I want to express my appreciation to all of you who have compared your older library of soundtracks against what we have secured and available on the site. There were two of you I want to personally thank for ferreting out several series we don’t have (though we wish we did), and discuss below.
Give a round of applause for the efforts of Sue Regan and Shawn Burdette; it is shared knowledge from brothers and sisters like them that help us know what and where to look. Now to follow-up on what they uncovered.
ProFormance Trax (blue and grey cover) from MorningGate Music
(not to be confused with PROformance Digital, one of our modern studio vendors)
This company vanished, taking with it about 80 titles. We can find no record of its sale or bankruptcy, so maybe someone’s estate will show up on our doorstep one day. Apart from that happening, these are gone.
Hi-Low Trax (red cover) from Benson Music
This record label was broken into choral and consumer products in a sale to Brentwood and Provident. Some of the track titles eventually appeared as PraiseHymn (a Provident product line) cassettes, but have since gone out-of-print. We are working on obtaining this line, which numbers 700 to 800 titles (I think), but it is slow going. Provident is presently owned by Sony.
Star Song Trax (aqua and silver cover) from Word Music
This label morphed into Word Entertainment, and the tracks became the Studio Series. Some of these have been released as digital burn-on-demand CDs, but the majority remain out-of-print, numbering 380+, which we are also working on. Word is presently owned by Warner.
Other studios that had soundtracks, which either went bust or just disappeared, include Lexicon Music and Light Records. We have little chance of ever turning up their products.
On the plus side, our two flagship labels, Christian World and Daywind Music, have digitally re-mastered and re-released through us EVERY cassette tape accompaniment track title that they ever produced. The presidents of these two companies took a big financial risk to accomplish this, and for their effort, you have access to 6878 titles right now. Not surprisingly, these are the only two major national labels that are still Christian owned and operated by their respective founders. What a blessing!
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I can name a few other track lines, in case you’re interested….Mastermix Soundtracks, a 3-key line (in black & yellow cases) released many titles in the 90s and early 2000s.
The majority of Praise Hymn and Sound Performance’s catalogs are online at praisehymn.com, but there are still some Sound Performance tracks that are not there, as well as single-key Praise Hymn tracks. The Sound Performance titles that are out of print mostly came in blue cases with black lettering.
Then there is The Right Trax, which was produced by Word, Inc. Some of these tracks are available thru sites such as Napster and iTunes, but not all. The Right Trax were eventually dropped and later emerged as Ultimate Tracks. Some Right Tracx titles are packaged under the Ultimate Tracks name, some not.
There was also a soundtrack line by Calvary Music Group (white & aqua covers) which featured a number of contemporary and gospel tracks (in 2 or 3 keys on side A) and a “bonus track” on the B side.
Forefront records released studio tracks to some of their songs as well. They had artists such as DC Talk, Rebecca St. James and Audio Adrenaline.
Lastly, let’s not forget studio lines Benson Mastertrax (who eventually became Mastertrax) who had a large selection of titles for many years.
Hope this helps
Thank You for this list of soundtrack companies. I will pass this on to the powers that be, so they may work on acquiring the rights for us to sell their products.
Hi,
I am looking for a performance track on CD that I have on cassette.
It is “I’ll Give You Peace, by Sandi Patti. The cassette has a silver cover, “Studio Series” and it states “From the recording: Another Time, Another Place”
Don’t know if you can get this or not but thought I’d give it a try.
Thanks,
Lynn
I am not showing where this Studio Series made the transition from cassette to CD.
~Steven
I previously asked about accompaniment tracks from “The Ultimate Accompaniment Library”, Good Life Productions in Scottsdale, Arizona. The covers were yellow and featured a man who looked like a young Pat Boone singing into a microphone. The tracks were recorded for medium-high voice. I am most interested in a track for He Was There All The Time.
We have two accompaniment tracks for “He Was There All The Time”
I will pass this accompaniment track company information on to our researchers to see if they can get access to them.
I have been searching for an accompanment track of the song called: on the Jericho Road. No one seems to have it or know where to get one.
After searching through all parts of our system, I am unable to locate where any of the major companies have released an accompaniment track for “On the Jericho Road”
Hello,
You’re selection is wonderful! Thank you for finding these tracks. I was wondering if you might know of a track produced by Good Life productions it was the song “He’s Alive, ”
The words are the same as Don Francisco, currently you have a few of these tracks, but most are from his recording of a guitar, the track I’m looking for is full orchestra. The track I had began with Strings and harp.
Is there a possibility ChristWill would be able to find it?
Thank you for your time,
Justin
Justin, have you tried Christian World’s version of that song? It features an orchestra also.
Question/suggestion – I know there are some who may have some of these older titles people are looking for on cassette. I have some accompaniments that are now out of print and on cassette, and unavailable for purchase digitally. If I or someone else can help with some of these requests, may we do so?
Thanks Lynda, other people are many times our best source of information.
By all means feel free to help each other. If anyone needs to get in contact with someone else, please let me know and I will get you in touch with each other. Please don’t post any personal information (email address, phone number, etc.) to the blog.
~Steven
i am looking for a song by lavern tripp after calvery performance track could you please hrlp thanks god bless
I am not showing where this song is available in accompaniment track form.
~Steven
I am looking for a performance track for the song Follow Me which was recorded by Jack Greene on his 20 Greatest Gospel Songs CD, I contacted the record company, GUSTO Recording and they couldn’t help me, I contacted the songwriter, J. Michael Wilson and he couldn’t help me, he referred me to the publisher holding the copyright, The Best Of Zion Publishing Company, and the couldn’t help either. I sure would appreciate it if somebody could help me. I am also looking for the perfomance track for I Know Where I Am Now as sung by Jake Hess. No luck yet but then I haven’t tried to contact Bill & Gloria Gaither yet.
I have searched through our system and I am unable to locate where an accompaniment track is available for either song you listed.
I apologize that we will be unable to help you find these songs.
~Steven
I left a comment a few days ago, and it has just disappeared, Why?????????
All comments are read and have to be approved before being posted to the Forum or Blog.
~Steven
Well, thanks for trying. I really appreciate it. God bless you!
Does an accompaniment CD of “We Shall Behold Him” by Good Life exist? If so, or even if it is just a fresh cassette, I’ll buy it. Thanks.
Steve Mulllns
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I have searched through the system and I am unable to locate where a Good Life version of “We Shall Behold Him” existed.
~Steven
I have been trying to find the accompaniment track for “Heart’s cry” by steven curtis chapman i have been unable to find out if it was ever released i would appreciate it if someone could let me know thx
Amy, yes there was a track to Heart’s Cry by Steven Curtis Chapman released….Praise Hymn had one version (now out of print) and so did Hi/Lo. I think Sparrowtrax may also have released this at one time, but perhaps Steven can tell us. I may be able to help you, please feel free to contact me.
May I make a suggestion? If people are looking for certain accompaniment tracks that are not available here, could their requests be moved to the forum? That way they can be contacted or I could send a PM. I know I could help a couple of the requests listed here in one way or another. Thank you
love in Christ Jesus & prayers, Lynda
I have looked for the words for a soundtrack I have on cassette. Titl: We’ve never Been So Blessed
I have looked constantly for a copy of Don Francisco’s “He’s Alive” soundtrack from good life productions. My copy disappeared. Other
soundtrack of this song just don’t cut it with me. I have in my possession
from the Ultimate Accompaniment Library the following:
Golden Favorites Blue Jacket
FM-104 The Holy City
FM-120 Down From His Glory
FM-118 Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul
Yellow Jacket
CM-108 O Glorious Love!
Can any one locate “He’s Alive” from this music company?
Hi again Steven and all, I just remembered 2 more soundtrack lines that are most likely gone: Good Life Productions. These were on LP and also cassettes in either green or yellow cases. They were prominent in 70s & early 80s. Most of the songs they produced were also produced by other companies.
Then there was Orchestra Plus You, who also produced titles in the early 80s (and I think the 70s also). They have some songs that other companies produced, but there’s a few unavailable on other companies.
I found out most of this info after obtaining cassettes by these companies thru eBay auctions.
I really would like to know if anyone knows where i can find a copy of the accompaniment track for carman’s Lazarus…..i used to have it on cassette but i can’t find it…i think it was silver, and i can NOT find the silly thing anywhere…..and we really need it at my church….please help…
Many years ago my wife and I sang the song The Blood Will Never Lose It’s Power, the track put out by good life #cl-125. We loved that arrangement but the tape got destroyed when a car ran over it. Is there any chance that track is now on CD. We were given a Daywind tape but really would love to replace the GL one. Can you help?
Thanks.
We do not have access to Good Life accompaniments and we actually have not been made aware of this company. Do you possibly still have the cover insert for the cassette which may contain any company information, like the address or contact information. We are always trying to acquire older music and would love to get in touch with the person who owns the rights to their accompaniments.
~Steven
Steven, I will have to look thru my GL tapes…since I get some of my stuff from eBay and used music stores, many times the tapes don’t come with a cover. However, I did find an LP with what I think are accompaniments & demos. I don’t know since I don’t have the equipment to transfer it to MP3s.
Bob Krogstad is listed as arranger & composer.
Paul Stilwell is listed as producer.
The address given is:
Good Life Productions
7901 East Pierce Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
This info is from 1978.
I would love to see the older music, say 60′s, 70′s, 80′s available on CDs.
It is just a shame that those songs are gone.. I was away from the Lord for about 20 years.. I don’t care for most of this “new” music.. Please make them available..
I have discovered that a few of the old ProFormance trax as released by Morning Gate Music (not to be cofused with Proformance Digital tracks) have found a home with Praise Hymn Accompaninment Tracks in their “Traditional” line of trax.. It is no mistake that these are the exact same tracks (no sound alikes). I wonder if Praise Hymn bought the rights to all the mastersall or just a few. I know as stated previously by the staff of Christwill that this line is no where to be found…but with this new information, It’s time to investigate this agin!
Sorry, the two tracks I heard where 1) Calvary Medley, and 2) He Hideth My Soul. Both with real orchestra. Praise Hymn hasn’t ever used a real orchestra in thier produced tracks.
I will forward this information over to the appropriate people.
~Steven
I just visited this site for the first time. In reading all the posts by folks looking for a certain track you guys did not have, I find that I have several in my library and could have been of some help, but most of these posts were months ago, so it’s probably too late to help them, but I will keep up and maybe be of some service in the future. I have a library of more than three thousand cassette tracks, many labels as you have mentioned that are out of print. I’m a regular customer of ones that I don’t have. Thanks for being here and doing what you do.
Hi!
Here’s what I’m looking for: the accompaniment track to a book put out by Word. It’s a Joy Song book called We Will Stand arranged by john E. Coates. We’re doing some retro stuff for a 50th Anniversary Homecoming. We’ve got the books, just need the track. If anyone has a line on this, I’d appreciate it so much!
Hi Mary,
I think you should create a User ID for the forum Christwill has, and when replying a post here, you can tell them to contact you via the forum and provide your user ID. This way if someone is still interested in anything you have they can get in touch with you, since I know you cannot post email addys here.
Love & prayers, Lynda
Forgot to add this….Connie, a lot of popular 80s Christian songs are available on Christian World – and in different genres such as Inspirational (middle of the road), contemporary, Southern Gospel, etc. You might want to browse thru the selection here and see if there’s something you like. I’m not saying that to promote this site (tho this is one of the best out there), I only say it cuz I’ve bought many tracks from Christian World and thankfully, Christwill offers immediate download and volume discounts, so I can obtain titles quickly *and* save shipping.
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