by James Hales | Sep 11, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
Much like how the Kingsmen’s 1974 album, “1686 Pounds of Gospel”, lived in the shadow of “Big & Live”, I always felt “The Upper Window” lived in the long shadow of “Chattanooga Live”. I never realized the album even existed until the summer of 1984, when I came...
by James Hales | Sep 4, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
I am exceptionally excited about this weeks’ article, as “Chattanooga Live” is the album that introduced me to the music of the Kingsmen. It was around 1979/1980 (I was around 7 or 8 years old at the time), and a neighborhood friend of mine, who was aware of my...
by James Hales | Aug 28, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
The year 1977 would usher in a whole new era for the Kingsmen. Jim Hamill had returned by December 1976 after a 6-month hiatus, and in January of 1977, Johnny Parrack decided to come off the road. Johnny would later join the Heismen Quartet and would eventually...
by James Hales | Aug 21, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
When looking at the Kingsmen’s discography as a complete body of work, their 1976 album, “Just in Time” is a rather unique piece of music history. In May 1976, Jim Hamill left the Kingsmen, moved to Memphis, Tennessee and joined the Senators, where they recorded one...
by James Hales | Aug 14, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
Much like 1975, the year 1976 saw the Kingsmen release 2 more label albums for Canaan, the first being the hugely popular, “It Made News in Heaven”, which was actually their biggest selling studio album! Once again, the album was produced by Marvin Norcross with Nick...
by James Hales | Aug 7, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
As 1975 marched on, the Kingsmen were pure gold and with this latest release (their 2nd label album for 1975), the record company had declared the Kingsmen were “24 Carat Gospel”. What the Kingsmen may have lacked with chart topping hits on their previous couple of...
