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About Wonder Of It All
Product Description 'The Wonder Of It All Signature Series' is based on Heartsfield's second album which was recorded as the band was touring like mad. The boys rented a house in a small Illinois town and moved into an average 1973 American middle-class neighborhood-what a surprise for everybody. Perry Jordan, one of the the band's leaders says, 'Here come 12 long-haired musicians, cooks, roadies, and producers with a small army of trucks, motorcycles, stereos and women making for a grand new addition to local population. One thing for sure, the only distractions were at the band house-guess that was the idea. 'On top of that, the studio was a great one for sure but of all things specialized in Christian music. The title track, 'The Wonder Of It All,' won a mention in jazz music journal Down Beat Magazine as having a great jazz feel in the song.' This is when Heartsfield started to make more use of different instrumentation such as keyboards, synthesizers, harmonica, horns, banjo, pedal steel, and anything else they could find. This was also the first time they carried a vegetarian cook on the crew, and every night you could find a bunch of wild-eyed fellers at the local burger joint a couple of hours after dinner. ForzandoArts provided graphic design services for the Heartsfield Signature Series and also provides web design and hosting services for Heartsfield. Track List (Signature Series Edition) Wonder of it All / J.C. Heartsfield / 4:13 House of Living / Perry Jordan / 4:29 Pass Me By / Phil Lucafo / 3:23 Shine On / Art Baldaci & Fred Dobbs / 3:38 Eight Hours Time / Fred Dobbs / 3:38 I've Just Fallen / Art Baldacci & Fred Dobbs / 3:27 Racin' The Sun / Perry Jordan / 8:40 Lafayette County / J.C. Heartsfield / 2:38 Total Running Time: 35:57 UPC#892248002027#. Review Heartsfield was one of, if not the main reason for my love of music and for me making a career in music for what were many years and coming from many different angles. They've been a major influence to much of the music I did, and still listen too now. The Wonder Of It All is a great representation of the "Heartsfield sound." The title track that starts the disc is actually a full length version of a previous version that ended the first album. It s a lovely ballad written and sang by J.C. Hartsfield. It features a great instrumental middle section that actually led to a write up in the jazz magazine, Down Beat. Song two is Perry Jordan's "House of Living," a lively harmonious track that more times than not was a show opener. "Pass Me By" is Phil Lucafo. Phil usually writes the rockers. He slowed it down here. "Shine On" was written by guitarist/vocalist Freddie Dobbs and drummer Artie Baldacci. I ve heard many people refer to this as the best piece of music that Heartsfield every created. You could say that about a number of tracks. You wouldn t be wrong if you said it about this one. Artie adds some sweet mellotron as well. "Eight Hours Time" is by Freddie. A great train song! "I ve Just Fallen" was the only track in which Artie Baldacci sang lead. If "Shine On" isn't the best track, then Perry s "Racin the Sun" just might be! What starts as a ballad turns into a wonderfully stretched out, two guitar playoff between "Freddie and Phil." We end our journey in Mississippi with J.C.'s "Lafayette County." A straight forward country fiddle tune that puts a bow on the package nicely! Filling out the band was Greg "Ziggy" Biela on bass and vocals. I spent hours playing this on LP, 8-Track, Cassette, CD and MP3 over the years. I ain't stoppin' now! --Larry Carta, Cool Album of the Day, August 2010
