''Wonderama'' 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 1991 on

Myrrh Records __NOTOC__ 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 except as otherwise noted. # "Wonderama" (Stonehill, Terry Taylor) – 6:20 # "I Will Follow" (Stonehill, Taylor) – 3:00 # "Barbie Nation" (Stonehill, Taylor) – 4:57 # "Don't Be Sad" (Randy Stonehill, Angelo Natalie) – 4:15 # "Rachel Delevoryas" – 3:19 # "Intermission at the Wonderama" – 1:05 # "Great Big Stupid World" (Stonehill, Taylor) – 5:47 # "Sing in Portuguese" – 4:05 # "Mice & Men" – 3:13 # "The Lost Parade" – 4:14 # "Lantern in the Snow" (Stonehill, Taylor) – 4:36 # "Wonderama Postlude" (Stonehill, Taylor) – :42

Personnel

The Wonderama Band *

– lead vocals (1-5, 7-11), backing vocals (1-4, 7, 9, 11), lead guitar (1), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5, 7-11), guitars (3, 4, 12) * Rob Watson – keyboards (1, 4, 9, 11), calliope (1, 9, 12), music box (1), bells (1, 8),

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

(2, 8), ballroom piano (3), backing vocals (3), string arrangements and conductor (5, 6), acoustic piano (7, 9),

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

(7), horn arrangements and conductor (10),

celesta The celesta or celeste , also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five-octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box ( ...

(11) *

Rick Elias Richard Robert Elias (January 7, 1955 – April 2, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter based in Nashville. Elias is best known for being a founding member of Rich Mullins' A Ragamuffin Band, which recorded and toured from 1993 thr ...

– second acoustic guitar (1, 7, 9, 11), second guitars (2), backing vocals (2), lead guitar (3), acoustic guitar (4), electric guitar (4), Nashville tenor guitar (4), lead acoustic guitar (8), lead electric guitar (10), guitars (12) * Tim Chandler – bass (1, 3, 4, 7-12) * David Raven – drums (1-4, 7-12) Additional musicians * Jerry Waller –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

(1, 8, 12) *

Greg Flesch Greg Flesch (born 1960) is an American guitarist and musician, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Gene Pool). Flesch joined D.A. in 1984, just in time for the '' Vox Humana'' tour. Besid ...

– lead guitar (7), EBow (7) * Omar Domkus – stand-up bass (2) *

Burleigh Drummond Burleigh Drummond (born September 25, 1951) is an American drummer, percussionist, producer, songwriter, and singer. He is a founding member and the only drummer/percussionist for the five-time Grammy Award nominated band Ambrosia. He currentl ...

–

sleigh bells Sleigh Bells may refer to: * Sleigh bells, a type of bell which produces a distinctive 'jingle' sound, especially in large numbers. * Sleigh Bells (band) Sleigh Bells is an American musical duo based in Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2008 and ...

(1),

glockenspiel The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone. The glo ...

(1, 11), cymbal swells (1, 11), chimes (1),

kettle drums Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion instrument, percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a Membranophone, membrane called a drumhead, ...

(1, 2, 11),

shaker Shaker or Shakers may refer to: Religious groups * Shakers, a historically significant Christian sect * Indian Shakers, a smaller Christian denomination Objects and instruments * Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone * Cock ...

(1, 11), claves (2),

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

s (2), dream cymbals (4), percussion (7, 8, 10), Burleigh's Madhouse (7),

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

(9), second

snare SNARE proteins – " SNAP REceptor" – are a large protein family consisting of at least 24 members in yeasts, more than 60 members in mammalian cells, and some numbers in plants. The primary role of SNARE proteins is to mediate vesicle fu ...

(9), cowbell (9), bodhrán (10), snow bells (11) * Robert Martin – cello (1, 5, 6) * Dianne Ready – viola (5, 6) * Michelle Richards – violin (2) * Beth Falsom – violin (5, 6) * Terry Glenn – violin (5, 6) * Doug Webb – clay pipes (8, 11),

ocarina The ocarina is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from c ...

(8),

bass recorder A bass recorder is a wind instrument in Scientific pitch notation, F3 that belongs to the family of Recorder (musical instrument), recorders. The bass recorder plays an octave lower than the Alto recorder, alto or treble recorder. In the recor ...

(8), tenor ocarina (11) * The Salvation Army Horns, Los Angeles Chapter – horns (10) *

Terry Scott Taylor Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Camarillo Eddy). Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative m ...

– backing vocals (1, 11) * Janet McTaggart – Muse of hope (1, 10) * Linda Elias – backing vocals (2) * Riki Michele – backing vocals (2, 3, 4, 11) * Jerry Chamberlain – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9), lead guitar (9) * Sharon McCall – backing vocals (4, 7) Los Campesinos Mariachi Band – backing vocals on "Sing in Portuguese" * Steve Luevano * Steve Luevano Jr. * Hilario Gonzalez * Antonio Gonzalez Boy's Choir on "Lantern in the Snow" * Nolan McSparren * Preston Geeting * Abraham Handler

Production

* Mark Maxwell – executive producer * Ray Ware – executive producer * Terry Scott Taylor – producer * Gene Eugene – recording * Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc ( Hollywood, California) * Mixing Lab A,

Garden Grove, California Garden Grove is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States, located just southwest of Disneyland (located in Anaheim, CA). The population was 171,949 at the 2020 census. State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, ...

– recording location for basic track, percussion, backing vocals, keyboard * Neverland Studios, Cerritos, California – recording location for lead vocals, guitar, string, keyboard, woodwind, accordion * Mixing Lab B – recording location for background vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion) * MicroNote – recording location for horns, background vocals, strings * McCrummy Music – recording location for background vocals * Jerry and Sharon's Wax Lips Studio – pre–production demo recording location * Mixing Lab A – mixing location * Roz – art director * Court Patton – artwork and design * Tom Gulotta – artwork and design * Patton Bros. Design,

El Cajon, California El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the va ...

– artwork and design * Nick Nacca – photography * Linda Krikorian– photography

References

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