''The Wild Frontier'' is an album by
Randy Stonehill
Randall Evan Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American singer and songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian music. His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but ...
, released in 1986 on
Myrrh Records
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Myrrh Records (also known as Myrrh Worship) was an American Christian music record label.
According to ''Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music'', the label was instrumental in developing a popular following for contemporary Christian ...
.
Track listing
All songs written by Randy Stonehill and Dave Perkins except where noted.
Side one
# "The Wild Frontier" (Stonehill) – 4:07
# "Here Come the Big Guitars" – 3:41
# "The Dying Breed" – 4:15
# "Words on the Wind" – 5:44
# "What's My Line" – 3:47
Side two
# "What Do You Want from Life" (Stonehill) – 3:48
# "
Get Together" (
Chet Powers
Chester William Powers, Jr. (October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, and under the stage names Dino Valenti or Dino Valente, one of the lead singers of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. As a songwri ...
) – 3:50
# "Defender" – 3:01
# "Evangeline" (Stonehill) – 5:38
# "The Hope of Glory" (Stonehill) – 4:48
Personnel
* Randy Stonehill – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars
*
Reese "Mr. B-3" Wynans – keyboards
*
Tom Howard – synthesizers, brass arrangements (10)
*
Rob Watson – synthesizers
* Dave Perkins – synthesizers, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
* Peter Robb – programming
*
Jerry Chamberlain
Jerry Chamberlain is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and the Swirling Eddies (credited as "Spot").
In late 1974, Chamberlain was asked to join Jubal's Last Band, ...
– electric guitars, backing vocals
* Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
*
Rick Cua
Rick Cua (born December 3, 1948) is an American Christian rock singer, songwriter, bassist, author and ordained minister. He is a former member of the Southern rock band, Outlaws, whom he joined in 1980, but left in 1983 to pursue a full-time ca ...
– bass guitar
*
Mike Mead
Mike Mead is an American drummer, working from the mid-1980s to the mid 2000s with artists in the Christian rock and Contemporary Christian music (CCM) genres.
Mead's first credit is on Rick Cua's 1985 CCM album ''You're My Road''. In addition ...
– drums
*
Keith Edwards – percussion
*
Alex MacDougall
Alex MacDougall is an American record producer, and percussionist. MacDougall is best known for being a member of the Christian rock band Daniel Amos in the late-1970s in addition to his production and recording session credits. He was also a memb ...
– percussion
* John Lunden – horn contractor (10)
*
Peter Case
Peter Case (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His career is wide-ranging, from rock n' roll and blues, to folk rock and solo acoustic performance.
Biography
Early career
Case was born in Buffalo, New York a ...
– backing vocals
*
Gary Chapman – backing vocals
*
Chris Harris – backing vocals
*
Tonio K. – backing vocals
*
Peter Noone
Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone (born 5 November 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor. He was the lead singer "Herman" in the 1960s pop group Herman's Hermits.
Early life
Noone was born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, ...
– backing vocals
Production
* Ray Ware – executive producer
* Dave Perkins – producer, engineer, mixing
* David Schober – engineer, mixing
* Randy Stonehill – mixing
* Malcolm Harper – additional engineer
* Gene Ford – second engineer
* Matt Freeman – second engineer
* Dan Garcia – second engineer
* Jon Ingoldsby – second engineer
* Casey McMackin – second engineer
* Bob Salcedo – second engineer
*
Mama Jo's
Dave's Room, previously known as Mama Jo's Recording Studio, is a recording studio in North Hollywood, California.
History
Dave's Room was built in the late 1960s by producer, and engineer Freddie Piro. Originally called Mama Jo's, the studio wa ...
(North Hollywood, California) – mixing location
*
Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer.
He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...
– mastering at
Bernie Grundman Mastering
Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer.
He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...
(Hollywood, California)
* Roland Young – cover art direction, design
* Howard Rosenburg – cover photography
* Sandi Stonehill – wardrobe, make-up, hair stylist
References
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1986 albums
Wild Frontier, The