Crossbeats Music

CB 2c - Early Catacombs Recordings

The coloured backround to the table below indicates the date of the line-up of the group for the particular recording.

1963

1966

1968

1975

These songs were recorded live at the Catacombs Coffee Bar in Manchester, and the tapes leant to me by Alan Taylor. This recording was probably made by Edwin Brain, a helper at the Catacombs. Most of these songs are linked by introductions, and it would seem that tracks 1-18 are from the same session (judging by the 'hum' on the tapes that had to be digitally 'de-hummed'). Also, in view of the songs included, and a reference in one introduction to 'last Sunday', it would seem that the session was Wednesday 27 October 1965 - the first week the Catacombs ran full-time. Tracks 19-21 are much later, between October 1967 and June 1968.

Songs in green itlaics were NOT written by the group - which at this stage (1965) means about half of them. An MP3 download is available for the songs. The words of all the songs on this CD are available on this web site, and there is also a page of the chords used.

Left click a DOWNLOAD button, when it appears, to play the file on your chosen player. If you want to save the file, right-click the button, and choose "Save Target As ...." or "Save Link As....", depending on your browser. Two versions of each song are offered here: the low quality (highly compressed file) will download more quickly, whilst the higher quality file will be larger and take longer to download.

CB 2c			Tony Mathias (vocals), Eddie Boyes (rhythm and vocals), John Boyes (lead and vocals), Eric Knowles (drums), John Millington (bass) - 1st line-up (tracks 1-18).
Track #	Song Title	MP3 Small File or Large File	Comment
1	Only God's Son	or	Tracks 1-18 are from Wednesday 27 October 1965
2	Love	or
3	Tears	or
4	I got that joy .... down in my heart	or
5	Many times	or
6	Are you afraid?	or
7	Is He satisfied?	or	From Western Style Songs
8	If you know the Lord	or	From Favourites #4
9	He waits	or
10	He wants to know if you want to	or
11	The answer man	or	From Western Style Songs
12	The old rugged cross	or
13	Do you remember?	or
14	He's coming	or
15	Christian cowboy	or	Probably from some "Singspiration" book - not sure
16	I got that joy .... down in my heart	or
17	He's got the whole world in His hands	or	From Western Style Songs
18	Softly and tenderely (Jesus is calling)	or
			Tony Mathias (vocals), Eddie Boyes (bass and vocals), John Boyes (lead and vocals), Eric Knowles (drums and vocals), Sam Pennington (rhythm) - second line-up.
19	About love	or	Tracks 19-21 are between October 1967 and June 1968 (2nd line-up) They are rather 'speeded up', and 'higher' than they should be (tape inaccuracy)
20	Walk with faith in your heart	or	Part of a 'Bachelors' song (in the charts at the time?) - the introduction (end of previous track) mentions Alan Godson (leader of the Catacombs)
21	Do not disturb	or

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