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The Horrendous Disc Years
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(Horrendous Disc Cover Photo Shoot Outtake)
1980
- Larry Norman's Roll Away The Stone is released on Phydeaux Records. Alex MacDougall played drums.
- Steve Hindalong and Tim Chandler, whom met each other in the Fall of 78, play together in a top 40 band, Ride, where they played such gems as "Boogie Oogie Woogie", "My Sharona" and "Double Vision."
Steve: "Tim Chandler is absolutely among my all time favorite musicians... He introduced me to Derri, and Derri introduced Tim to D.A."
January 7, 1980
- Tamarack's 45 single "Eagle"/"Part of Me" is released. Future DA keyboardist Rob Watson is a member of the band and also cowrote "Part of Me" with Catherine Holt Spurr.
January 11, 1980
(Disneyland program, courtesy of Richard Towry)
- Daniel Amos performs in California at Disneyland for "Contempo '80". Other performers include Randy Stonehill, Phil Keaggy, Benny Hester, Sweet Comfort Band, Resurrection Band, Barry McGuire and others.
January 16, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Duarte High School in Duarte, CA.
- Becky Ugartechea's Look By Faith is released on Maranatha! Music. Alex MacDougall played percussion on the album.
January 17, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Capistrano Beach High School in Capistrano Beach, CA.
January 20, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Capistrano Valley Baptist Church in San Juan Capistrano, CA.
- The Rock and Religion Radio Show airs the first half of a special on DA's Horrendous Disc, featuring an "interview" with Terry, Ed and Jerry. This was
the first chance the public had to hear music from the delayed record. The show featured "I Love You #19", "I Believe In You", "Hound Of Heaven", "(Near Sighted Girl With Approaching) Tidal Wave", and "On The Line."
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January 26, 1980
(Concert Poster Courtesy of Marty Dieckmeyer)
- Daniel Amos performs at the Broadway Tabernacle in Vancouver BC with Randy Stonehill.
Set List (Partial): Lung Cancer (with Randy Stonehill), Bad Boy (Larry Williams cover), Venezuela (with Randy Stonehill), Surfin USA, Surfer Joe, Surf Bird, Wipe Out, Near Sighted Girl with Approaching Tidal Wave
Late January 1980
- While in Vancouver, Terry, Jerry, Mark and Ed visit the Gossett Brothers Studio (Salvation Air Force) located in Blaine, WA. The tapes themselves ended up being lost and presumed destroyed in the late 1980s.
Donnie Gossett: "So since DA was in town we recorded several tracks most of which were covers of old rock songs: 'The Hippy Hippy Shake,' 'The Girl from New York City,' etc. Present were Terry, Jerry, Mark, Ed and myself. I believe Terry proposed the idea although I believe the band had discussed a parody of Richard Nixon attempting to make a too late comeback as "Disco Dick". So the song was written by those present for that initial session. Alex was still on his honeymoon, Marty was visiting a friend in Vancouver, my brother Michael was newly engaged that same weekend so they were not present. Since Marty was not present Terry played bass, Jerry played guitar, Ed played drums and Mark played synth on the basic track. Terry, Jerry and myself performed the vocals which were 1970s-style disco as a cross between the Bee Gees and Isaac Hayes 'Shaft.' Then later Alex added drums and Michael pretended to interview Jerry playing Nixon in about a 5-minute interview. In the fade out of the song Jerry said in his Nixon voice 'Play it BeBe' as a reference to BeBe Rebosa so there was supposed to be a B.B. King blues lick which was never added. Apart from that and mixing the recording was finished. I was supposed to add the B.B. King lick but never did which was why there is not a finished mix anywhere. I take responsibility for the loss of the tapes and the incompletion of the recording. I wish I had it. Since that time I have been very careful to archive as much as possible but it is unfortunate to have lost the tapes and only have memories. As it turned out I took 2 of Ed's drum tracks from that same initial session and wrote and recorded 2 songs which were on SAF's Not Sleep Music album released in the spring of 1980."
(Randy Stonehill, Larry Norman and Terry Taylor)
- Daniel Amos and Randy Stonehill wrap up part of the Amos & Randy Tour in a Toronto concert, sponsored by Sounds of Triumph. The event captured the attention of the local press and two television stations have produced features on Contemporary Christian music. At the end of the concert, StreetLevel's Phil Mangano arrived with Larry Norman in tow, and Larry was coaxed on stage for a song with the band. (Source: CCM Magazine January 1980)
- The song "Shedding the Mortal Coil" was inspired around this time and written soon after when the band returned to California.
Jerry: "We were on tour in Canada with good friend and brother Randy Stonehill. One night, we were relaxing between concerts and Randy, in his customary and humorous way, used the term 'Shed the mortal coil.' Which means to die. And we all nearly fell off our chairs with laughter because I had never heard it before and I'm not sure Terry and the other guys had either. When we got back to Southern California, Terry, Mark Cook and I wrote this song before Mark quit the band."
- Gossip and rumors were spreading about the band which were causing a lot of difficulty while touring.
Terry: "...we'd go out (to play concerts), and the rumors would precede us. People would think that we were doing everything from divorcing our wives to using cocaine, and I don't know what else. Because once there's a sense of controversy here (in the Christian Music world) the rumors just fly."
- Daniel Amos appears on the cover of CCM Magazine. "Angry Young Men"
- Refuge Records is founded. A few years later, Refuge would release DA's Vox Humana album.
February 1980
- CCM magazine's "Record Rap" column says that there's still no definate release date for Horrendous Disc.
February 1, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the Whisky A-Go-Go in West Hollywood, CA. The Famous Hollywood club, which was opened on January 16, 1964, has been the home to shows from The Doors in 1966, Janis Joplin, Motley Crue, Guns N Roses, and many others.
February 6, 1980
- Rebel Base Productions is formed with Tom Howard.
Tom Howard: "There's a little rehearsal studio and office in Santa Ana, California that DA has been using for years. When a popular science fiction
movie (Star Wars) came out and the good guys were holed up at the "rebel base"
the name drifted over to the studio and it stuck.... it's the whole idea of rebeling against a strong, powerful force of evil."
February 13, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the Coo-Coo's Nest in Costa Mesa, CA. Founded in 1976, the popular Costa Mesa club has also been the home to shows by The Go-Gos, XTC, Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, The Cramps, Squeeze,
- An unusual alternate master of Horrendous Disc is created with a very different track order with this date listed on the outside of the box. The track list found on these tapes were as follows:
"I Love You,"
"Hound of Heaven,"
"Sky King,"
"Fairy Tale," and
"Horrendous Disc" on Side One;
"Never Leave You,"
"On The Line,"
"Tidal Wave," and
"Man In The Moon" on Side Two. It is unclear who created this master or what the intended purpose might have been unless it was just an experiment with an alternate track order.
(Horrendous Tours '80 T-shirt)
Febraury 15, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the National Entertainment and Campus Activities Association Convention in Washington, DC.
- Alex MacDougall plays drums on "Look By Faith," the second album from Becky Ugartechea.
Febraury 22, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Irvine High School in Irvine, CA.
Febraury 23, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at in Santa Barbara, CA.
Febraury 26, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the Fillmore in San Francisco, CA. The famous concert venue has also been the home to shows by artists such as Chuck Berry, Steve Miller Band, Midnight Oil, Tom Petty, and many others.
March 1, 1980
- Terry Taylor is quoted in the Thousand Oaks Star in reference to their concert that night at the California Lutheran College.
Terry: "We feel humor to be an effective tood. We try to get people to laugh at themselves without pointing a finger at them, without accusing. While they're laughing maybe they'll see how absurd some of their preconceived notisons are."
Terry :"(Playing A) High School is especially fun because they don't expect good music during their lunch hour or whatever."
Terry (About planning a tour of Europe): "I like the attitude... they accept the entertainment aspects while Americans are more suspicious of it. It's a continual educational process at our concerts to get people to accept that it's ok to enjoy music, despite its kind."
- Daniel Amos performs at California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, CA at 8:15 p.m.
- Salvation Air Force releases Not Sleep Music. The album includes two songs "Whatever Comes First" and "It's Only Love," which feature Ed on drums. The drum tracks were recorded during DA's visit to the Gossett Brothers Studio in January. The album also includes Alex MacDougall playing drums on "Passing Glances."
March 4, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at La Verne University in La Verne, CA.
March 7, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in El Cajon, CA.
March 8, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Escondito, CA.
March 14, 1980
- The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, MO runs an article showcasing the Maranatha! 80 Festival which takes place on March 15. The article includes one of Scott Lockwood's photo's of DA and short descriptions of each artist featured. DA is described as "a California group," which presents a "slickly produced brand of rock and roll, a sort of Christian "new wave." msuic, while Phil Keaggy is known as an outstanding guitarist and soloist."
March 15, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Evangel College in Springfield, MO. as part of Maranatha! '80. Other performers include Phil Keaggy.
Set List: Meant For You, I Love You #19, Endless Summer, Happily Married Man, Black Gold Fever, I'm On Your Team, Losers and Winners, Twilight Love, Surf Suite: Surfin USA, Surfer Joe, Bird is the Word, Wipe Out, (Near Sighted Girl with Approaching) Tidal Wave, Sky King (Out Across the Sky), Never Leave You, On The Line, Hound of Heaven, I Love You #19 (Reprise), Aint' Gonna Fight It, Meant for You (Reprise)
March 19, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Stephen F. Austin State University near Mays Hall in Nacogdoches, TX.
March 20, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs behind AG Pond in Nacogdoches, TX.
March 21, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Fort Worth, TX.
March 22, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Longview, TX.
March 25, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs near Houston, TX.
March 27, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs near Houston, TX.
March 28, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs near Houston, TX.
March 29, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the Houston Music Center in Houston, TX.
April 1980
- CCM magazine lists several new releases, and makes note that "Horrendous Disc isn't one of them."
April 4, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Bethel College in Roseville Minnesota with Randy Stonehill.
April 10, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in River Falls, WI.
April 11, 1980
(Photo taken at Bethel College in Minnesota, courtesy of Mark Prinsen)
- Daniel Amos performs with Randy Stonehill at the Bethel College Auditorium in St. Paul, MN at 8:00 pm.
Set List: I Love You #19, Endless Summer, Cinema Girl, So Certain, Happily Married Man, Never Leave You, Bad Boy (Larry Williams), On The Line, Hound of Heaven, I Love You #19 (reprise), Lung Cancer (with Randy Stonehill), Surf Suite, Sky King
April 13, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Judson College in Marion, AL.
April 15, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Pigeon, MI.
April 16, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Malone College in Canton, OH.
April 18, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Peoria, IL.
April 19, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Greenville, Illinois at the Agape music festival. Other performers included Randy Stonehill, Tom Howard, Fireworks, Bob Laurent and September.
(Daniel Amos at the Agape Festival. Photo courtesy of Curt Borders)
April 21, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Eureka Springs, AR.
April 22, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Ottawa, KS.
April 23, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Bucklin, KS.
April 24, 1980
- Larry Norman writes a letter to Daniel Amos releasing them from their management contract.
April 25, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Denver, CO.
April 26, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the National Entertainment and Campus Activities Association Convention in Grand Junction, CO.
April 28, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Grand Junction, CO.
Randy Stonehill: "Ah, the Surf Set! Mid-concert during the Amos and Randy Tour, we'd quickly put swim trunks and Hawaiian shirts on over our stage clothes and do a fun little tribute to our 'rock 'n' roll roots.' The last song of the mini set was 'You Really Got Me' by the Kinks and we'd throw our sunglasses into the audience every night. Some of the most fun I've ever had on stage!"
May 1980
- DA finishes their tour and returns to California to find a letter waiting from Larry Norman, stating that he had released them from their management contract
with StreetLevel. California Civil Law states that it is illegal for the same company to receive compensation for booking and management of an artist.
- StreetLevel Artist Agency (with Phil Mangano) splits off from StreetLevel Productions.
May 9, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Sacramento, CA.
May 10, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Jenson Park in Chico, CA at 7:00 p.m.
May 14, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Club 88 in Los Angeles, CA. The popular LA club was home to shows by The Plimsouls, The Smithereens, and many others.
May 18, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at LA's historic rock Madame Wong's in China Town. The club regularly featured a who's who of rock and roll in the early 80s including The Knack, The Police, Fishbone, The Go-Go's, Oingo Boingo, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Ramones and others.
Each time DA performed at Madame Wongs, the shows were actually recorded professionally by Mark Heard using his mobile recording rig. Unfortunately for us all, these tapes remain missing to this day.
May 30, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Modesto, CA.
May 31, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Sacramento, CA. for Warehouse Ministries.
June 1, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Gazarries on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, CA. The famous club was the home to shows by The Byrds, Tina Turner, Sonny and Cher, Buffalo Springfield, The Doors,
- Randy Stonehill's The Sky is Falling is released on Solid Rock Records - three years after it was recorded. Alex MacDougall played percussion and drums on the album.
June 3, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the Blue Lagoon Saloon in Los Angeles, CA.
June 7, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Downey, CA.
- It was likelely prior to this show that DA records the backing tracks for two new demos - a second version of Chamberlain's "Cinema Girl," which had previously been recorded for the 10 Biggies collection in 1978, and one brand new song "Endless Summer," which would not be professionally recorded in the studio until later this year during the Alarma! sessions. The vocal tracks were recorded summer of 1980 at Rebel Base Studios.
June 9, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the Bla Bla Café in Studio City, CA.
June 16, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the historic rock club Madame Wong's in West Los Angeles, CA.
June 17, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Sweet Water in Los Angeles, CA.
- A fairly 'spirited' two hour meeting takes place between at Solid Rock between Larry Norman, the Solid Rock artists and SR Business Manager Philip Mangano. Questions were raised about album delays, contracts, royalties and publishing rights and other issues happening behind the scenes with Solid Rock. While these conversations had been going on for some time, this meeting was intended to bring much of it to a conclusion.
Tom Howard: "We were headed into a perfect storm from the tail end of the '70s... Some of the fissures that started occurring just for me personally was that these guys started showing up that Larry brought in as new artists and they didn't have any particular spiritual, artistic or emotional connection with what Solid Rock was doing. I didn't understand why they were even in the mix. Not that anyone was guarding their turf but it almost felt like, 'What is really going on here?!' All of a sudden the Solid Rock we knew and loved was being compromised in a very new business model that was coming in and I don't think anybody really understood what that was all about. Poor Daniel Amos were kind of caught in that morass and their album was put on hold. Daniel Amos and Terry Taylor in particular, came in late in the game but there is a case for instance where they felt like a hand in glove; they felt exactly like they should be there at every level - emotionally, the social, the artistic level. But because all these other ancillary artists were all of a sudden swarming around there and Larry had brought them in, the darkest reading of that is that the more artists he was bringing at that time the more record budgets he could wrestle out of Word. Honestly, I don't know what the whole intention was but it felt like all of a sudden something was being stirred which shouldn't have been; that's just what it felt like."
June 29, 1980
- Daniel Amos returns to Chinatown's historic rock club Madame Wong's in Los Angeles, CA.
July 1980
- Word radio promo man "Dangerous Dan" Hickling releases the 10" Horrendous Disc ep to radio stations, with Blue and White swirled vinyl. Side one (33 1/3
rpm) features "I Believe In You," "Hound of Heaven" and "Horrendous Disc." Side Two (78 rpm) has the flying saucer sounds, and "On The Line."
Despite rumors that there is an alternate version of the EP (people that claim to have seen one, or have a friend that has one), we have personally never seen evidence that it exists. Solid Rock also tells us that there's only the one version.
Summer 1980
- DA spends time at Rebel Base recording vocal tracks for two demos that had been started back in early June at Calvary Chapel - a second version of Chamberlain's "Cinema Girl," which had previously been recorded for the 10 Biggies collection in 1978, and one brand new song "Endless Summer." A third song that exists on the same four-track tape is "Laissez-faire," which was also likely recorded at this time.
July 12, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, CA.
July 17, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Club 88 in Los Angeles, CA. The popular LA club was home to shows by The Plimsouls, The Smithereens, and many others.
July 19, 1980
(Daniel Amos in Oceanside, CA, July 1980. Photo courtesy of Duane Matsen)
- Daniel Amos performs in Oceanside, CA.
July 24, 1980
(Photos taken in Concord, CA, courtesy of Karl Swenson)
- Daniel Amos performs at the Concord Pavillion in Concord, CA. at. The show's lineup was Chuck Girard, Resurrection Band, DA, and Servant.
August 11, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs once again at the historic rock club Madame Wong's West in Los Angeles, CA.
Set List: I Love You #19, Endless Summer, So Certain, Tonight, Cinema Girl, Flying Saucer (UFO), Surfin USA, Surfer Joe, The Bird Is The Word, Wipe Out, (Near Sighted Girl with Approaching) Tidal Wave, Talk, On The Line
August 14, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Holland at the Kamperland Music Festival.
August 15, 1980
(Kamperland Photos courtesy of Mike Killeen)
- Daniel Amos performs in Holland at the Kamperland Music Festival, with Larry Norman and the Sam Scott Band. Due to illness, Terry had to miss the performance. Larry Norman filled in on lead vocals for DA.
August 23, 1980
(Ed McTaggert and Alex MacDougall at Greenbelt and Alex, Tom Howard and Beau MacDougall backstage at Greenbelt.
Photos courtesy of Marty Dieckmeyer)
- Daniel Amos performs in England at the Greenbelt Festival.
Set List: So Certain, Endless Summer, Sky King (Out Across the Sky), Surf Suite: Sufin USA, Wipeout, (Near Sighted Girl with Approaching) Tidal Wave, Alarma!, Happily Married Man, I Love You #19, Hound of Heaven, I Love You #19 reprise, Laissez-faire, Never Leave You, Twilight Love (source: Jerry Chamberlain Cassette labelled as Greenbelt 1980)
- Trivia: A 15-year old Stuart Garrard (aka Stu G of the band Delirious?), attended the show and became determined to play in a Christian band after attending the Greenbelt performance.
- The band arranged for a free performance for all the hotel workers and townsfolk friends in Bedford, England. The gathering quickly outgrew the hotel where they were staying, so they moved it to the largest public place they could find on short notice--the local pub.
(Ed's View at Greenbelt. Photos courtesy of Marty Dieckmeyer)
Late 1980
- Due to the Horrendous Disc delays, the band was struggling financially. Two members - Mark Cook and Alex MacDougall - left the group to pursue other
Godly and financially supportive endeavors. Mark became a Youth Pastor in the San Diego area, and Alex started working for Ministry Resource Center and
would continue to work with the band off and on. (Source: CCM Magazine March 1981 "Whatever Happened To Horrendous Disc?")
Terry: "We still love those guys, and continue to have relationships; I saw Mark a few years ago, he's a pastor in Virginia, and I still do projects
for Alex at Maranatha! Music." (Source: Brian Quincy Newcomb in "The HRS-Terry Taylor Interview Part Two")
Street Level (Dan Russell, Holly Benyousky and Ray Ware): "We have watched the band members and their families struggle through the increasingly difficult financial pressure, while waiting for an album to be released that they had completed more than a year ago!"
Fall 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Dartmouth, MA.
Set List: So Certain, Endless Summer, Sky King (Out Across the Sky), Happily Married Man, Peter Gunn Jam, Surf Suite: Surfin USA, Wipe Out, (Near Sighted Girl with Approaching) Tidal Wave), Love Has Open Arms, I Love You #19, Hound of Heaven, Laissez-faire, Never Leave You, On The Line, I Love You #19 (Reprise), Bad Boy (Larry Williams)
- Demos were recorded for the band's next album. Among them were "Little Things",
"As Long As I Live" (also recorded as a demo earlier in February 1979) and
"Off My Mind" (all three, with Ojo Taylor on keyboards),
"My Room",
"No Spaceship", and
"Out of Town,"
"Faces To The Window",
"Only One",
"Hit Them",
"Walls of Doubt",
"Through The Speakers",
"Colored By",
"Central Theme".
Terry: "That was complicated too, because we were in a contract with Larry (Norman). Basically, our hands were tied. Here's this creative band chomping at the bit, ready to keep going, to make records and tour, to keep writing songs, and Horrendous Disc was just holding it all up. It was so frustrating it could bring tears to your eyes... we were struggling financially, it was a very, very tough time. And most record companies didn't want to deal with us, because we still had the cloud over us of these contracts with Norman, and still an unreleased album."
September 11, 1980
- Daniel Amos and Andy Pratt perform at R.I. College in Providence, RI.
September 12, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Gordon College in Wenham, MA at 7:00 p.m. A second performance took place at 10:00 p.m.
September 13, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Bangor, ME.
September 14, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Augusta, ME.
September 15, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in So. Yarmouth, MA.
- Future DA Keyboardist Rob Watson records a demo entitled "Relaxing in Camarillo" with his band Tamarack. Watson also cowrote music on the demo.
September 16, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Mt. Wachusett, MA.
September 17, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Buffalo, NY.
September 18, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Houghton High School in Houhton, NY.
September 19, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Houghton College in Houhton, NY.
September 20, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Rochester, NY.
September 24, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT.
September 27, 1980
- Billboard Magazine runs a short article about "Christian Rock" becoming more popular and finding its way into more stores and radio programs. The article mentions a few artists as an example, including Sweet Comfort, Degarmo & Key, Darrell Mansfield and Daniel Amos.
September 29, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Cumberland College in Williamsberg, KY.
September 30, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the Smith High School Auditorium in Greensboro, NC at 8:00 p.m.
October 1, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Buies, NC.
- Salvation Air Force releases Prayer Warriors on Parade which included Alex MacDougall playing deums on the song "At The Border."
October 6, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at the historic rock club Madame Wong's in West Los Angeles, CA. The show was recorded by Larry Norman which can be found in the above release.
Set List: So Certain, Endless Summer, Alarma!, Surfin USA, Wipe Out, (Near Sighted Girl with Approaching) Tidal Wave, Flying Saucer / UFO, Laissez-faire, Name-That-Drum Contest, I Love You #19, Hound of Heaven, Twilight Love
October 14, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Woodland Hills, CA.
October 15, 1980
- Jerry Chamberlain marries Sharon McCall. Sharon occasionally sang with the Scratch Band, a band from Sacramento that eventually evolved into the 77s.
October 17, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Nazarene Church in Pasadena, CA.
October 20, 1980
- Terry and Debi's son Andrew is born.
November 3, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, CA.
November 7-21, 1980
- Daniel Amos goes on tour. (Can you help us fill in information for these dates?).
(DA Button)
December 1980
- Word Records Vice President Stan Moser informs CCM Magazine of the current status of DA's long-delayed Horrendous Disc. Moser indicated that Norman still had the legal rights and physical control of the Daniel Amos record.
Stan: "Well, here's what we've got. What we have in our warehouse right now is, I believe, 25,000 jackets with the wrong songs listed on the back. And we have 10,000 8-tracks and cassettes of finished product that have only nine songs and I think there are ten songs that are supposed to be on the final album. So we've had those in our warehouse for about 90 days. Once we reached that stage, we realized that something was wrong somewhere. And then Larry informed us that the 8-tracks and cassettes were pressed from the wrong master tape, or created from the wrong master tape, and that he would furnish us with the finished master tape that would correspond, as I understand it, with the jackets we now have."
December 1980-January 1981
- DA begins recording tracks for their ¡Alarma! album at Whitefield Studios. Songs recorded at this time included "Central Theme,"
"??Alarma!,"
"Big Time/Big Deal,"
"Props,"
"My Room,"
"Faces to the Window,"
"Cloak and Dagger,"
"Colored By,"
"C&D Reprise,"
"Through the Speakers,"
"Hit Them,"
"Baby Game,"
"Shedding the Mortal Coil,"
"Endless Summer,"
"Walls of Doubt," and
"Ghost of the Heart."
"Central Theme" was recorded with 22 tracks - the first eleven tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of rhythm guitar, two tracks of lead guitar, one track of Omni synthesizer, and six tracks of lead and harmony vocals.
"Endless Summer" was recorded with 21 tracks - the first ten tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of lead guitar, two tracks of lead guitar solo, one track of synthesizer, two tracks of lead vocals, and three more tracks of various vocal parts.
"Hit Them (With Love)" was recorded with 21 tracks - the first ten tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of lead guitar, two tracks for lead guitar solo, one track of rhythm guitar, one track of synthesizer, two tracks of lead vocals, and three tracks of various vocal parts.
"Walls of Doubt" was recorded with 20 tracks - the first ten tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of lead guitar, two tracks for the lead solo, two tracks of rhythm guitar, one track of acoustic guitar, and three tracks of lead vocals.
"Alarma1" was recorded with 23 tracks - the first nine tracks are drums and bass. There are then four tracks of lead guitar, two tracks for the lead solo, one track of rhythm guitar, one track of Omni Synthesizer, one track of Mono Rhodes, two tracks of lead vocals, and three tracks of BGVs.
"Ghost of the Heart" was recorded with 16 tracks - the first nine tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of lead guitar, one track of rhythm guitar, three tracks of BGVs, and two tracks of lead vocals.
"Through the Speakers" was recorded with 19 tracks - the first nine tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of lead guitar, one track of rhythm guitar, one track of synthesizer, one track of B3 organ, one track of lead vocals, and four tracks of BGVs.
"Baby Game" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first eight tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of lead guitar, one track of rhythm guitar, two tracks for the solo and keyboards, two tracks of hand-claps, one track of B3 organ, four tracks of vocals and various overdubs, and two tracks for lead vocals.
"Big Time Big Deal" was recorded with 21 tracks - the first eight tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of lead guitar, one track of rhythm guitar, one track of rhythm guitar "chucka chuckas," one track of Synthesizer, one track of Synthesizer harpsicord, four tracks of BGVs, two tracks of lead vocals and one "talk track."
"Colored By" was recorded with 22 tracks - the first ten tracks are drums and bass. There are then three tracks of rhythm guitar, one track of lead guitar, one track of percussion, and shakers, another track of percussion, one track of tambourine, one track of bongos and conga drums, one track of floor toms and log drums, and two tracks of lead vocals.
"Faces to the Window" was recorded with 17 tracks - the first nine tracks are drums and bass. There is then one track of lead guitar, one track of rhythm guitar, one track of percussion, three tracks of BGVs, and two tracks of lead vocals.
"My Room" was recorded with 22 tracks - the first eight tracks are drums and bass. There is then one track of percussion fro the intro, two tracks of lead guitar, two tracks of rhythm guitar, two tracks of guitar "Chucka Chuckas," one track of percussion, one track of conga drums, one track for bass synthesizer, one track for trebble synthesizer, one track of harmony vocals, and two tracks of lead vocals.
C & D Reprise was recorded with one track of synthesizer.
"Cloak and Dagger" was recorded with 18 tracks - the first eight tracks are drums and bass. There are then two tracks of lead guitar, one track of rhythm guitar, one track of harmonica, two tracks of shakers, one track synthesizer, and three tracks of vocals.
"Props" was recorded with 20 tracks - the first five tracks are drums. There are then two tracks of acoustic guitar, one track of shoes, ten tracks of BGVs, and two tracks of lead vocals and whistles.
"Shedding the Mortal Coil" was recorded with 20 tracks - the first nine tracks are drums and bass. There is then one track of rhythm guitar, six tracks of lead guitar, and six tracks of lead vocals.
- At one point during the ¡Alarma! Sessions, studio engineer Derri Daugherty accidentally bulk erases everything except the bass guitar track on a song being produced for the album.
December 8, 1980
- Former Beatle John Lennon is shot and killed by a disturbed fan in New York. DA learns of the tragedy while working in the studio on their ¡Alarma! album.
(Terry touches on this tragedy in his article "Here I Am... There You Are ("Imagine No John Lennon")"
Terry: "'John Lennon was shot... He's dead.' Our recording engineer's face was an ashen mask of shock and grief, and his pronouncement was in effect a kind of gasp, as if someone had just punched him in the stomach. He had to repeat it twice. The ebullient mood and hubbub of joyful creative activity inside the control room at Whitefield Studios halted with an abruptness only a sudden and stunning kick to the heart could have produced. We were shell-shocked into a brief moment of utter silence in which the wind seemed to be both sucked out of the room and out of our souls at the same stunning instant. This was immediately followed by a sudden rushing squall of tearful protests and turbulent flurry of demands for details, as if filling in the blanks would somehow bring comfort."
December 12, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Napa, CA.
December 13, 1980
- Daniel Amos performs in Sacramento, CA. for Warehouse Ministries.
December 29, 1980
- Newpax Records owner Gary S. Paxton survives an attempted assassination attempt. Two men arrived at Paxton's home requesting help with their automobile. Paxton later reported that God had told him something was wrong and placed a pistol in his pocket prior to going outside to help the men. Once Paxton got into his van to drive the two men back to their car, the men began to attack him. Paxton's collarbone and shoulder were broken and his right eye was split open. One of the men then shot Paxton in the hand. Paxton was able to struggle with the man holding the gun, turning it back on himself and shooting him with his own gun. Paxton, attempting to crawl away for help, was shot twice more in the back. Neighbors heard the gunshots and summoned the police who arrested the wounded attacker.
Paxton was rushed to the hospital where he reportedly died twice on the operating table.
Gary Paxton: "I died twice in the operating room. But God sent me back. I'm here because Jesus forgives, so I forgave."
It later turned out that the two men had been hired by Vern Gosdin, a country singer for whom Paxton had written a string of hits for in the past, and now wanted out of his contract.
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