by James Hales | Jul 30, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
Hot on the heels of releasing the album “Touring that City”, the Inspirations quickly found themselves back in the studio to record a new album titled, “When I Wake Up (To Sleep No More)”. If my timeline is correct, “Touring That City” had not even been out for a...
by James Hales | Jul 23, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
With Mike Holcomb joining in September 1972, the Inspirations continued with Mike, along with Archie, Ronnie and Eddie, as the front-line vocalists for about 8 months. Ronnie’s departure in May 1973 would be the final change in the vocal line-up for the next several...
by James Hales | Jul 16, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After maintaining the same vocal line-up for about 2 years, bass singer, Marlin Shubert, decided to leave the Inspirations in late summer of 1972. During the interim until a full-time replacement could be named (about 2 weeks), Troy Burns sang the bass for the group....
by James Hales | Jul 9, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After the Inspirations signed with Canaan Records in 1971, things started moving very quickly for the group! In fact, just 3 months after the Inspirations released their first album for Canaan, “Wake Up in Glory”, they were back in the studio recording a brand-new...
by James Hales | Jul 2, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
1971 was a banner year for the Inspirations! On July 3, 1971, during the International Song Festival in Nashville, TN, the Inspirations signed with Canaan Records, and they immediately began work on their first of many albums for the label. Along with a new record...
by James Hales | Jun 25, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
Soon after the release of “Keep Your Eyes on Jesus” in late 1970, the Inspirations began work on their next album, “Our Inspiration”, which would be released in 1971 and would also be their last album for Mark V. After recording 11 albums with Mark V, the group had...
