When building these Essential Playlists (an 80-minute limit of songs to introduce someone to a group), there was not a more difficult task than coming up with a playlist for the Cathedral Quartet. With 35 years of legendary music to choose from, I did a lot of adding, deleting, and shuffling to come up with a playlist that I still don’t have a great deal of confidence in.
I’ll be the first to admit that my depth of knowledge about gospel music is greatly diminished when going back prior to the 1980s. Most of the music I have from those earlier eras was obtained much more recently than the newer stuff, and I still haven’t gotten a handle on a lot of it. That’s where you folks come in.
I encourage you to rip this playlist apart as much as you want. From the 1980s on, I think I did fairly well. But I probably don’t have enough music from the Cathedrals’ first two decades, and I probably picked the wrong songs in some cases.
This playlist has one feature each from Ernie Haase, Scott Fowler, Mark Trammell, Gerald Wolfe, Danny Funderburk, Kirk Talley, and George Amon Webster. By my count there are seven George Younce features and only three for Glen Payne, which seems a little unbalanced.
If you wanted to introduce someone to the Cathedrals and only had one mix CD with which to do it, what would yours look like? Here’s mine.
- Child of the King, With Strings, 1965
- Great Day, With Brass, 1966
- The Last Sunday, The Last Sunday, 1973
- Hallelujah Square, Our Statue of Liberty, 1974
- He Loves Me, Then and Now, 1977
- Gentle Shepherd, Live with the Cathedral Quartet, 1979
- I Know a Man Who Can, Smooth as Silk, 1979
- Step Into the Water, Something Special, 1982
- An Old Convention Song, The Prestigious Cathedral Quartet, 1984
- Somebody Touched Me, The Prestigious Cathedral Quartet, 1984
- Master Builder, Master Builder, 1986
- Boundless Love, Travelin’ Live, 1986
- This Ole House, Symphony of Praise, 1987
- Champion of Love, Symphony of Praise, 1987
- Wedding Music, The Best of Times, 1991
- High and Lifted Up, High and Lifted Up, 1993
- Oh, What a Savior, Alive! Deep in the Heart of Texas, 1997
- He Made a Change, Faithful, 1998
- We Shall See Jesus, A Farewell Celebration, 1999
- Suppertime, A Farewell Celebration, 1999
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I can’t actually do one now, but looking at yours my 80 minute Cahtdrals’ playlist would be substantially different. Maybe someday. Now, my reason for doing one is to pick ones I like, so if the intent is to introduce I might choose ones that aren’t my favorites due to their popularity or historical significance. I might still do it differently still
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You don’t have to give a whole list. What are some specific songs you can think of that you would do differently?
Well, earlier I did start compiling said list. I at least narrowed it down some, but it will still take some doing. 🙂 I’ll see what I can do in the next few days. At least so far I have a starting point.
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Go for it, brother! 🙂
Wow… no “Boundless Love”?
What about a feature for Roger? “Homeland” or “Be Not Afraid” maybe?
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Whoa…I think you caught a mistake. I am almost certain that “Boundless Love” was on the playlist…I just missed it while typing it out here.
I thought about one for Roger, but couldn’t decide on one strongly enough to bump something else.
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I confirmed that I did indeed miss typing “Boundless Love” into the post. I added it. Thanks for the questioning and skepticism!
you need about 60 to make a definitive list.
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True…maybe this is the best I can do with an 80-minute limit.
“Somebody Touched Me” was good, but I would replace it with” Poets Song.” I think it showcases Danny’s voice a little more.
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It’s another five-minute plus song, though. Those are tough to get in.