Divine Vinyl IX: God's Power, Talking Trees & Little Evelyn
posted by marc at 12/30/2005 12:01:00 AM
Friday, December 30, 2005
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- Name: marc heinrich
- Location: minnetonka, mn
musician, songwriter, worship leader, beggar
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Take Your Pick VIII: To Blog or Not To Blog?
You Supply the Caption XIV
Gone But Not Forgotten VIII: Chief White Feather
Gotcha Covered
Book Roundup X: Cryptotheology
Incarnation: God Becomes Man
A Merry Xmas
Separated At Birth XII
Christmas Bonus: You Supply the Caption
Divine Vinyl VIII: Pip Pip & The Student Nurses
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21 Pleas:
Mike Crain looks like Mike Myers with bad hair.
The Gospel Rhythmaires look lie they borrowed the album art from the Jehovah's Witnesses or Jack Chick.
And more ventriloquists?
And the "In Quartet one shows creative use of mannequins for an album cover.
PLEASE tell me that you photo-shopped the hair on the woman on the left of The Singing Rickey Family!!
ventriloquits on vinyl - hysterical, like anybody could tell her lips weren't moving!
the 'let me touch him' made coffee come right out my nose! good thing it was the cold stuff at the bottom of the mug!
I agree - THere is a definitive seperated at birth situation between Mike Crain and Mike Myers!
I am still in awe over the capacity Marc has, not only for finding creepy ventriloquist doll albums - but to find them in the Christian/Spiritual genre! Who would have guessed there could be such a market?
Christian Store Sales Clerk: Can I help you sir?
Customer: Um, yeah. I was perusing through your Christian country albums, your Christian alternative Jazz fusion albums etc. I was wondering where you Christian ventriloquist albums are?
Here's a sad social commentary: the 35 year dope addict convict actually looks more likeable and approachable in his prison stripes than in his 'preacher garb.' Wonder if that's how Christians come across to the world, and preachers in general: a bit less likeable than a hardened convict.
Oh, yeah, and what's with the hair on the Rickey woman? I have an idea where George Lucas gets some of his inspiration for the Catina scene.
Another seperated at birth: Pa Richey and Benny Hinn? Perhaps it's just the white suit.
Speaking of suits, where can I get one like Jerry Irby's?
Wasn't every Christian home required to have at least one Merrill Womach record? I think those were standard issue in the '70s.
It's amazing how diverse the Christian music scene has been over the years. Ex-cons, former dope addicts, burn victims, singing midgets, talking wooden dummies, quadriplegic artists, the list goes on.
As for the "Karatist Preacher"...well, I'm still trying to figure out how that makes for a compelling auditory experience.
Oh that was a good laugh. I'm glad I wasn't trying to drink when I saw 'Let me touch him'. And 'Trees talk too'?! Well I'm away now to walk the dog so I'll have to be more open to conversing with them. But no - if trees could talk they'd have told the dummy Ricky not to wear pink with red.
I remember being really freaked out by a Merrill Womack film at church in the 70s (I was probably about 10). Now here are 4 of him looking at me from this album! Thanks for the memory, Marc! ;)
Terry Stauffer
1. The 'excitement' of the King's Messengers increases as you move to the right side of the album cover.
2. It's creepy enough to have 4 Merrill Womacks on the cover, but then 3 of them look like they are excluding the 4th.
3. It looks like Mike Crain's album is a sermon interspersed with "HI-YA's" and bits of wood and brick falling to the floor to as sermon illustrations. Sounds like a lively record.
4. Do you think Jerry Irby picked up the phone and dialed, or did the phone interupt him while he was playing? I wonder if he is on hold? ;-D
Marc - I'm amazed at your ability to dig up enough of these campy album covers for 9 'Devine Vinyl' posts! I'm looking forward to number 10!
i think i like the "i'll never be afraid" album -- with the nuclear holocaust graphic next to the rocky mountains with the subliminal jesus towering over the mamas and papas plus 1. think of the hours it tooks them to get that effect without photoshop. AND it probably would have been a good idea to get someone to proofread the album cover ... if it was suppose to be rhythm. Gospel singers were never suppose to spell correctly.
marc ... very good collection.
Geraldine (& Ricky), or better known as the Bride of Chucky, sings Jesus songs.
One of the "Rythm-Aires" must have been closely related to a semi-talented high school art student. Perhaps same student did less well in spelling.
So many questions... Why is the hotline to heaven pink? Why is the karatist preacher talking about God's power when he's clearly using his own in that picture? Isn't it a bit suspicious that the Gospel Rhythm-aires knew that the city was going to blow up? And is it true that Ricky of Geraldine and Ricky had a sucessful solo career?
I can only hope these themes are elaborated upon in the sleeve notes.
Merill Womak came to my church when I was a kid. On good Sundays, we'd hear the "dry bones" song blasting through the house before church. On bad days, we'd hear the horn blaring in the car for us all to scurry out of the house.
Needless to say, I have a warm spot in my heart for Merill.
my final thought on this collection of vinyl ... why should the devil have all the good music when we have this ....
papa g
"Let me touch him"? You sure that wasn't the name of an album by four priests in the Diocese of Boston?
As always, you have some real winners here! As for Little Evelyn, I'm not touchin' that one! If I did I might throw my back out or something!!
I thought human cloning was banned. Who decided to clone Merrill Womack?
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