A Singing Americans Question
August 15, 2008 6 Comments
The album pictured to the right was the first Singing Americans album after Mike English and Rick Strickland left the group and were replaced by Clayton Inman and Phil Barker, respectively. However, when listening to “God Is Greater” from this album, the tenor sounds very much like Strickland, with the exception of the solo tenor line “God is higher” which is obviously Barker. I know Clayton Inman and Strickland were in the group together for a while, as they are the members in the concept video for “Welcome to Heaven” which is available on youtube. (Volscot, a commenter here occasionally, has the video, maybe he can provide the link for us!) Is this another case of a personnel change in the midst of recording an album and leaving some of the previous member’s vocals intact, or is it Barker all the way through the song, and he just happens to sound a lot like Strickland on this cut?
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Here is the YouTube link to the video:
Thanks for the link Nate!
I asked Rick Strickland about it several years ago because I thought it was quite obviously his voice that I was hearing on the recording. He said that he had completed the vocals for “Hearts of Praise, Songs of Majesty ” before he left the Singing Americans. He told me they kept his vocals on the group parts and had Phil re-record just the solos and pick-ups.
Good ears, Wes.
Sorry for jumping ahead of you volscot. I really enjoy the videos you have uploaded.
Also. if you listen to the song “Lamb Of GLory”, Mike Lefevre is singing on it. He told me once that Ed Hill had taken a sick leave prior to recording that lp. Mike had taken his place for several months. When Ed returned the lp had already been done. Mike’s vocal was left on the recording, although he doesen’t seem to be given any credit for on the liner notes.
Derek,
You may want to give this website a try.
http://www.gemm.com
They tend to have a pretty decent selection of vintage recordings.
question on your ezk cd who is singing the high vocal high demo.im looking for the song with out words. i have her singing it but would like the song with out words.if u can help me that would be nice.
ty joe