Tag: Gold City

Top 100: #36 Portrait (Gold City)

Release Year: 1988 Album Rank for Group: #11 of 15 Here’s a blurb: I don’t know if Portrait is among those cited by critics as Gold City’s most important albums, but it has always been one of my personal favorites, the best of the studio albums recorded by the 1980s supergroup.  The quartet doesn’t sound …

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Journey (Libbi Perry Stuffle) This album is a mixture of new songs (with plenty of great guest vocalists) and re-recordings of Perrys songs featuring Libbi.  I’m not much for solo records, but the various guest vocalists give each new song the sound of a different group, from mixed quartet to bluegrass trio.  I love the …

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Top 100: #42 Windows of Home (Gold City)

Release Year: 1990 Album Rank for Group: #12 of 15 Here’s a blurb: On their fifth major album, the original Gold City super lineup sounded better than ever on Windows of Home.  The song quality and production were predecessors to what would come a few years later with Pillars of Faith.  The powerful “One Scarred …

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Top 100: #56 Goin’ Home (Gold City)

Release Year: 1989 Album Rank for Group: #13 of 15 Here’s a blurb: The Free/Parker/LeFevre/Riley lineup of Gold City was on top of southern gospel music by 1989, with a highly-polished, country-leaning sound.   Goin’ Home is a solid collection of songs, although not quite as good as either of the album preceding or following it.  …

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Gold City – The Midnight Cry

Since many of you commented that this signature song of Gold City would be the most important song to judge a new lead vocalist for Gold City, here is a glimpse of new lead, Jerry Pelfrey, belting it out. For me, “One Scarred Hand” is a more powerful song.  I think it’s awesome: What do …

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First look at Gold City with Jerry Pelfrey singing lead

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Jerry Pelfrey to replace Craig West as Gold City’s new lead singer

For those of you wondering who this new singer is, rest assured that he is more than capable of filling the lead spot for Gold City.  Listen to this and see if you agree: