Top re-issues from AOR legend Daniel Amos

Artist: Daniel Amos

Album Title:  Daniel Amos (2 Disc Collector’s Edition)

Record Label:  Born Twice Records – www.retroactiverecords.net

Release Date:  August 23, 2011
Style: Jesus Music / Rock

Packaging:  16 page full color insert / 6 panel digipak

Time: Disc One / 14 Tracks, 46 Min. & Disc Two /26 Tracks 80 Min.

ABOUT THE ALBUM
The name Daniel Amos came about by the band taking two Old Testament prophet names and putting them together.  1976 saw the release of the now classic self-titled debut album on Maranatha! Records.  While a number of early Jesus Music bands were trying to emulate the country rock sounds of The Eagles, none did it as masterfully as Daniel Amos.  In fact, they were so successful that in 2002 The Encyclopedia of CCM would go on to say, “Song for song, and as a total package, Daniel Amos stands up to any of the albums The Eagles made prior to Hotel California.”

This 2011 Born Twice Records release 35th Anniversary Edition is a Deluxe 2 CD remastered reissue of DA’s first self titled album plus new liner notes, rare photos and never-before-heard recordings from the DA archives. In addition to all of the songs from the first album, this collection includes newly recorded “Audio Liner Notes” with Terry Taylor about the history of the songs and the band,  26 bonus tracks including previously unreleased demo and live recordings from the years leading up to DA’s record contract with Maranatha! Records, and the first songs recorded for the label, including “‘Ain’t Gonna Fight It.”

KEY SELLING POINTS
• Demos from Terry Taylor’s earliest days of songwriting with his San Jose bands Jubal’s Last Band, Judge Rainbow
& the Prophetic Trumpets, Good Shepherd and early Daniel Amos.
• Interviews with Terry Taylor about the early days
•A top notch Jesus Music classic

TRACKS
DISC ONE
01. Jesus Is Jehovah To Me
02. The Bible
03. Abidin’        
04. William        
05. Prelude: Servant’s Prayer
06. Don’t Light Your Own Fire
07. Losers And Winners
08. Walking On The Water
09. Ridin’ Along
10. Dusty Road
11. Love In A Yielded Heart
12. Skeptics’ Song
13. Happily Married Man
14. Ain’t Gonna Fight It

DISC TWO
01. Don’t Light Your Own Fire (Live)
02. Walking On The Water (Live)
03. Interview Segment: Katy
04. Calvary Road(Demo)
05. New Life (Demo)
06. Interview Segment: Cardboard Scheme/Scarlet Staircase/Down Home
07. Walkin’ With My Lord (Demo)
08. Knock Knock (Demo)
09. Heavenly Home (Demo)
10. Love Sings A Song In My Heart (Demo)
11. Jesus Saved My Soul (Demo)
12. Interview Segment: Expressing Faith In Music
13. Ain’t Gonna Fight It (Demo)
14. Interview Segment: The Lost Dogs Record Ain’t Gonna Fight It
15. Interview Segment: The Move/Jubal’s Last Band
16. Love Has Open Arms (Demo)
17. Resurrection (Skeptics’ Song Demo)
18. Meal (Demo)
19. Interview Segment: The Name Daniel Amos
20. Dear Captain/The Bible (Demo)
21. William (Demo)
22. Interview Segment: Al Perkins
23. Freedom (Love In A Yielded Heart Demo)
24. For Me To Live Is Christ (Demo)
25. Jesus Is Still Crying For The World (Demo)
26. In Everything Give Him Thanks (Live)

Artist: Daniel Amos

Album Title:  Shotgun Angel (2 Disc Collector’s Edition)

Record Label:  Born Twice Records – www.retroactiverecords.net

Release Date:  August 23, 2011

Style: Jesus Music / Rock

Packaging:  20 page full color insert / 6 panel digipak

Time: Disc One / 13 Tracks 41 Min. & Disc Two / 26 Tracks 77 Min.

ABOUT THE ALBUM
Just one year after its release, the band’s debut album was already considered one of the top 3 or 4 Christian releases of all time.  There was enormous pressure for their 1977 follow-up, Shotgun Angel.  In typical fashion the band managed to surpass all expectations.  The first half of Shotgun strongly resembles the country rock of the debut.  The second half of the album is what the album would be famous for, however, a rock hybrid of Queen, Pink Floyd, and Abby Road!

DA’s classic 1977 remastered album features a second disc of more than 26 never before released high quality bonus tracks including unreleased songs, rare 4-track demos, studio outtakes, remixes and more; a 20 page booklet with more than 30 previously unseen photos in a deluxe gatefold digipak. Countless hours of work and care went into restoring the album’s original artwork and audio – including correcting digital glitches found on previous reissues.

TRACKS
DISC ONE
01. Days And Nights
02. Black Gold Fever
03. Praise Song
04. Father’s Arms
05. Meal
06. Shotgun Angel
07. Finale: Bereshith Overture
08. Lady Goodbye
09. The Whistler
10. He’s Gonna Do A Number On You
11. Better
12. Sail Me Away
13. Posse In The Sky

DISC TWO
01. Jonah & The Whale
02. Father’s Arms (Demo 1)
03. Posse In The Sky (Demo 1)
04. Father’s Arm (Demo 2)
05. Black Gold Fever (Demo)
06. Praise Song (Demo)
07. Meal (Demo)
08. Shotgun Angel (Demo)
09. Finale: Bereshith Overture (Demo)
10. Lady Goodbye (Demo)
11. The Whistler (Demo)
12. He’s Gonna Do A Number On You (Demo)
13. Better (Demo)
14. Sail Me Away (Demo)
15. Posse In The Sky (Demo 2)
16. Studio Snippet
17. Days And Nights (Alt Mix)
18. Black Gold Fever (Alt Mix)
19. Meal (Alt Mix)
20. Shotgun Bagel
21. Lady Goodbye (Alt Mix)
22. The Whistler (Alt Mix)
23. He’s Gonna Do A Number On You (Alt Mix)
24. Better (Alt Mix)
25. Sail Me Away (Alt Mix)
26. Loony Tunes

Artist: Daniel Amos

Album Title:  Mr. Buechner’s Dream (2 Disc Collector’s Edition)

Record Label:  Retroactive Records – www.retroactiverecords.net

Release Date:  August 23, 2011

Style: Jesus Music / Rock

Packaging:  20 page full color insert / 6 panel digipak

Time: Disc One / 20 Tracks 60 Min. & Disc Two / 16 Tracks 60 Min.

ABOUT THE ALBUM
Having produced music since the 70’s, Daniel Amos was well known for being elite Christian rock artists.  But this 2001 release was so impressive that in 2002 The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music would make the claim that Daniel Amos was not only the best band in Christian music, but “the best they had ever been!” This 2011 Retroactive Records reissue includes an expanded booklet and one unreleased bonus track, “Nowhere Is Someplace.”  For fans of intelligent, literate, alternative rock music!
TRACKS

DISC ONE
01. This is the One
02. Mr. Buechner’s Dream
03. The Author of the Story
04. Your Long Year
05. Who’s Who Here?
06. Thick Skin
07. Ribbons & Bows
08. Ordinary Extraordinary Day
09. I Get to Wondering
10. Faithful Street
11. The Lucky Ones
12. Rice Paper Wings (A Song to Our Daughters)
13. The Tale You Told (A Song for the Artist)
14. Meanwhile
15. Over Her Shoulder (A Song of Lot’s Wife)
16. The Staggering Gods
17. A Little Grace (A Song of Job)
18. My Beautiful Martyr
19. Mr. Buechner Wakes Up
20. Joel

DISC TWO
01. Pretty Little Lies
02. Child on a Leash
03. Small Great Things
04. Nowhere Is Someplace  (Bonus track)
05. Easy for You
06. Maybe All I Need
07. Pregnant Pause (A Song of Abraham and Sarah)
08. She’s a Hard Drink
09. So Far So Good
10. Flash in Your Eyes (A Song for Gene Eugene)
11. Nobody Will
12. Fingertips
13. Steal Away (A Song of the Flood)
14. And So it Goes
15. (blank track)
16. (untitled hidden track)

Source: Retroactive Records