A Complete Cathedrals Collection

Today, a copy I ordered of the Cathedrals’ Smooth as Silk project came in.

This completed a five-year project to find copies of all of the Cathedrals’ recordings (including the two Cathedral Trio projects). Though I picked up a number along the way, I didn’t even try to find a complete set of the nearly innumerable compilations, since they would just take up space I don’t have.

A big thank you to everyone who helped me track down copies, especially to Dean Adkins, who got me going. I had already found a couple of CDs, but when I purchased a dozen or so duplicates from him, that convinced me that this project was actually possible.

Now, on to my next major collecting project: Tracking down all the recordings that key Cathedrals personnel (at least Younce, Payne, Trammell, Bennett, Wolfe, Funderburk, Haase, and Fowler) made before and after their Cathedrals years. I am pretty close on a few, but there is enough left to go to keep me busy for the next few years.

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11 Responses to “A Complete Cathedrals Collection”

1. Brandon Coomer says:

   February 9, 2009 at 4:07 pm

   Congratulations, Daniel!

   I don’t know how many years I worked to complete my Gold City collection, but it was well worth it when I finished.

   My hat’s off to you. You had a lot more years to cover with the Cats than I did with Gold City, although I added extra difficulty to my task by tracking down all of their guest appearances through the years.

   Again, congratulations and good luck on your project!

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2. Daniel J. Mount says:

   February 9, 2009 at 4:17 pm

   I do collect as many guest appearances as I can, though these are generally (especially with Homecoming appearances) songs with the same track / arrangement they used on the main recordings.

   It was a challenge, but a good one!

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3. Kyle Boreing says:

   February 9, 2009 at 4:48 pm

   I’ve got a solo LP by Danny Funderburk from around 1985, called “Whiter Than Snow,” that was recorded in Cincinnati, produced by Roger Bennett for Journey Records, I believe. Was still in the shrink wrap at NQC one year. Never have had a chance to listen to it yet, but it’s autographed by Danny.

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4. John says:

   February 9, 2009 at 5:53 pm

   I think you saved one of their best recordings for last! I thought Steve Lee was one of the finest baritones the Cats ever had, and the projects with Lee and Talley were some of their finest.

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5. Brad says:

   February 9, 2009 at 6:20 pm

   Congrats Daniel! That is an awesome collection! I envy you. We share the Catherals as our all time favorite group (along with many other people I am sure). I have 32 CDs in my Cathedrals collection, but I haven’t gotten into the LP collecting (not yet anyway).

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6. Amy Rogers says:

   February 9, 2009 at 7:01 pm

   Did you happen to get the album the Weatherfords recorded with RCA studios with “Child of the King” on it? I think it was called In the Garden, but I’m not sure I have all my facts straight.

   I’ve seen it going on Ebay before for a lotta money.

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7. John says:

   February 9, 2009 at 8:26 pm

   “In the Garden” is one of the finest albums in gospel music history. However, it doesn’t contain “Child of the King”.

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8. Amy Rogers says:

   February 9, 2009 at 10:50 pm

   OK. Whatever the album was, I think the story in the Cats’ biography was that Elvis complemented Glen Payne on it at the NQC. But I do not know, to be honest …………..

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9. anthony kees says:

   February 10, 2009 at 1:54 am

   eh eh. try the kingsmen. at last count i had over 160 with compliations. i still know of 5 that i am missing. i have no idea of there table projects. a complete discography would be nice. any takers out there?

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10. natesings says:

    February 10, 2009 at 8:51 am

    #9- You can find one here
    http://sghistory.com/index.php?n=K.Kingsmen_Quartet

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11. Samuel says:

    February 10, 2009 at 10:26 am

    I have all of GloryBound’s CDs. Of course, they’ve only been touring since 2003.

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