Come And Join Us is a Rock album by Petra, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 22 pressings tracked.
About
The album Come and Join Us was released in 1977 on Myrrh Records. It was Petra's second album on this label, and Greg X Volz appears as guest lead singer on some of the songs. By the next album he had become the band's lead singer. Unfortunately this album did not sell well and neither did the first one, and Myrrh records had to let them go, which left the group without a record contract. Trivia: The song "God gave rock and roll to you" was originally recorded by the secular group Argent in 1973.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1God Gave Rock And Roll To You5:37
- A2Holy Ghost Power2:26
- A3Woman Don't You Know3:40
- A4Sally4:26
- A5Come And Join Us4:41
Side B
- B1Where Can I Go3:52
- B2Without You4:29
- B3Ask Him In3:32
- B4God Gave Rock And Roll To You (Reprise)2:49
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Southern Rock
- warm
- playful
- smoky
Petra's sophomore album, originally released in 1977 on, a division, on LP, 8-track and cassette. When parent label struck a distribution deal with in 1985 the album was reissued for the mainstream market on LP and cassette. Only in 1995 was it released on CD, in the Christian market by and in the mainstream market by (also on cassette). The original LP track order was dropped in favour of the original 8-track / cassette track order on all CD releases.
The band originally wanted to title the album God Gave Rock And Roll To You, but this was deemed too controversial by the record company, and the album was given the non-controversial title Come And Join Us. The band recorded a song called Killing My Old Man for this album, but record company officials (including Paul Baker) were of the opinion that the Christian metaphor would be misunderstood, and chose to play it safe. This version of the song has never been released. It is present on the original test pressing, and is presumed lost (no master tapes are left). In 1981 the song was re-recorded for Never Say Die.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Allen C. HornungMUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Austin RobertsVOCALS
- Bill GloverDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION MUSICIAN , DRUMS
- Bob HartmanBAND , GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR , VOCALS
- Greg HoughBAND , GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR , VOCALS
- Greg X. VolzVOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- John DeGroffBAND , BASS BASS GUITAR
- Karen MorrisonVOCALS
- Steve CampMUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION PERCUSSION, VOCALS
- Steve McElyeaKEYBOARDS MUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS
- Steve MergenMUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Steve PfeifferMUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 22 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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