by James Hales | Oct 1, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
With this latest article, we’ve come to the half-way point with my series on the Inspirations, as “The Inspirations…Have Something to Sing About”, lands about midway through the pile of recordings we are going through in this series…I can’t believe we are halfway...
by James Hales | Sep 24, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As we come to 1978, we find what I consider to be one of the Inspirations’ absolute best studio recordings, “Looking for You”. A lady that my mom worked with had given me this recording (along with a few others, including “The Inspirations Have Something to Sing...
by James Hales | Sep 17, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After releasing 3 iconic albums in 1976, the Inspirations took a bit of a breather and released just one album in 1977. Recorded at Mark V in Greenville, South Carolina, “When I Get Home” had a very unique feel and sound, and featured a lot of reverb in the mix,...
by James Hales | Sep 10, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
1976 was a huge year for the Inspirations, and they were enjoying the overwhelming success of “12th Anniversary Live” and “A Night of Inspiration”, but before the year ended, the guys recorded and released a brand-new studio album called, “On Heaven’s Bright Shore”,...
by James Hales | Sep 3, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
To the best of my memory, “A Night of Inspiration” was the very first album by the Inspirations that I heard outside of those first 13 albums by the Inspirations that I grew up listening to. In fact, this is probably the first album that was ever bought for me after...
by James Hales | Aug 27, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
The Inspirations had come a long way from those early days of practicing in Martin’s basement, and they had gone on to become one of the top groups in the country! With such a tremendous momentum going, it was decided that the Inspirations needed to enhance their live...
