''Welcome to Paradise'' 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 1976, on

Solid Rock Records Solid Rock Records is a record label started by Larry Norman. It was established in 1975 to distribute his work after he had been released by Capitol Records. Solid Rock had a distribution deal with Word Records until 1980. The label's roster ...

. The album was produced by

Larry Norman Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Christian rock music and released more than 100 albu ...

, with

Andy Johns Jeremy Andrew "Andy" Johns (20 May 1950 – 7 April 2013) was a British sound engineer and record producer who worked on several well-known rock albums, including the Rolling Stones' '' Exile on Main St.'' (1972), Television's '' Marquee Moon'' ...

doing the engineering. Stonehill, with producer

Mark Heard John Mark Heard III (December 16, 1951 – August 16, 1992) was an American record producer, folk rock singer and songwriter from Macon, Georgia. Heard released sixteen albums, and produced or performed with many artists, including: Sam P ...

, titled his 1989 album, '' Return to Paradise'', a reference to the title of this record. This album was listed at No. 13 in the 2001 book, ''CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music''. The album includes a rerecording of "Puppet Strings" from '' Get Me Out of Hollywood''.Barry Alfonso ''The Billboard guide to contemporary Christian music'' 2002- Page 248 "recording ''Get Me Out of Hollywood'' in London for Philips Records. With the exception of the apocalyptic "Puppet Strings," most of these songs are wistful musings about love ..."

Track listing

All songs written by Randy Stonehill. Side One: Paradise Lost (sorrow and sadness....) # "King of Hearts" – 4:53 # "Keep Me Runnin'" – 5:57 # "The Winner (High Card)" – 3:43 # "Lung Cancer" – 3:31 # "Puppet Strings" – 4:25 Side Two: Paradise Regained (....turn into gladness) # "First Prayer" – 3:08 # "I've Got News for You" – 3:49 # "Song for Sarah" – 3:28 # "Christmas Song for All Year 'Round" – 3:56 # "Good News" – 3:18

Personnel

* Randy Stonehill – vocals, acoustic guitars *

– pianos, electric guitars, harmony vocals * Jon Linn – lead guitars * Tim Ayers (The Mighty T-Bone) – bass guitar * Mark Walker – drums * Anthony Harris – charts and baton Production notes * Produced and Arranged by Larry Norman, a Solid Rock Studios Production. * Engineered by

* Co-Engineered by Tom Trefethen * Pre-Production recording at Solid Rock Recording Studios, 16trk/24trk at

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 ...

and

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. * Mastered at

Artisan Sound Recorders Artisan Sound Recorders was one of Southern California's premier disk mastering facilities. It was founded by Robert M. MacLeod Jr. in the 1960s, and acquired by Kent Duncan in 1979 when MacLeod retired. In the early 1990s, it was sold to Jon Lo ...

* Larry Norman – photography and album design * Joe Taylor – lettering

References

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