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Agitator
American Roots
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Back To America
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Barking At The Ants
Blarney Stone
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Both Sides Of People
Breathe In, Breathe Out
Children Of Sorrow
Christmastime
Collaborator
Come As A Child
Copper Wires
Down Under
Emancipator
Father Touch
Footprints In The Sand
Four Track Motorola '66 Corolla
Frisbee
Gathered Moments
Hattem
Heartland Junction
Here's To Veterans
Home At Last
Home Box
I Love You
In Another Land
Infiltrator
Instigator
In The Beginning
Invitation Only
Labor Of Love
Larry Norman
Larry Norman And His Friends On Tour
Letter Of The Law
Liberator
Live At Cornerstone
Live At Flevo
Live At The Elsinore
Live At The Mac
Live At The Way Inn - 1970
Maximum Garden
Maximum Planet
Motorola Corolla 2
Omega Europa
One Night In Norway - 1991
Only Visiting This Planet
On The Prowl
Pot O' Gold
Quiet Night
Rehearsal For Reality
Rehearsal For The Elsinore
Remixing This Planet
Restless In Manhattan
Road Rage
Rock, Scissors et Papier
Roll Away The Stone
Rough Diamonds, Precious Jewels
Rough Mix 3
Rough Street Love Letter
Safecracking
Sessions
Shake Your Rattle And Crawl
Shouting In The Storm
Siege At Elsinore
Slinky
Snowblind
Solid Rock Sampler 1
So Long Ago The Garden
Something New Under The Son
Sticks & Stones
Stop This Flight
Stranded In Babylon
Streams Of White Light Into Darkened Corners
Street Level
Survivor
Survivor (Songs From 1956 To 2000)
The Belfast Bootlegs
The Best Of Larry Norman
The Best Of Larry Norman Volume One
The Best Of Larry Norman Volume Two
The Best Of People! Vol 1
The Best Of People! Vol 2
The Best Of The Second Trilogy
The Cottage Tapes Book One
The Cottage Tapes Book Two
The Final Concert
The Israel Tapes
The Norman Invasion
The Reunion Concert 2006
The Sonrise Sampler
The Son Worshipers
The Story Of The Tune
The Very Best Of Larry Norman Volume 1
The Very Best Of Larry Norman Volume 2
The Vineyard
Totally Unplugged
Tourniquet
Trouble Is A Lonesome Town (Album)
Underground Manouevers
Upon This Rock
We Wish You A Larry Christmas
White Blossoms From Black Roots
You Are Not My People
the singles
DevBlog
the videos
Other Releases
Alison
the covers
the wants list
kollector reference
The Norman Conquest
Snapshots From The 77 World Tour
Ten Times Two
Monsters
How Then Shall We Live?
Wounded Lion
Maximum Son
Dust On Rust
Face To Face
The Trilogy Concert
Rebel Poet, Jukebox Balladeer: The Anthology
The Colossus Of Roads
Live Box Set
Live At The Cavern Club
Maximum Land
Digital Dutch Masters
Rough Mix 2
Rotterdam 1984
Sierra Romeo
The Hum Of The Diesels
The Salt Of The Sea
Magnetic Real - The Living Room Tapes 1963
Live In The UK '77
The Clown Jewels
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I LOVE YOU, 1968
BOTH SIDES OF PEOPLE, 1969
Super Oldies, Volume 4, 1969
UPON THIS ROCK, 1969 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... ..quickly, 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 real Christian Rock record.
STREET LEVEL, 1970 Remastered from available source material, this re-release of Larry's classic album comes in a six panel Digipak cover. Larry independently released Street Level while he was in between major label contracts. The first and second versions of the LP had different songs on side two of the vinyl, but this CD has all of the songs from both versions. It's a classic Jesus Music album and an integral part of any Larry Norman collection. [Description relates to 2015 CD release]
BOOTLEG, 1972 In early 1972 One Way Records released Bootleg, a double album retrospective covering the previous four years of Norman's career compiled from demonstration recordings made while at Capitol Records, private recordings from his friends, and various interviews and live performances. It was deliberately recorded to sound like an unauthorized bootleg recording to ensure reception by street people. who were wary of slick major label products.
The Son Worshipers, 1972
Jesus Sound Explosion, 1972
ONLY VISITING THIS PLANET, 1972 In April 2014, Only Visiting This Planet was announced as one of 25 sound recordings inducted for 2013 into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry, citing it as a "cultural, artistic and historical treasure, representing the richness and diversity of the American soundscape". More than four decades after its release, Planet is also 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. We 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.
SO LONG AGO THE GARDEN, 1973 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. Many people call it their favourite. "...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
HERE'S TO VETERANS, 1973
JUBILATION!, 1975
IN ANOTHER LAND, 1976 In Another Land is honest, raw and humble. Larry Norman, with this album, showed he was a force to be reckoned with in mainstream Christian music. 1972's Only Visiting the Planet had already taken root and shook the hallowed doors of CCM. 1976's In Another Land took it farther, producing a seminal inspiration to 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."
STREAMS OF WHITE LIGHT INTO DARKENED CORNERS, 1977 In 1974, frustrated by the music industry's intention to dilute the impact of Jesus rock through the many religious songs that mainstream artists chose to record and the fallacious rumours that celebrities like Clapton had been saved, Larry Norman wrote various hard hitting features that magazines and papers wouldn't print. As a second line of attack he decamped to his home with a pile of recording equipment and a few friends to record a series of tongue in cheek cover version. Randy Stonehill introduces the songs in the style of an over-the-top egotistical West Coast DJ, The Surf Duke, and frankly this has some hysterically funny moments! Their acoustic version of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky" is absolutely hilarious! Larry's imitation of Mick Jagger on the Stones' "Shine A Light" is outrageous and the segue of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Let It Be" and "My Sweet Lord" is suitably respectful, until we get to the disco break in the latter song and Larry again adopting Mick Jagger mode starts singing, "I'm So Bored". Call me iconoclastic but these songs deserve to be ripped apart! After the Clapton rumours of conversion which surface every five years or so, "Presence Of The Lord" is given a straight rendition although it's worth bearing in mind Larry reports that Clapton wrote it to express escaping from the police who wanted to bust him for drugs! This CD release closes with two bonus tracks which did not appear on the original vinyl release. This time they're introduced by Larry's Big Bomber DJ alter-ego on Radio K.R.A.P. and include another great Mick Jagger impersonation on "I Am Waiting". Mischievous yet making an important contribution cataloguing counterfeit "Christian" culture. Another album for Larry completists! - (Description from Cross Rhythms Magazine)
LARRY NORMAN, 1977 [BETTER KNOWN AS "STARSTORM"]
Greenbelt Live!, 1979
Home
About
the songs
the albums
70 Miles From Lebanon
Agitator
American Roots
A Moment In Time
Archive
Back To America
bArchaeology
Barking At The Ants
Blarney Stone
Bootleg
Both Sides Of People
Breathe In, Breathe Out
Children Of Sorrow
Christmastime
Collaborator
Come As A Child
Copper Wires
Down Under
Emancipator
Father Touch
Footprints In The Sand
Four Track Motorola '66 Corolla
Frisbee
Gathered Moments
Hattem
Heartland Junction
Here's To Veterans
Home At Last
Home Box
I Love You
In Another Land
Infiltrator
Instigator
In The Beginning
Invitation Only
Labor Of Love
Larry Norman
Larry Norman And His Friends On Tour
Letter Of The Law
Liberator
Live At Cornerstone
Live At Flevo
Live At The Elsinore
Live At The Mac
Live At The Way Inn - 1970
Maximum Garden
Maximum Planet
Motorola Corolla 2
Omega Europa
One Night In Norway - 1991
Only Visiting This Planet
On The Prowl
Pot O' Gold
Quiet Night
Rehearsal For Reality
Rehearsal For The Elsinore
Remixing This Planet
Restless In Manhattan
Road Rage
Rock, Scissors et Papier
Roll Away The Stone
Rough Diamonds, Precious Jewels
Rough Mix 3
Rough Street Love Letter
Safecracking
Sessions
Shake Your Rattle And Crawl
Shouting In The Storm
Siege At Elsinore
Slinky
Snowblind
Solid Rock Sampler 1
So Long Ago The Garden
Something New Under The Son
Sticks & Stones
Stop This Flight
Stranded In Babylon
Streams Of White Light Into Darkened Corners
Street Level
Survivor
Survivor (Songs From 1956 To 2000)
The Belfast Bootlegs
The Best Of Larry Norman
The Best Of Larry Norman Volume One
The Best Of Larry Norman Volume Two
The Best Of People! Vol 1
The Best Of People! Vol 2
The Best Of The Second Trilogy
The Cottage Tapes Book One
The Cottage Tapes Book Two
The Final Concert
The Israel Tapes
The Norman Invasion
The Reunion Concert 2006
The Sonrise Sampler
The Son Worshipers
The Story Of The Tune
The Very Best Of Larry Norman Volume 1
The Very Best Of Larry Norman Volume 2
The Vineyard
Totally Unplugged
Tourniquet
Trouble Is A Lonesome Town (Album)
Underground Manouevers
Upon This Rock
We Wish You A Larry Christmas
White Blossoms From Black Roots
You Are Not My People
the singles
DevBlog
the videos
Other Releases
Alison
the covers
the wants list
kollector reference
The Norman Conquest
Snapshots From The 77 World Tour
Ten Times Two
Monsters
How Then Shall We Live?
Wounded Lion
Maximum Son
Dust On Rust
Face To Face
The Trilogy Concert
Rebel Poet, Jukebox Balladeer: The Anthology
The Colossus Of Roads
Live Box Set
Live At The Cavern Club
Maximum Land
Digital Dutch Masters
Rough Mix 2
Rotterdam 1984
Sierra Romeo
The Hum Of The Diesels
The Salt Of The Sea
Magnetic Real - The Living Room Tapes 1963
Live In The UK '77
The Clown Jewels