presenting a new CD release…
Signposts
Now available at ThunderSongs!
*New!* Final mix soundclips of all songs available here. Click on the song title to stream the clip, right click to download.
Throughout our lives and those who have gone before
lay signposts that point us to the future
Vertical Alignment will be joined by an array of stars from the world of C-Prog on their first full CD, “Signposts.” Appearing with the VA regulars on the release will be Randy George and Wil Henderson of Ajalon, Steve Babb, Fred Schendel, and Eric Parker of Glass Hammer, David Wallimann of Glass Hammer and Young Earth, Carl Groves of Salem Hill, Mike and Shaun FitzPatrick of the band FitzPatrick, Eddie Jerlin of Everlasting Arms, Kevin Jarvis of Farpoint, Lenna Pauley of Progressive Positivity Radio and The Radiant Flow, lyrics by author Stephen Lawhead and more. The collaboration and interaction that has become this release has been nothing short of extraordinary. It is rare that a debut release boasts such a stellar cast.
The album builds on a concept that sometimes God uses major world events to point to a higher way; a better way. Vertical Alignment explores such events starting with the Second World War as portrayed in “Dress Rehearsal.” Many other events are searched out including September 11, 2001 in “The Towers.” The state of the world today in recent history is the last statement in “Rented Houses.” The promise of a bright future is proclaimed in “Kingdom of Summer” with lyrics by Stephen Lawhead. Gamuts of emotions are felt as great events portrayed in song shape our existence and remind us always of the God who is there.
“Signposts” was released on the web on May 8, 2006 and the CD is now available at ThunderSongs.
All new sound clips from the final masters!
The Songs:
Signposts 3:08
Jim Branreuther: Lead Vocals
Kevin Jarvis: Mandolin
Pete Jorgensen: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Bass
Dress Rehearsal 8:05
"Tyger, Tyger burning bright
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
-from "The Tyger" by William Blake
"The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin"
-from "Roads to Moscow" by Al Stewart
Jim Branreuther: Lead and Backing Vocals
Pete Jorgensen: Lead and Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
Terri Jorgensen: Bass
Mike Adams: Drums
"I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in
any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort."
-Edward J. Smith, 1907: Captain, RMS Titanic
Captain Smith was planning to retire after the maiden voyage of Titanic.
Eric Parker: Lead Vocals
Fred Schendel: Keyboards
David Wallimann: Guitars
Pete Jorgensen: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
Mike Adams: Drums
Freedom's Call 16:09
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,
and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage" -Galatians 5:1
Mike FitzPatrick, Shaun FitzPatrick: Lead Vocals
Fred Schendel: Keyboards
Pete Jorgensen: Lead and Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
Monty Pierce: Guitars
Terri Jorgensen: Bass
Mike Adams: Drums
Children in the Son 10:50
"I have very few words for what I am feeling right now, mostly tears.
I (have) witnessed the horrific reality of what life is for an abandoned child in Romania."
-Michelle Kelly Sims, Founder and Director of Children in the Son
Wil Henderson: Lead and Backing Vocals, Drums
Randy George: Guitars, Bass
Lenna Pauley: Voice
Melody Jorgensen: Voice
Monty Pierce: Guitars
Pete Jorgensen: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
visit Children in the Son on the web
The Towers 9:11
"Nothing you've seen on television could begin to convey the amount of smoke there was… if some of them got out, maybe it's possible that most of them or even all of them did. I wonder about those on the 55th floor of the other building, though. I can't let myself think about that right now."
-Edward Jerlin, WTC employee who missed work for jury duty on September 11, 2001
Jessica Cole: Lead Vocals
Jim Branreuther: Backing Vocals
Edward Jerlin: Keyboards
Pete Jorgensen: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
Monty Pierce: Bass
Mike Adams: Drums
Rented Houses 12:04
"Oh, indeed there is a tie between Iraq and what happened on 9/11. It's not that Saddam Hussein was somehow himself and his regime involved in 9/11, but, if you think about what caused 9/11, it is the rise of ideologies of hatred that lead people to drive airplanes into buildings in New York."
-Condoleezza Rice
"'Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.
Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.'"
-the character Gandalf from "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Carl Groves: Lead and Backing Vocals
Lenna Pauley: Voice
Pete Jorgensen: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
Steve Babb: Bass
Mike Adams: Drums
Kingdom of Summer 7:50
"'This is the Dream of Taliesin, Chief Bard of Britian… I tell you the truth,
the Kingdom of Summer is close at hand. Taliesin's dream can become reality;
it only awaits our good pleasure. '"
-James, the King of England,
a character from the novel "Avalon" by Stephen R. Lawhead
Mike FitzPatrick: Lead Vocals
Pete Jorgensen: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
Mike Adams: Drums
Rented Houses Epilogue / Signposts (reprise) 5:11
"'…Pray, and expect God to answer. Act, and expect positive results.
Do you understand? You have to do both.'"
-T. General George Grisham, a character from the novel
"The Jericho Sanction" by Oliver North
Carl Groves: Lead Vocals
Jim Branreuther: Lead and Backing Vocals
Lenna Pauley: Voice
Kevin Jarvis: Mandolin
Pete Jorgensen: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
Mike Adams: Drums
All words and music by Pete Jorgensen except "Ballad of the Titanic" by Pete and Terri Jorgensen and lyrics of "Kingdom of Summer" by Stephen Lawhead
Lyrics for "Kingdom of Summer" based on the book Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead, copyright protected
© 2006 Peter Jorgensen
Peter Jorgensen BMI
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