Category Archives: Listen

November 11, 2009

JOYOUS CELEBRATION, THE

People Get Together (Listen LP LF2002) 1973? People Get Together is the group’s one album that stands way out above the rest. With more of a guitar focus than their other lps, the album should have greater appeal to the … Continue reading →

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October 29, 2009

JOYOUS CELEBRATION, THE

Preserves (Listen no #) 1972? Preserves funneled more bucks into the production, thereby broadening their folky style to also reach into light rock/MOR. By this time they were also writing more of their own songs. I know most collectors don’t … Continue reading →

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September 2, 2009

JOYOUS CELEBRATION, The

No Substitute (Listen/Praise PRS 356) 1977 Kathy Herivel joined the band for No Substitute. More mellow pop, MOR, contemporary gospel and ballads with electric piano, strings, horns and happy male/female harmonies, most of it fluffy and bland, but aided by … Continue reading →

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