My copy of the Cathedrals record that is listed on SGHistory.com under the title “Greatest Gospel Hits” is called “Cathedral Quartet Hits” I checked, and the song list and order is exactly the same for both releases, so is the record lable info ( SGHistory.com says this was released on both Scripture and Eternal records. Miy copy is the Eternal release).
The picture for “Greatest Gspel Hits” includes Danny Koker and Bobby Clark. My copy of “Cathedral quartet Hits” has Mack Taunton, George Webster, and Lorne Matthews (I beleive he’s the third person). I cannot find “Cathedral Quartet Hits” on that website though, which leads me to the above conclusions.
As for the other version of “Cheer The Weary Traveler” I mentioned in my first post, that is on “I Saw The Light”. Daniel mentioned above that his copy has Mack Taunton on the cover, and that he thinks Bobby Clark is singing.
Yet my copy of this one doesn’t even have a cover.

In 1966, when Duane Allen joined the Oaks, they had already completed some of what became the “River of Live” LP with Smitty Gatlin on lead. They had Duane finish the album, shot the cover, and released an album that is half-Duane and half-Smitty.

When Richard Sterban joined the group in 1972, they had pretty much completed their “Street Gospel” album with Noel Fox, but Richard resang the bass parts, and they may have cut a couple extra songs that weren’t used (which later showed up on “The Lighthouse” compilation).

The biggest confusion, however, is their first Columbia record (self-titled) with Joe Bonsall. They started recording the album in late ‘72/early ‘73. This is evidenced by footage of the group singing “Why Me, Lord” in a concert and a “Hee Haw” appearance where they are singing “The Baptism of Jesse Taylor” and “He’s Gonna Smile On Me,” all with Willie Wynn on tenor; Joe joined the group in October of ‘73.

The album wasn’t released until 1974, but if you listen to some of the songs (in particular, “Loves Me Like A Rock”), you can still hear Willie in the mix, not Joe. Joe resang some of the songs (“What A Time We Will Have Over There”) and added his vocal to other songs that already had Willie on tenor (“Put Your Arms Around Me Blesses Jesus” has both of them on it).

Back in the late 60’s/early 70’s, I’m sure that the recording process (especially for independent or budget releases) was a little more primitive. It was probably very difficult (if not impossible) and costly to rerecord a vocal part. Guess they figured, “We got something, just put it out!”