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Did the guys in DA have anything to do with this record company? Alot of people were on it in the 80's, just happens to have the same name as a DA album. Just curious as to DA's involvement with the record label...
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Joey T.
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that was just a division of frontline.....
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Lost Canine
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I remember it. Was it named after the Alarma Chronicles?
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Joey T.
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i'm sure.... audiori?
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dennis
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It seems like it had to have been named after the iAlarma! record.
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audiori
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The guy that started Frontline was the guy that used to be
Calvary Chapel's music leader (Jim Kempner) durring the whole
Daniel Amos, Sweet Comfort, Parable, etc. days.
He hired Terry to produce most of the Frontline releases,
and Ed did most of the artwork, and a few other people were
involved in that.
They had a distribution deal with Benson Music Group,
and released a ton of stuff durring the mid 80's with that
'super- production team'.
They all worked very long hours getting all those releases done.
Terry even wrote songs for some of the releases like D.O.X
and they used some older songs of his for things like
Wild Blue Yonder. Terry had a hand in the mixing and production
work of a large number of those releases.
The Alarma name (I am sure) being a sub-group of the Frontline
label, which Terry was a part of, being used was no coincidence.
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dennis
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Frontline/Alarma was the best Christian label ever. 
The industry has suffered from it's loss.
Frontline/Alarma was a lot like "Island Records" in the 80's. If it even looked cool, it was worth buying. If it looked cool, chances were that it was a great record. 
Those days are long gone!
I still say if I ever win the lotto, I am buying the label. 
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dennis
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think about it...
Scaterd Few, LSU, Jacob's Trouble...
Great bands and great records!
even Pat Nobody was kinda cool!
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audiori
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Ha! I forgot about him.
We liked the Crumbacher CDs, even though they might not
have been much of a 'live' band. The music was kinda cool.
"Tame The Volcano" was a pretty cool song.
Terry told us once he would love to have reissues done of a
lot of those bands where one disc would be the album and the
other disc would be the demo that band submitted to the label.
That would of been really interesting.
He talked about a lot of them were sort of 'discovered'
by Frontline, and therefore took quite a bit of work to get
them album ready, studio-wise. (Not all of them.)
Scaterd Few for example, as one that didn't need a lot of work,
I think Terry is still friends with Alan.
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mindgasket
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I thought Jacob's Trouble sucked.
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dennis
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I thought Jacob's Trouble sucked.
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First two CDs were great... the ones Terry produced...
after that they did suck!
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Jacob's Trouble "Door Into Summer" was really good I thought,
I liked "Knock, Breath Shine" .....
They started out sort of acoustic Beatles -ish and by the
end had morphed into the Monkeys.
by "Let the Truth Run Wild" they were the Christian Monkeys I think.
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Asherman
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Jacob's Trouble "Door Into Summer" was really good I thought,
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Well, the only reason why they didn't suck at the beginning is the simple fact that their original sound seemed Taylor-made. 
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Originally posted by audiori
Jacob's Trouble "Door Into Summer" was really good I thought,
I liked "Knock, Breath Shine" .....
They started out sort of acoustic Beatles -ish and by the
end had morphed into the Monkeys.
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I thought "...Truth..." was JT's worst outing. Their self-titled follow up was awesome though.
Jacob's Trouble is the only reason I gave DA a chance. I figured, if these guys are awesome, the bands they dig have to be awesome too.
On a side note, most of the final line up of JT is now in a "world music" styled band called Janah.
Janah's Website Check 'em out - they're unique. 
~ Vox
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Jerry Davison
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Take it from me. "Truth" WAS our (how do you say?) execrable outing. My least favorite to make as well as listen to. It was plagued with so many problems it had no choice but to suck.
I'm rather fond of ONFS but that was because of its intensely personal connection. And I think "You Scare The Hell Outta Me" is more worshipful than much of what passes for Praise & Worship these days. But, let's face it, any album recorded in a week is going to suck.
My biggest regret is that we didn't ask Terry to produce it. Nothing against Mark Heard but we had built a relationship with Terry and I don't think we fully explored what that could have produced musically. All of the other problems with that record seem to stem from the decision not to go with Terry.
Thanks to all of you who listened and supported us. And bollocks to the guy who said we sucked!
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dennis
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Originally posted by Jerry Davison
Take it from me. "Truth" WAS our (how do you say?) execrable outing. My least favorite to make as well as listen to. It was plagued with so many problems it had no choice but to suck.
I'm rather fond of ONFS but that was because of its intensely personal connection. And I think "You Scare The Hell Outta Me" is more worshipful than much of what passes for Praise & Worship these days. But, let's face it, any album recorded in a week is going to suck.
My biggest regret is that we didn't ask Terry to produce it. Nothing against Mark Heard but we had built a relationship with Terry and I don't think we fully explored what that could have produced musically. All of the other problems with that record seem to stem from the decision not to go with Terry.
Thanks to all of you who listened and supported us. And bollocks to the guy who said we sucked!
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Yeah... you weren't supposed to read this part of the board! 
I love the first two Jacob's Trouble records, and it seems you guys kind of lost your way after that... but than again who wants to make the same record over and over??
I was bummed out over the fact Terry did not produce that record too!
The great thing about Terry was, he helped you sound as good as you really were! No offense to Mark Heard either! He just did not make a record that was a good as Jacob's Trouble was!
(That's my way of saying "I'm sorry"
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Jacob's Trouble "Door Into Summer" was really good I thought,
then each release after that went progressively down hill.
I liked "Knock, Breath Shine" .....
They started out sort of acoustic Beatles -ish and by the
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agreed!
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audiori
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Aye. Mark Heard had some to do with the original sound as well.
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Asherman
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I'd love to see some re-issues from the Alarma label...
I'd also love to see Sir Stonehill's "Between The Glory and The Flame" on disc.
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audiori
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Oh yeah that and Equator. I wonder who owns those..
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Alarma Records
