Larry Norman
Upon This Rock
(Solid Rock, 1969/2002)


 
 
Producer:  Hal Yoergler

Known Formats
CD – catalog # SRD-969, lyrics included - yes

Musicians
Larry Norman – vocals, piano, guitar
not listed

Songs
Disc 1
1. You Can't Take Away The Lord (2:09)
2. I Don't Believe In Miracles (3:10)
3. Moses In The Wilderness (3:12)
4. Walking Backwards Down The Stairs (2:41)
5. Ha Ha World (3:23)
6. Sweet Song Of Salvation (3:50)
7. Forget Your Hexagram (2:23)
8. The Last Supper [piano and vocal] (3:15)
9. I Wish We'd All Been Ready (3:11)
10. Nothing Really Changes (3:15)
11. Postlude (2:14)

Bonus Tracks
12. You Can't Take Away The Lord [demo] (2:07)
13. Ha Ha World [demo] (3:28)
14. I Don't Believe In Miracles [demo] (3:34)
15. Nothing Really Changes [demo] (3:49)
16. The Day That A Child Appeared [demo] (2:31)
17. Country Church, Country People [demo] (4:42)

Total Time – 52:53
 

Disc 2 (Bonus Disc)

A. Powerline Interview With Music (1970)
1. [Introduction (Sweet Sweet Song Of Salvation)] (2:28)
2. [Sampler - "Nothing Really Changes"] (2:05)
3. [Larry's comments / one-minute break] (2:40)
4. [Sampler - "Ha Ha World"] (2:28)
5. [Larry's comments] (0:30)
6. [Sampler - "The Last Supper (orchestral version)"] (2:06)
7. [Larry's comments / one-minute break] (2:58)
8. [Sampler - "Forget Your Hexagram"] (2:00)
9. [Larry's comments / Powerline problem panel answer] (2:59)
10. [Sampler - "Walking Backwards Down The Stairs"] (2:22)
11. [Larry's comments / one-minute break] (2:06)
12. [Sampler - "You Can't Take Away The Lord"] (1:39)
13. [Larry's comments / closing advertisements / one-minute break] (2:28)

B. Lion's Breath Interview With Music (2001)
14. [Larry discusses "Strong Love, Strange Peace"] (0:49)
15. Strong Love, Strange Peace (3:37)
16. [Larry discusses "Lost Kids"] (1:25)
17. Lost Kids (Song For The Runaways) (1:55)
18. [Larry discusses "We All"] (1:06)
19. We All (The Crash Pad) (1:30)
20. [Larry discusses "The Prayer Meeting"] (2:07)
21. The Prayer Meeting (0:46)
22. [Larry discusses "I'm So Glad I Know You"] (3:04)
23. I'm So Glad I Know You (1:43)
24. [Larry discusses "Clean Lennon"] (1:49)
25. Clean Lennon (1:23)
26. [Larry discusses "Is God Dead"] (1:56)
27. Is God Dead (1:43)

C. Interview w/ Larry about recording in the early days
28. [interview part 1 - early studios] (2:32)
29. [interview part 2 - early recording process] (2:14)
30. [interview part 3 - early musicians' skills] (2:52)
31. [interview part 4 - early recording techniques] (4:57)
32. [interview part 5 - early recording creativity] (2:50)
33. [interview part 6 - rock music with an orchestra / union rules] (3:57)

Total Time – 73:04
 

Comments: Yet another limited edition reissue of this album, but this is definitely the easiest to obtain of all the CD releases to date.  Available to one and all from Solid Rock via internet.  I think this is supposed to be another 1000 copy pressing.  The bonus disc has 2 radio interviews and one other interview which is probably exclusive to this CD.  The first radio interview is a Powerline "interview" in 1970.  Larry explains in the booklet how radio interviews were conducted in those days (not face to face).  After each song sample, there's a segment where Larry gives a brief explanation of the song's meaning.  For the Lion's Breath interview conducted in 2001, which was a real, live interview, it's the opposite.  Larry discusses the song's context and meaning before the song is played on the following track.  All of those songs are from 3 plays which Larry wrote back in '68 and '69, most of which aren't Christian songs and need to be put in the context of the play.  The last 6 tracks are probably exclusive to this release.  It sounds like a continuation of the Lion's breath radio interview with the same person asking the questions, except the subject matter changes to reminiscing about the early days of recording (late 60s / early 70s).