All God's Children - Songs From The British Jesus Rock Revolution 1967-1974 Clamshell Box

ヒッピー時代におけるキリスト教的思想、またはキリスト教におけるヒッピー的要素を端に発する「ジーザス・ムーヴメント」。 1960年代後半から1970年代前半にかけて西海岸からアメリカ全土、更にはヨーロッパへと飛び火したムーヴメントの英国側の視点から俯瞰した3CD BOXが登場。
英国クリスチャン・ロックの代表格OUT OF DARKNESSとその前身であるガレージR&BアクトTHE PILGRIMS、PARCHMENT、 WHISPERS OF TRUTH、そしてJUDYMACKENZIEまで、英国クリスチャン・アクトのベストと言える布陣。
また並行してSTRAWBS、MOODY BLUES、KINKSなど、世俗的なバンドによる強いスピリチュアルなメッセージを持った楽曲を収録しています。ウッドストック世代の落ち着きのない探求心とベトナム戦争への恐怖がポップ・カルチャーへスピリチュアルな要素を加え生まれ、後進のコンテンポラリー・クリスチャン・ミュージック (CCM) への影響も計り知れない60年代クリスチャン・ロック / フォークの歴史的重要音源、貴重音源が満載です!

A curious phenomenon of the late hippie era, Jesus rock is usually considered an American fad, one that encompassed rock operas like Jesus Christ Superstar, AM smashes like Norman Greenbaums "Spirit in the Sky," and funky FM roots rock like the Doobie Brothers "Jesus Is Just Alright with Me." Grapefruits triple-disc set All Gods Children: Songs from the British Jesus Rock Revolution 1967-1974 tells a parallel narrative, one centered in the United Kingdom, where an uprising of Christian rock bands intersected with folk and prog groups who also sang about Jesus, albeit in occasionally elliptical ways. All Gods Children spends as much time with secular interpretations of gospel as it does with the faithful, a decision that makes the Jesus rock trend feel fairly widespread while also adding considerable musical depth to the compilation. Much of this set occupies the slipstream separating folk-rock and art rock -- it opens with a song called "Prelude," after all, a fanfare where Salamander incorporate elements of "He Is My God" into their pomp -- but the sharpest moments often are from the bands who demonstrate a love of song elsewhere: Richard Thompson, the Hollies, Clifford T. Ward, Gerry Rafferty, Fairport Convention, and the Kinks provide the melodic backbone for this set. If it sometimes seems if the compilers are stretching the definition of Jesus rock -- Roy Woods manic "Songs of Praise" seems like a parody of faith, not a recitation of it -- that also makes All Gods Children an effective document of its time: it suggests that this was a real pop culture phenomenon, one that wasnt limited to just true believers. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine