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Many years ago I had a Christian compilation album...that I think was put out by Word Records.
There was a beautiful song on it that I really loved. It was, as I found out much later, a more modern re-working of an older hymn called I Need Thee Every Hour.
Sometime later, 10 to 15 years or so, I no longer had the original recording, but I still remembered that song...and long before the internet I began looking for it.
By then, however, I simply could not remember the artist who recorded it. So one day, I went to a Christian bookstore and asked about it. No one knew what I was referring to...but they gave me access to a HUGE book so I could look for it by title.
I had no luck finding it there though.
Still I kept thinking about it. Since I'd played it over and over I kept hoping I could remember the artist's name to help me searching for it.
Consolator -Artist: Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890)
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I had always remembered the song was called I Need You Every Hour...and I now had the singer's name...but still couldn't find a recording of that song.
As the power of the internet grew I'd search for that song from time to time.
Eventually, I found a place on-line that listed an LP of Hildebrand's with that song on it. They said it was new in the wrapper and I still had a turn-table (even though I'd completely transitioned to CD's by that time)...so I ordered it.
When I got it I was disappointed because although it was still shrink-wrapped...it was very "scratchy" and sounded terrible. I'm not sure to this day if it was used and simply re-shink-wrapped...or if it had just been sitting in a warehouse so long that it's grooves had begun to be pressed flat. Ether way I found the recording un-listenable.
Still, I thought about that song from time to time through the years...and as the internet grew I'd do a search once in a while without any luck.
In the last few days I was thinking about it again and did yet another YouTube search...not really expecting to find it as had been the case so many times before...and THERE it was!!
It's in
a YouTube video...a digital transfer from an LP...so there's a small
amount of needle noise at the beginning...but after a bit that's not noticeable...and just the beautiful track is left.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and you are Blessed by it!!
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I Need You Every Hour - Ray Hildebrand - 1971 -Word
Found on WapsiValley's YouTube Channel
Found on WapsiValley's YouTube Channel
Thanks for stopping by! Have a Blessed day!!
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