Category Archives: New Wine
JIM STRATHDEE
House At The End Of The Road (New Wine NW303) 1972 Talented folksinger, songwriter, and guitar/piano player mildly reminiscent of Gordon Lightfoot. Home At The End Of The Road is his best album, featuring lots of nice jangly … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1972, House At The End Of The Road, JIM STRATHDEE, New Wine, NW303
JIM MANLEY
Take Off Your Shoes (New Wine NW-505) 1975 Quieter follow-up subtitled Earth Songs And Other Celebrations. Relaxed carefree songwriting covering topics like observations from atop a Ferris Wheel, putting pennies on a railroad track (“Lincoln’s face is long … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1975, JIM MANLEY, New Wine, NW-505, Take Off Your Shoes
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Winter Music Festival (New Wine NW808) 1979 An obvious companion piece to the same label’s Summer Music Festival. Once again it’s acoustic guitars and folk music in a live setting, including some of the same performers. Bruce Bell and Paul … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1979, DAVID YANTIS, JIM MANLEY, New Wine, NW808, VARIOUS, Winter Music Festival
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New Wine 2 (New Wine NW 404) 1973 Much better production and more of a focus on Individual performances. Very listenable results producing a mix of coffeehouse and folk worship vibes. Eleven songs featuring eight different singer/songwriters. Jim Manley performs … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1973, JIM STRATHDEE, New Wine, New Wine 2, NW 404, VARIOUS
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The New Wine Sound (New Wine NWS 101) 1970 A 17 song set from Jim Strathdee and The Celebration Singers, a California Methodist folk ensemble. Mix of original and standards of the late ’60s folk worship songbook variety. Several lead … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1970, CELEBRATION SINGERS, JIM STRATHDEE, New Wine, NWS 101, The New Wine Sound, VARIOUS
JIM MANLEY
Raggedy Band (New Wine NW202) 1972 Likable unpretentious folksinger who touches on a variety of moods, from jangly folk (‘Lovin’ Song’) to gentle acoustic ballards (‘After Eden, ‘Planet Li ght’) to plugged-in rock with gruff manor of Barry McGuire (‘Hey, … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1972, JIM MANLEY, New Wine, NW202, Raggedy Band
STEVE POWELL
Revelation (The Party’s Over) (New Wine LP 259-02) 1974? The biggest draw for this guy would have to be his being lead guitarist for the Rainbow Promise album, a monstrous slab of vinyl if ever there was one. As with … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), about 1974, LP 259-02, New Wine, Revelation (The Party’s Over), STEVE POWELL
