Some of us don’t have the space to amass a vinyl collection or the vinyl players to enjoy it on, but we still love vintage music. The other day, I found a goldmine of Cathedrals music on Youtube, including albums from the 60s/70s/80s that you still can’t purchase digitally. The music has been digitized from the user’s collection, and while the quality varies from record to record, it’s better than a through-the-air recording like some other vintage Cats uploads. The user hasn’t gathered most of them into playlists, but if you go to his channel and click “See more” enough times, from a certain point on it’s nothing but vintage Cathedrals records. Better yet, here’s a link to all the songs at once, generated by searching “Cathedrals” on the channel, though this doesn’t group songs from the same album all together. Also, it appears that the videos for Climbing Higher and Higher were accidentally uploaded with no sound. Otherwise, full albums all told include:
With Brass, 1966
Focus on Glen Payne, 1968 (full playlist here)
Welcome to Our World, 1972 (full playlist here)
You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet, 1979
Featuring George Younce, 1983
Individually, 1983
Voices in Praise Acappella, 1984
The Prestigious Cathedral Quartet, 1984
An Old Convention Song, 1985
Worship His Glory in Acappella Praise, 1993
Some of Their Finest Moments, 1994 (best-of collection, middling quality)
Radio Days, 1996
Acapella Favorites, 2000 (best-of collection)
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I haven’t even scratched the surface of it all yet, but one album I do have in my collection already that’s uploaded here in excellent quality is 1984’s Prestigious Cathedral Quartet. Recorded with tenor Danny Funderburk, baritone Mark Trammell, and pianist Roger Bennett, this album featured a few of the Cathedrals’ signature songs and a few forgotten gems. It includes one of my absolute favorite Cathedrals songs ever, which to my knowledge has never been recorded by anyone else. It should be. It’s called “Next Time We Meet,” and it’s absolutely haunting. Somebody please bring this one back. Thank you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6v5asucAio&w=500&h=315
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