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The Pearl – Love Forever

The Pearl
Love Forever
1986 (no label)

Mark Krischak – Vocals, guitar
Joe Foster – Guitar
Matt Tippel – Bass
Paul Honescko – Drums

Side 1:

  1. Church Bells and the Guns
  2. World Goes Round
  3. Over and Over
  4. Why?
  5. It’s Only Love
  6. Everything I Am
  7. One Step Closer
  8. Whatcha Gonna Do?
  9. Something

Side 2:

  1. I Saw You
  2. There is a Plan
  3. Rock Stars

This was a bit of a mystery tape until I played it. It is just labeled as “The Pearl,” which was a Mark Krischak band. But it has a letter in it from Jerry Andrews of The Children writing to Dan Kennedy of The Cutting Edge to say he is sorry that Kennedy didn’t get a tape Andrews sent. Did Andrews also have a tape called “The Pearl”? Nope – this is just Andrews sending a copy of Krischak’s band. The only difference between this tape and the official release on Key Records (pictured below) is that “I Saw You” and “Something” are switched in the order, and side 2 starts with “One Step Closer.” Also, there seems to be some of the intro to “I Saw You” that is cut off here. Andrews also added a country song on the end that I would assume is Krischak’s band The High Plains Drifters. The Pearl itself was a catchy alternative-leaning power pop-ish band.

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Jeani Bond / Key Records

If there was an epicenter of the Christian Tape Underground, it would be Jeani Bond and Key Records. I wasn’t part of the actual scene back in the 80s and 90s, but from what I understand, she was one of the “key” people in promoting so many obscure tapes with her Regeneration Radio tape show and distribution efforts. She continues to promote this music to this day. If you are not familiar with her, you can get a good overview with this podcast interview she did recently with The Antidote:

http://www.theantidoteradio.com/interview/interview-with-jeani-bond-of-key-records

Then, of course, there is her website – which still has a lot of rare music for sale:

http://jeanibond.com

She also keeps a large archive of tape and zine and related miscellany on her Flicker account:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/keyrecordsarchive/albums

Last, but not least, there is her radio show archives (with tons of rare songs):

http://jeanibond.com/radioshows.html

and her current playlist on SoundCloud with even more music: