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LP from Bloomington, Indiana gospel group The Majestics, released on Hillside Gospel Records.

The Majestics consisted of the Christy family - Barney, Brenda, Debby, Keith, and Ray. They released at least one other LP, Jesus Never Fails, also on Hillside Gospel.

Credits on the LP include Ray Christy on bass, Debby Christy on piano, Tony Farr on steel guitar, Horace Whidby on lead guitar, and Gene Lawson on drums. The LP was recorded at Hilltop Studio and was engineered by Jack Linneman.

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A1 Ai Se Os Meus Olhos Falassem
A2 Quem Acode A Mouraria
A3 Talism
A4 Pregao Da Rosalina
A5 Toneca E Marianela
B1 Dajanela Do Meu Quarto
B2 Nada Que Tu Es
B3 Fado Edgar
B4 Aquele Automovel
B5 Vida Fugas
B6 Variacoes Em Fa

1982 LP from jazz pianist Martha Young, released on Carnelian Records.

Martha Young was the niece of legendary jazz saxophonist Lester Young and of jazz drummer Lee Young. Martha Young started out playing in Los Angeles, backing players such as Dexter Gordon. She was also the house pianist at several clubs in the area. Martha was a popular pianist in the San Francisco jazz scene in the 1970s and 1980s.As far as I can tell, this is the only recording Martha Young ever made. This recording was captured live at Bajone's in San Francisco on August 9-10 1982. Accompanying Martha Young are several other popular jazz musicians in the San Francisco scene, including Haley White and James Leary on bass, and Eddie Marshall and Gaylord Birch on drums.

1961 LP from Tennessee gospel singer Lowell Mason, released on Crusade Records.

Lowell Mason was known as "The Singing Midget" due to his "unique stature". He lived all over throughout his life, turning up in Michigan, Tennessee, Missouri, and Oklahoma at various points. He released many LPs throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Lowell Mason passed away in 2023, but his website lowellmason.com is still active.

Bill Miller plays piano on this LP.

1975 LP from pedal steel player Jody McCauley, released on World Records.

LP by Pennsylvania gospel singer Vonnie McClure.

Country-Gospel LP from The McCormick Singers features Peggy O'Neal, released on Songs Of Faith Records.

The McCormick Singers are lead by "Pappy" Neal McCormick (1909-1998) and the lead singer of the group is his wife Peggy O'Neal. Other members of the band are Ray Kirkland on banjo and Jimmy Williams on guitar. most of the tracks on the LP were written by the band members.

Peggy & Neal released at least one LP under their own names, and the group recorded songs for many gospel compilation LPS released on labels like Gospel Time and Modern Sound.

The Country Music Hall Of Fame website has some information about Neal McCormick. He grew up in a sharecropper family in Mississippi and worked in radio and played guitar in some bands, including his own band The Hawaiian Troubadors. Hank Williams joined his band when he was a young man, and McCormick was also a member of Hank's Drifting Cowboys at one point. McCormick was also, apparently, the first musician to play an electrified instrument on WSM Radio - a pedal steel. There is a short video on "Pappy" Neal McCormick at encyclopediaofalabama.org.

LP from country musician Allen McCoy and his band the Innkeepers, released on Neron Records.

McCoy performed at the Do Drop Inn in Louisville, Kentucky at the time this LP was recorded. He also played at other bars around Louisville, including the Fifth Wheel Inn. He put out a few 45s over the years in addition to this LP, which is his only full-length release as far as I can tell. McCoy passed away in 2015.

The LP was produced by Howard Gosser.

LP from Kentucky country-gospel band The McCubbins Family, released on Superior Inc.

Haskell McCubbins started out singing gospel music with his brothers as The McCubbins Brothers Quartet. Eventually he formed the family band on this LP wit his wife and daughters. The McCubbins Family consists of Haskell, Annette, Jane Ann, Linnie Sherice, and Lucindy. They released seven albums during their music career, at least two of which (Forty Years Still Singing and Keep On Marching) can be heard on YouTube and apparently they hosted a gospel radio program for over twenty years.

The Haskell Family was inducted into the Kentucky State Gospel Singing Convention Hall of Fame in 2021.

Haskell passed away in 2021.

Track from Carolyn McDade's 1977 LP Under One Moon, released on Sonory Records.

From the Smith College Libraries website:

"Born June 19, 1935 to a Southern Baptist family, Carolyn McDade is a feminist, a writer of women's music, and self-described activist. She studied education at Louisiana Tech, where she received her BA in 1957. Once she married and had three daughters, she had to put music to the wayside. McDade picked it up again in 1970 by beginning a series of recording projects. Her song "Spirit of Life" remains popular in the Unitarian Universalist Church. She later began to lead religious workshops and retreats, including at Womancenter, which she co-founded in Massachusetts in 1983. The center closed in 1991 due to financial difficulties. Her activism in the 1980s included involvement with war tax resistance and the establishment of a refugee sanctuary at the Community Church in Boston. She has also been involved in the Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation, the National Assembly of Religious Women, and the Radical Women's Caucus of Unitarian Universalists."

LP from brother and sister singing duo Sharla and Tommy McNeely on Sounds of Life Records.

The McNeely siblings were from Mesquite, Texas. I believe this is their first LP - they released at least one other, titled We Two, also on Sounds of Life. This LP is frequently included on lists showcasing weird/bizarre/creepy album art.

Sharla passed away in 2024 and Tommy passed away in 2025.

Country gospel LP from Pound, Virginia group The Meade Family Quartet, released on Meade Records.

The group consists on Rev. George Meade, his wife Lillian Meade, Roger Meade, and Ralph Meade.

The LP was recorded by Bob Dingus for Meade Records.

From theladyorganist.com:

"A big-timer on US radio and TV in the 40s and 50s, at the height of her career she appeared on 5 radio shows and 5 TV shows weekly. Here she is on YouTube in Ken Griffin’s TV show 67 Melody Lane, in 1954 (I think), playing Flight of the Bumble Bee. The dialog is stilted, the scenario contrived, but Marjorie plays with charm and zip.

She was a child prodigy, with her first broadcast performance on the piano at age 7 – and appears to have been a consummate professional all her life, touring coast-to-coast as well as fitting in the TV and radio shows plus recordings and live gigs. She died at the age of 88 in 2009."

From Wikipedia:

"A calliope is an American and Canadian musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or, more recently, compressed air, through large whistles—originally locomotive whistles.

A calliope is typically very loud. Even some small calliopes are audible for miles. There is no way to vary tone or loudness. Musically, the only expression possible is the pitch, rhythm, and duration of the notes.

The steam calliope is also known as a steam organ (orgue à vapeur in Quebec) or steam piano (piano à vapeur in Quebec). The air-driven calliope is sometimes called a calliaphone, the name given to it by Norman Baker, but the "Calliaphone" name is registered by the Miner Company for instruments produced under the Tangley name."

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A1 William Tell Overture
A2 Prisms
A3 Jesus Loves Me
A4 Pizzicato Polka
A5 Eternal God Of Our Fathers
A6 Fantasy On "Hyferdol"
A7 Ring Joy
B1 Carol Of The Bells
B2 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
B3 Stille Nacht
B4 March Of The Kings
B5 I Give Myself To You
B6 Silver Bells

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A1 Little Children
A2 Put Your Finger In The Air
A3 On Top Of Spaghetti
A4 Hush Little Baby
B1 The Magic Penny
B2 The Lollipop Tree
B3 I Know An Old Lady
B4 Join In The Game

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A1 Look Homeward Angel
A2 Long Time Comin'
A3 What Made You Change Your Mind
A4 'Til I Hear It From You
A5 That Lucky Old Sun
A6 Sincerely
B1 This Old Heart
B2 Climb Every Mountain
B3 More Today Than Yesterday
B4 It's Almost Time
B5 Take Me Home
B6 Shangri-La

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A1 I Hear You Knockin'
A2 You Belong To Me
A3 Will You Love Me Tomorrow
A4 Medley: Rip It Up / Let The Good Times Roll / Rockin' Pneumonia / Your Mama Don't Dance
A5 You'll Never Walk Alone
B1 Turn Around Look At Me
B2 True Fine Mama
B3 Can't Help Falling In Love
B4 Medley: At The Hop / The Twist / Shake, Sherrie / Twist And Shout / Shout

Bluegrass band Montezuma's Revenge's 1976 LP First Run, self-released on Prune Records.

Monetzuma's Revenge was a self-described "bionic bluegrass" band based in California. They have an eclectic sound that blends bluegrass, country, blues, rock, and traditional folk sounds. This is a really fun record with some great picking as well!

1963 LP by flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya (1903-1993) released on RCA Victor.

1984 LP, recorded in 1959, from Missouri banjo player Harold Morrison, reissued on Old Homestead Records.

From Wikipedia:

"Harold Morrison (January 30, 1931 - December 21, 1993) was an American country music singer-songwriter and session musician. He played banjo, dobro, and guitar on albums with musicians such as Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells, The Wilburn Brothers, and Tammy Wynette. Throughout his musical career, Morrison was a cast member and recurring guest on multiple country music television shows, such as the Ozark Jubilee, the "Wilburn Brothers Show," and The Porter Wagoner Show."

This LP was originally released in the 1960s as part of a 6 LP box set released by Reader's Digest titled "Country & Western Music Jamboree". It was released as a standalone LP in 1984 by Old Homestead Records by Bob Ensign. Personnel on the LP include Mac Wiseman on guitar, Harold Morrison on banjo, Curly Seckler on mandolin, Benny Martin on fiddle, and Joe Zinkun on bass.

Album of a cappella gospel from The Mountain Anthems Ladies' Octet.

This group is based in Salisbury, Pennsylvania and they are from The Mountain View Mennonite Church. They released at least 9 LPs that I can find online, and the grup is still around today, regularly performing in the region and releasing CDs.. The Ladies' Octet has also performed with The Mountain Anthems Male Chorus on some releases under the name The Mountain Anthems Mixed Chorus.

On this LP, the members of the octet are Irene and Glenda Yoder (sisters), Marlene and Ruth Yoder (sisters), and Loretta, Delores, Vera, and Gloria Schrock (sisters). The LP was recorded by Larry Heatwole.

You can learn more about The Mountain Anthems on their website at https://www.mountainanthems.com/

The Music Makers were an a capella gospel singing group from Louisville, Kentucky. They were from the Newburg Church Of Christ. Members of the group included leader Jesse Murrah Jr, Marc Clemons (tenor), Patricia Livers (alto), George Moore (bass), Henry Livers (tenor), and H. Douglass (baritone).

In the 1980s members of The Music Makers, including Marc Clemons and Jesse Murrah Jr. formed up another a capella gospel group called Straight Company. They released an LP in 1983 called Glory Land Or Bust, and a few CDs in the 1990s, So Excited Acapella and Plugged In. It looks like they've continued releasing music, but I can't tell if any of the original members remain in the group. They have competed in many a capella singing competitions over the years and won many awards.Their YouTube channel is @officialstraightcompanymus8577 and their website is straightcompanymusic.com. There is an excellent music video on YouTube for their song "So Excited". If you're interested in 90s kitsch I highly recommend checking it out!

The LP was recorded at Fultz Recording Studio in Fairdale, Kentucky.

LP by Ohio gospel singer John Myers, released on Pinebrook Records.

I can't find any information about John Myers online. According to the liner notes he was raised in Cridersville, Ohio and started performing solo music when he was ten years old. It is unclear if he recorded any other music throughout his life.

The LP was produced and arranged by John Innes for Pinebrook Productions. Players on the LP include John Innes on piano, Chuck Nenneker on bass, Steve Hanna on drums, Rex Thomas on guitar, and LaDonna Dingledine on woodwinds.