News Update  - July 4, 2006
Well, here we are on Independence Day 2006, and I'm still not sure exactly when I'll be able to start back up on the info pages, or even update the discography listings for that matter.  I continue to receive the occasional email with additions or corrections to the discography listings, and I apologize for the delay.  I have stored away all of these emails, and I promise that I will eventually incorporate all of these changes.  Your help with this project is greatly appreciated!  There's still one possible transition period for me that is soon to come, after which, I hope to have a better idea when I can return my attention to the web site and discography listings.  I have gotten several inquiries the past few years as to my progress on bringing the info pages back, but I've never had anything better to say except "I'm not sure yet when I'll be starting up again".  Since I'm still not sure when I'll be sure, I have decided to go ahead and repost most of the original pages at this link.  I don't have any intentions of taking them off again until the new pages are ready.
 

Introduction

Welcome to the largest and probably only contribution I will make to Christian music.  I hope this will become one of the handiest places on the www to look up the discography of Christian artists, primarily the older ones.  If you are going to bookmark this site, I'd suggest setting the bookmark for www.ccmdiscography.com.  If I ever need to change ISPs for some reason, the first thing I will do after relocating my site is update my two new domain addresses - www.ccmrockman.com & www.ccmdiscography.com - which are good through the year 2003 or the 2nd Advent.  I got them both from Active Domain for 2 years each at a cost just over the price of one domain for one year at register.com.  Capitalism sure is great for the little guys (some of us, not all).

I first got the idea for this project when I saw the r.m.c. discography attempt.  I really found this useful when I first started looking at older more collectable Christian groups, primarily in the Christian rock category.  But as I became more familiar with the artists, I also noticed all the holes, and date inaccuracies in the list.  I thought I would take this list and expand it to include all artists who had their first major release from the beginnings of contemporary Christian music as we know it through 2000 (the first year of the new millennium to some).  I won't attempt to expand the list past 2000, given the explosion in the number of new artists since the early 90's.  So this list will only cover the discographies of artists who had their first official album (not demo or EP) in 2000 or earlier, and also artists/groups that didn't have a major release, but released a demo with 8 or more songs (see next paragraph).  This list is probably most accurate and comprehensive for Christian rock, which is my chief interest.

The main list will consist of the discography, including demos and EPs, of groups that have at least one release with 8 or more songs.  I have indicated the number of songs on all releases that I know or have read to have less than 8 songs.  I have tried to give the home country of all international (outside the U.S.) artists in this list.  They must have at least one album sung mostly or entirely in English to be included in the discography.  Also, I have tried to distinguish different groups with the same name by including their home country, or state if in the U.S.

This discography listing is NOT (I'll say it again - NOT) based on my personal collection.  I have tried to gather all my discography listings from reliable internet sources, or printed catalogs that I have collected over the years.  Personally, I favor the listing format of the r.m.c. discography, with the artists and their albums listed on one page as opposed to a listing of just the band names with half a million links to individual band discography pages.  Another thing that makes my discography unique on the web (from what I've seen so far) is how I've tried to indicate which albums are officially available on CD, which is a very big interest to me and most other CCM collectors.

This discography pages will also have an album info pages about each of the titles in my collection.  Here's a quick briefing on the general format of these info pages.  (Album info pages are temporarily unavailable).
 

Disclaimers

Technically, I can only guarantee the CD availability of those albums in my collection and those which I have sold or seen in used CD stores, which would probably consist of less than 1/10 of what's listed.  All other titles that I have listed as being available in CD format were listed as such somewhere on the internet (on an artist home page, an online store, etc.) or in a printed catalog that I have.  Just because my list may not mention an album being available on CD doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't.  And by the same token, I may have a few albums listed as being available on CD which are not (officially).  I intended for the years shown on the list to match the year indicated on the actual release, regardless of whether the album was completed earlier.  Hopefully all dates shown will be at least +/- 1 year from the one given on the actual release, if there is one.  The exception to this rule is reissues.  For those, I hope to list the year it was re-released, which may not be the date listed on the reissue.  I can't guarantee that all titles, spellings, etc., are accurate.  I do not guarantee that every group listed on this page is a Christian group; a few of the sources for my list came from catalogs which were selling a few secular titles and I may have unknowingly included a few of those.  I also may have unknowingly included some artists whose discography doesn't meet my specifications for inclusion on the main list (i.e. don't have any releases with 8+ songs).

Credits

This list was mostly composed using the following sources:

The Gospel Rox Music Collector's Guide (by Claude Crain)
A Decade Of Jesus Music site
Other online discographies -- r.m.c., Cutting Edge, All Music Guide, Both Sides Now
Christian music online stores -- 777, Christian Digital Music, The Crossing, Rock Solid, and others
Christian music magazines -- CCM, HM
Printed Christian music catalogs -- Long's Christian Music (pre-True Tunes), Rock Revival, RadRockers
Christian band link sites -- Christian Music Place, Christian Artist List,...

How You Can Help

This list is far from complete and probably has many errors.  If you would like to help me out with one or more of the following, then please email me.  In the past I have been quite slow in replying, but I'll try to do so more swiftly in the future, to let you know that I did receive the email.  After the discography has been updated, I hope to implement all corrections/additions sent to me by the beginning of next month.  Email me if I need to:

- add a new artist
- remove an artist on the main list whose discography doesn't meet my listing specifications
- add missing titles/dates or fix an incorrect one
- add/remove the CD availability indication of an album
- spelling error or incorrect label
- add another version (label) for a title
- any other imperfection (mistake or omission) on the list
- add a new link, or remove/update a dead link to an official or unofficial band home page
- recommend another official source for making this list more complete and accurate

Maybe In The Future

- I will slowly but surely add short pages with quick info on most (maybe eventually all) of the CDs and cassettes (n/a on CD) in my collection.
- If I can find a real complete and authentic source for this, it would be nice to add which formats (CD, CS, LP, 8T) that each version of an album is available in.
   But I would want to have a pretty comprehensive information source before attempting this.
- I would like to eventually add a frames version of this site whenever I finish the non-frames one to a minimum satisfaction.
- Maybe someday I will be able to offer this discography on CD.  I currently have a limit of 60 megs for my web page with my ISP, plus any other free space I can
   find, but I obviously could put a lot more on a CD.  The CD version would also have much more than what is given free at this site (additional info pages, album
   review sources, etc.).  The possibility of this ever coming to fruition is dependent on several unpredictable factors - eventual marriage, technological advances,
   God's will for my life, second advent, etc.  If this ever does evolve, it probably won't happen before 2010 (i.e. it's still just a dream).  Actually, I'll be surprised if
   someone else doesn't do it sooner!
 
 
 

Last Updated April 2004