Preachers from Outer Space! is the title of a 1994 live album by rock

Rock music

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Musical ensemble

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 Daniel Amos

Daniel Amos

Daniel Amos is a rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. Current members include bassist Tim Chandler, guitarist Greg Flesch and drummer Ed McTaggart...

, released on Stunt Records

Stunt Records

Stunt Records is an independent record label formed in 1990 by Daniel Amos, Terry Scott Taylor and Tom Gulotta.The original intent of the label was to focus on reissues and special releases by D.A., but soon, the label was releasing CDs by a variety of artists including two Various Artists...

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Preachers chronicles a bit of what the band was doing in those "missing years" of 1978-1981; after much of the Horrendous Disc

Horrendous Disc

Horrendous Disc is the title of the third studio album by the rock band Daniel Amos, that was recorded in 1978 and released in 1981 on Solid Rock Records.-Background:...

album had been finished, and about four years before it would finally be released by its label. The show starts with a few of the band's earlier country/rock songs like "Shotgun Angel," and "Happily Married Man," and then introduces the audience to many songs from the still unreleased album. Also included on this collection are the rare concert favorites, "Mary Baker Eddy" and "Secret Scripts & 3D Glasses" - neither of which has ever been recorded by the band for an album or released officially on any other project.

Track listing

1. "Shotgun Angel"
2. "Abidin'"
3. "Happily Married Man"
4. "Salvation Wings" * Previously Unreleased song
5. "Hound of Heaven"
6. "Secret Scripts & 3D Glasses" * Previously Unreleased song
7. "Horrendous Disc"
8. "Posse in the Sky"
9. "Secret Scripts & 3D Glasses" * Previously Unreleased song (Alternate version)
10. "Mary Baker Eddy
    Mary Baker Eddy
    Mary Baker Eddy was the founder of Christian Science , a Protestant American system of religious thought and practice religion adopted by the Church of Christ, Scientist, and others...
    
    " * Previously Unreleased song
11. "I Love You #19" (Early Demo)
12. "You Always Run Away From Love" (Early Demo) * Previously Unreleased song
13. "As Long As I Live" (studio out-take) * Previously Unreleased song
14. "I Get Around (Studio Out-take) * Beach Boys cover

Personnel

• Terry Scott Taylor
  Terry Scott Taylor
  Terry Scott Taylor is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies . Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group, Lost Dogs. He is currently based in San Jose, California, USA.Taylor is highly regarded for...
  
   on rhythm guitars and lead vocals.
• Marty Dieckmeyer
  Marty Dieckmeyer
  Marty Dieckmeyer was the bass guitar player for the Christian rock band Daniel Amos from 1974 to 1981. Dieckmeyer sang the lead vocal on the song "Props" from the ¡Alarma! album in 1981...
  
   on bass guitar.
• Jerry Chamberlain
  Jerry Chamberlain
  Jerry Chamberlain , is a United States singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies ....
  
   on guitar, backing vocals. Lead vocals on tracks 1 & 7.
• Mark Cook
  Mark Cook
  Mark Cook is an American songwriter and keyboardist, best known for playing keyboards in the 1970s rock group Daniel Amos. Mark Cook later left the group to become a Calvary Chapel Pastor....
  
   on keyboards, backing vocals. Lead vocal on track 12.
• Ed McTaggart
  Ed McTaggart
  Ed McTaggart is an American drummer and artist. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Daniel Amos.McTaggart joined DA in 1976, after years of playing with Bill Sprouse Jr.'s band The Road Home....
  
   on drums.
• Alex MacDougall
  Alex MacDougall
  Alex MacDougall is an American record producer, and percussionist. MacDougall is best known for being a member of the Christian rock band Daniel Amos in the late 1970s in addition to his production and recording session credits...
  
   on percussion (tracks 9-14 only).

Production notes

• Recorded live on 16-track by Rich Houston and Jonathan David Brown
  Jonathan David Brown
  Jonathan David Brown is an American record producer and audio engineer known for his work on albums released in the Contemporary Christian music industry...
  
  , March 25, 1978.
• Tracks 9 & 10 recorded on two-track in Oil City, PA by Neal Williams, May 10, 1978.
• Tracks 11-14 Demos recorded on four-track at the Rebel Base, Autumn 1978.
• Mixed by Gene Eugene
  Gene Eugene
  Gene "Eugene" Andrusco was a Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the funk/rock band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies and as a founding member of the roots music supergroup Lost Dogs.-Acting:Andrusco was a child...
  
   at Mixing Lab A, Garden Grove, California
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• Mastered by Doug Doyle at Digital Brothers, Newport Beach, California
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• Layout and Design by Tom Gulotta
  Tom Gulotta
  Tom Gulotta is best known as the head of the Stunt Records label, which was formed in 1990 with Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor....
  
  , Patton Brothers, San Diego, California
  San Diego, California
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• Photography by Larry Frowick, Scott Lockwood and other folks whose names we've sadly forgotten.
• Original Concert Flyer Illustrated by Rick Griffin.