, in 1992. It is considered a collector's item and is extremely hard to find.
The song "Quite Enough" was re-recorded in a live version on the 1984 album Live Bootleg.
Side two
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
from American
United States
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Christian rock
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
band Resurrection Band
Resurrection Band
Resurrection Band, also known as Rez Band or REZ, was a Christian rock band formed in 1972. They were part of the Jesus People USA Christian community in Chicago and most of its members have continued in that community to this day. Known for their blend of blues-rock and hard rock, Resurrection...
, released in 1974. Although technically the band's first release, the album Awaiting Your Reply
Awaiting Your Reply
Awaiting Your Reply is the debut album by American Christian rock band Resurrection Band, released in 1978.- Recording history :The album was recorded for only $8000 US over a period of two weeks in marathon all-night sessions ending on Easter Sunday morning...
four years later
1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
is considered by most to be the band's official debut.
Recording history
The cassette, featuring the kind of hard rock for which Resurrection Band would eventually become known, was recorded not long after the Jesus People USAJesus People USA
Jesus People USA is a Christian intentional community in Uptown, on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1972, coming out of Jesus People Milwaukee in the Jesus Movement, and is the largest of the few remaining communes from that movement...
community had moved from Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
to Chicago, but before they found a permanent home in Uptown. The record was created in the basement
Basement
__FORCETOC__A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Basements are typically used as a utility space for a building where such items as the furnace, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system...
of friend Gary Rotta entirely on headphones, so as not to wake Rotta's wife, who was asleep when the band recorded. However, the mixing board had been used many years previously to record one of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
's number-one hits.
The cassette was re-released in a limited number of copies by the band's own label, Grrr Records, in 1992. It is considered a collector's item and is extremely hard to find.
The song "Quite Enough" was re-recorded in a live version on the 1984 album Live Bootleg.
Track listing
Side one- "Down Baby"
- "I Can't Help Myself"
- "Crimson River"
- "There Will Be Fire"
Side two
- "We Can See"
- "Better Way"
- "Growin' Stronger"
- "The Man I Used to Be"
- "Quite Enough"
Personnel
- Glenn KaiserGlenn KaiserGlenn Kaiser is a Chicago-based Christian blues musician, singer-songwriter and pastor. He was the leader of Resurrection Band and is currently the leader of The Glenn Kaiser Band.-Childhood:...
- Lead vocals, guitars - Wendi Kaiser - Lead vocals
- Stu Heiss - Lead guitar, piano
- Jim Denton - Bass guitar, backing vocals
- John Herrin - drums
- Tom Cameron - Harmonica