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Daniel Amos - Horrendous Disc

1981 was a great year for Daniel Amos. First Horrendous Disc, was finally able to see the light of day after being held up in red tape and label shenanigan at Solid Rock for a number of years. Then a few weeks later they would release the first volume of the Alarma! Chronicles ... this would start a life long love for the band and the many offshoots and tangents that would follow.  It was Horrendous Disc I picked up first, and I'll admit it was because of the association with Larry Norman and Solid Rock records. Many of my favourite artists were on this small label: Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, and Mark Heard - so when this showed up I immediately bought it. Other than my small circle of friends who had similar taste in music no one else seemed to have heard of these bands. There were no "hits" it was word of mouth. The cover was awesome, the insert photos were awesome - the band looked awesome. I dropped the needle and the first cut hooked me good. "I Love You ...