Today's nostalgia trip-Apostle

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Yeah, I don't know if Cliffy just got too busy with other stuff or what.

I asked him a few years back if there was going to be another Main Line Riders album, and he said he was so busy with family and work that it wouldn't hurt his feelings if he ever made another MLR album.  So I think he's busy...although I thought he still did some remastering work.

I asked him about it not long ago and he said that the guy from Bombworks just undercut him so bad.  He is still doing some mastering, but not for Roxx and Retroactive.

That's too bad, he did a great job. The industry is brutal.

I am almost done remastering all my Apostle stuff.  I am going to try to find the other guys in the band to see if I can get better copies of the released and try to get permission to release these properly.  Until then, I will look at ways to distribute these out of print albums to ya'll here.

Here is what I have from Apostle/Matt Harding:

Apostle
Chariots of Iron
Hymns
Prepare To Meet God (only CD release they did--everything else was cassette/LP only)

Matt Harding
Matt Harding's Steel Armada (cassette only)


I have boosted the albums to more modern levels while trying to maintain the feel of the originals.  I can take these songs up more, but the bass and drums become too strong and begin to wash out the guitar work.  I am now working on editing the tracks so that you don't hear as much tape noise.  Chariots of Iron and Hymns were on one tape when I did the transfer 16 or 17 years ago.  Even though the cassette was in pristine condition, the tape was thinner due to the length.  So, you could hear slight pieces of music playing backwards from the other side of the album.  Weird, huh?  So, I am cutting off those pieces and doing mild fade ins/fade outs to reduce tape hiss at the start/end of each song.

I've been busy!  I also videoed two more Hangin' With Pastor Christ segments.

It's very interesting you are working on the Apostle songs, to let them get a more modern sound.

I'm curious how those Apostle songs sound after you have finished your work.

Well, there's plenty of people to contact - Mark Borrero; Bill Box; David Paul McKee; Ray Schmidt; Jerry Mehm; Kyle Scott; Tim Lawhon & Glenn Barry.

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Well, there's plenty of people to contact - Mark Borrero; Bill Box; David Paul McKee; Ray Schmidt; Jerry Mehm; Kyle Scott; Tim Lawhon & Glenn Barry.

You make it sound so easy.....

I may be on to something.  I won't say more at this time.  




I did learn that Matt died of a drug overdose.  Not even Christian rockers are immune to that.

That's so sad to read.

alldatndensum wrote:

I may be on to something.  I won't say more at this time.  




I did learn that Matt died of a drug overdose.  Not even Christian rockers are immune to that.

Interesting (to you being on to something and him dying from an overdose). Looking forward to possibly hearing more from these guys.

alldatndensum wrote:

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Well, there's plenty of people to contact - Mark Borrero; Bill Box; David Paul McKee; Ray Schmidt; Jerry Mehm; Kyle Scott; Tim Lawhon & Glenn Barry.

You make it sound so easy.....

I got all of those names from the various releases via Discogs.  They actually had quite a bit of info.

alldatndensum wrote:

I may be on to something.  I won't say more at this time.  




I did learn that Matt died of a drug overdose.  Not even Christian rockers are immune to that.

Now, just because he died of a drug overdose doesn't mean that it couldn't have been accidental.

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:

I may be on to something.  I won't say more at this time.  




I did learn that Matt died of a drug overdose.  Not even Christian rockers are immune to that.

Now, just because he died of a drug overdose doesn't mean that it couldn't have been accidental.

I by no means was insinuating more.  He could have taken his own life.  He could have just taken too much if a drug he used sometimes.  We will probably never know.

alldatndensum wrote:

I've been busy!  I also videoed two more Hangin' With Pastor Christ segments.

I'll have to give the demo a listen.

Thanks, Black Rider, for posting all of these nostalgia trips. I'm somewhat rediscovering stuff I found when I first got into Christian rock/metal.