Original Broken Records

Maranatha! Records grew out of the Jesus Movement in Southern California during the early 1970s. It offered a wide range of musical styles, including the alt-country sounds of Daniel Amos and the gospel blues of Darrell Mansfield, among others. There were two spin-off companies in the early '80s, A&S and MRC, which featured more edgy sounding rock and new wave artists. The two were blended together around 1984, and Broken Records was born. Joe "Ojo" Taylor worked all of the labels at some point. In fact, two of earlier Undercover releases were orginally A&S and MRC releases, and were re-released under the Broken imprint.

7100-300-827

Youth Choir-Voices in Shadows

1984

Produced by Thom Roy

7100-301-823

Crumbacher-Incandescent

1984

Produced by Ojo

7100-302-82x

Altar Boys-When You're a Rebel

1984

Produced by B. B. Stone

7100-303-826

Undercover-God Rules (re-release)

1983

Produced by Dan Willard and Ojo Taylor

7100-304-826

Boys and Girls Renounce the World! (re-release)

1984

Produced by Dan Willard and Ojo Taylor

7100-305-82x

Unknown Release

1985

7100-306-82X

Darrell Mansfield Band-Revelation

1985

Produced by Mansfield, Turner, and Doyle

7100-307-821

Common Bond-Heaven Is Calling

1985

BRS-001

Various-Broken Samples

1985

The final item listed here is a 7 inch sampler given out at Cornerstone Festival. It featured tracks from The Altar Boys, Crumbacher, Undercover, and The (Youth) Choir.

Although the orignal Broken records didn't last long, it had a strong roster. Many artists, including The Altar Boys, Crumbacher, and Common Bond were later signed to Frontline Records, whose owner had tried to buy Broken at one point. Common Bond's "Heaven is Calling" was released by both Broken and Frontline Records.

Click here to see the Frontline Records Tribute.

After Broken Records was disbanded, Joe Taylor took Undercover to Blue Collar Records, which had signed Gene Andrusco's Adam Again had released two 4-4-1 albums.

Click here to see the Blue Collar Records page.