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Some of his best classic songs are now available for download
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1. I Love You
2. I've Got To Learn To Live Without You
3. I Am The Six O'Clock News
4. The Great American Novel
5. Moses: A Blues Recital And Meditation Of 40 Years On The Road
6. Peace-pollution-revolution
7. Pardon Me
8. Reader's Digest
9. Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music?
10. Baroquen Spirits
11. Nightmare #71
12. Watch What You're Doing
13. Without Love, You Ain't Nothing (Righteous Rocker)
14. The Outlaw
15. Ha Ha World
16. U.F.O.
17. I've Searched All Around The World
18. I Wish We'd All Been Ready
19. Six Sixty Six
20. The Sun Began To Rain

The long awaited anthology is now available  This ultra deluxe remastered CD includes a 24 page full-color booklet featuring exclusive photos, printed lyrics, and a song-by-song description of how and why the songs were written.

"To best understand Larry Norman, you should realize that the man is a dichotomy, in the grandest sense of the word. While other rock stars existed to follow the prepackaged template to a tee even if that meant punishing another seemingly innocent hotel room Norman existed on an entirely different plain. He was the church boy holding his own in the decadent world of rock music, an insubordinate jester with a rebellious streak that stretched out long before the birth of punk, and a performer whose raw energy, spiritual force, and playful wit made him the endearing rock icon he is today. In Norman you have it all. A man unfairly saddled with the hefty burden of the ''father of Christian rock,'' yet he is a singer whose defiant lyrics and actions were shunned by the church-going status quo. Norman is a saint in a world of sinners, and at the same time, to some, he is a sinner amongst the saints. While other rockers spent their lifetimes trying to emulate Norman, they just couldn't catch the man."

-J Bacca (excerpt from Larry Norman biography included in The Anthology)
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Why Don't You Look Into Jesus?

Only Visiting This Planet is Part One of Larry's trio of records known as The Trilogy.

More than three decades after its release, Only Visiting This Planet is regarded as a landmark recording in the history of contemporary Christian music. Originally released in 1972, the album was voted in 1990 by CCM magazine as the greatest Christian album ever recorded. I can't say we disagree ;-)

The All Music Guide says that "this record truly shines with great lyrics sung to great melodies... the power and passion of "I Wish We'd All Been Ready" is unmistakable and understatedly intense. Other songs such as "The Outlaw" take on the ballad song form to sing about Jesus in a timeless Dylan-esque manner. "The Great American Novel" sings through tears of despair about hypocrisy among both Christians and non-Christians alike. This is the record that begat a thousand cliches, but the sincerity with which Norman's message is delivered belies any skepticism for the triteness of his words. Sarcasm and humor also grace this record in the form of "I Am the Six O'Clock News" and "Reader's Digest." This record is a one-of-a-kind collection."

1. I've Got To Learn To Live Without You
2. The Outlaw
3. Why Don't You Look Into Jesus
4. Righteous Rocker #1
5. I Wish We'd All Been Ready
6. I Am the Six O'Clock News
7. The Great American Novel
8. Pardon Me
9. Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music
10. Reader's Digest

BONUS TRACKS
11. Peacepollutionrevolution (Radio Single) [3:30]
12. Righteous Rocker (Hard Rock Version) [4:20]

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So Long Ago The Garden, part two of a trilogy that included Only Visiting This Planet and In Another Land, was attacked by the Christian press when it came out in 1973. Controversial at the time for both its lyrical content and "provocative" album cover, it has gone on to become one of the most respected releases in Larry Norman's career.

"...there are plenty of highlights, including "Christmas Time," with its footloose Rolling Stones swagger, and the incredible "Meet Me at the Airport (Fly, Fly, Fly)." Lyrically, this is one of Norman's more elliptical efforts in terms of its Christian references; however, the message is quite clear. Just underneath the '70s British rock dialect and shimmering songwriting is a defiant sermon that staunchly proclaims Norman's identity as a devout Christian outsider." - All Music Guide

1. Fly Fly Fly
2. The Same Old Story
3. Lonely By Myself
4. Be Careful What You Sign
5. Baroquen Spirits
6. Christmastime
7. She's A Dancer
8. Soul Survivor
9. Nightmare #71

BONUS TRACKS
10. Up In Canada
11. Butterfly
12. I Hope I See You In Heaven
 

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In Another Land is honest, raw and humble. Larry Norman, with this album, showed he was a force to be reckoned with in Christian music. 1972's Only Visiting the Planet had already taken root and shook the hallowed doors of CCM. 1975's In Another Land took it farther, producing a seminal inspiration of musicians for over 30 years. Now, as his songs have been covered by everyone from DC Talk to Frank Black (Pixies), it is worth looking at the originals.

In Another Land contains some of his most well-known songs, including "The Rock That Doesn't Roll," "Righteous Rocker #3," "Why Don't You Look Into Jesus," and "I Am a Servant."

1. The Rock That Doesn't Roll
2. I Love You
3. U.F.O.
4. I've Searched All Around The World
5. Rightous Rocker #3
6. If God Is My Father
7. Look Into Jesus
8. I Am A Servant
9. The Sun Began To Rain
10. Shot Down
11. Six Sixty Six
12. Diamonds
13. One Way
14. Song For A Small Circle Of Friends
15. Hymn For The Last Generation

BONUS TRACKS
16. Strong Love, Strange Peace
17. Joyful Delta Day
18. The Rock That Doesn't Roll (Live with Sir Cliff Richard)

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The Jesus Revolution
When Upon This Rock was first released in 1969 it didn't fit into any genre of commercial music. There had never been an album like it, and no one knew what to do with it or quite what to make of it. Its vinyl grooves contained the Christian message presented with modern modalities in a rock and roll syntax, which had never been done before, and it came as a shock to conservative Gospel Music fans. But it struck a chord with a small handful of people whose numbers swelled in the following years.

Other Christian Rock artists and groups sprang up, inspired and encouraged by Larry's vision, and over time a nascent Christian "Music Industry" ballooned into the multi-million dollar genre it is today, thanks in no small part to the clarion call contained in the songs on this, the first Christian Rock record.

Solid Rock Records is proud to present to you, Upon This Rock.

1. You Can't Take Away The Lord
2. I Don't Believe In Miracles
3. Moses In The Wilderness
4. Walking Backwards Down The Stairs
5. Ha Ha World
6. Sweet Sweet Song Of Salvation
7. Forget Your Hexagram
8. The Last Supper
9. I Wish We'd All Been Ready
10. Nothing Really Changes
11. Postlude

BONUS TRACKS
12. You Can't Take Away The Lord (Demo)
13. Sweet Song Of Salvation (Live)
14. Nothing Really Changes (Demo)

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