Search - Randy Stonehill :: Paradise Sky

Great tracks, a worthy cause for re-release

DKDC | Washington, DC USA | 01/04/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Paradise Sky: A Tribute to Larry Norman CD"

(info from christianbookdotcom)



Supposedly Bryan Duncan owns Red Road Records - but there is no website. Maybe this is Randy helping raise money for Larry Norman's family with the old tracks Randy did with Larry?



Most of this collection of MP3s is originally from three of Randy's early (Larry Norman produced) albums. Included is a version of "Even the Best of Friends" which Larry did not produce - but I believe the song is about Larry.



These are re-recorded versions. The entire original albums would be a better purchase. But, these are well done.



From the Infinity Music website:



"In 1976 Randy Stonehill released one of the most influential albums ever in the emerging Jesus Movement entitled WELCOME TO PARADISE. Produced by Larry Norman on Solid Rock Records, it quickly became the standard by which all other Christian rock music was compared. Four years later, Stonehill released his much anticipated encore project with Norman entitled THE SKY IS FALLING.



Flash forward to the year 2008 and the unprecedented release of PARADISE SKY - that has Randy Stonehill and co-producer Mike Pachelli recreating the songs from these two seminal albums of the late 70's in light of three decades of musical knowledge and experience. PARADISE SKY features songs such as "King Of Hearts", "Keep Me Runnin'" and "Norman's Kitchen" along with e



"PARADISE SKY is the album that best defines my past and present", states Randy Stonehill. " It is a full blown studio recording of those songs that started my career and became a musical backdrop for the Jesus Movement of the seventies."



The songs from PARADISE SKY are featured as the soundtrack to the forthcoming film documentary about Larry Norman entitled Fallen Angel. Directed by David Di Sabatino who states " Randy Stonehill had a front row seat to the life of Larry Norman and these songs that were created at this historical crossroads continue to resonate with the passion and fervor of that time."



Format: Audio CD

Release Date: 12/30/08

Label: Infinity Music

(search for Infinity Music website to hear a sample)

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Rockin' Randy Stonehill

Mark Ebert | Lancaster OH | 01/07/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Randy Stonehill rocks on this new release. This album features eleven fresh studio recordings of some of Randy's best known songs from his early years.



The album serves as a soundtrack for the upcoming motion picture, FALLEN ANGEL, which examines the faith and friendship of Larry Norman and Randy Stonehill as they were apart of the Jesus People Movement that led to Jesus Music which is known today as Contemporary Christian Music (CCM).



If you're not familiar with Randy's music this is an excellent introduction, but certainly not exhaustive. His new songs are just as fresh and original and have a spiritual depth these songs only begin to reach.



It's becoming en vogue to re-record your standards, but Stonehill takes them all to a new level, musically and sometimes lyrically.



God has used Randy's music ministry in the lives of many people. While he has enjoyed unapparalled success on Christian radio, and was nominated for a Grammy in 1985 for his "I Could Never Say Goodbye" duet with Amy Grant, Randy's goal has always been to abandon his agenda and follow Jesus."