ISABEL BAKER I Like Gods Style VINYL Lp Shaggs Xian Rockabilly Gospel Record M
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ISABEL BAKER
I LIKE GODS STYLE
RECORD DETAILS
MEGA LIMITED VINYL REPRESS LP RELEASED ON THE ROMCO LABEL VIA HARKIT RECORDS IN 2015
CATALOGUE NUMBER # HRKLP8547
THE RECORD IS STILL SEALED !
IT COMES WITH A BONUS PICTURE INSERT.
PLEASE ZOOM IN ON THE PHOTOS FOR A BETTER LOOK AT THE SLEEVE AND TRACKLISTING, THESE ARE STOCK PHOTO'S FROM HARKIT RECORDS.
RARE VINYL REISSUE OF A CULT XIAN PRIVATE PRESS ALBUM !
WITH A HILLBILLY/ROCKABILLY FEEL ON VARIOUS TRACKS AND AN ALBUM FOR COLLECTORS OF OBSCURE BANDS LIKE THE SHAGGS !?
A rare limited vinyl repress of 'I Like God's Style' by Isabel Baker, original 1965 copies of which have sold for more than £300. Rockabilly collectors, having uncovered the output of the '50s pioneers who put a rock 'n' roll beat to country music, have for decades now searched the thrift shops, car boot sales and eBay auctions looking for rockabilly recordings. It was these collectors who first stumbled across 'I Like God's Style'. Ironically, it is stretching it to call the album rockabilly or rockabilly gospel. The drums on this release are largely inaudible and side two features mainly slow songs so that raw country gospel would be a better description. Yet the album's cover photo, featuring as it does the 16 year old singer clutching a Fender Jaguar electric guitar, and the raw passion with which she belts out her 12 self-written songs about the Lord, was enough to hook those searching for rockabilly obscurities.
In 2015, Harkit Records - a re-issue label which largely specialised in film and TV soundtrack albums but who also put out occasional vinyl re-issues by artists like the Chiffons - re-issued 'I Like God's Style' and with a sleeve note by Dutch musician and journalist Freek Kinkelaar, it was an intriguing glimpse into an obscure corner of country gospel history. Thanks to an interview Kinkelaar conducted with jazz musician Joe Utterback, who happened to organise the two-day recording session booked by Isabel's evangelist parents, a little information about the mysterious Ms Baker has come to light.
The raw, occasionally shambolic country gospel on the album may not quite be the rockabilly longed for by collectors or "the very first Christian rock album" suggested by Harkit Records. But 'I Like God's Style' is a fascinating period piece from an era when singing songs about Jesus while playing an electric guitar was still considered a radical act.
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