In 2 weeks time, May 15, CD sets will be available for the first 3 All Together collections: All Together Now, All Together Again, All Together Everybody (the green, blue and orange books respectively).
When the last 2 collections were released in 1996 and 2001, CDs were available straight away. I thought it wasn't worth transferring the earlier collections to the CD format, but a constant trickle of requests forced me to think again. And because there's about 3 hours of music for each collection, a set of 3 CDs will be available for each book. In Australia, they'll be $20 per CD, or $60 per set.
Not fresh recordings, not digitally remastered, but I think the original recordings stand up fairly well. The first 2 collections were simple (done on a 4 track Tascam recorder!). All Together Everybody got a much bigger recording cast and a full studio (as did the last 2 books). Most importantly they capture the spirit of songs.
Though fashions change, new songs are written, I still find that many of the 310 songs from these collections work well — in schools, churches, concerts.
You can order them on this site.
