Maranatha! Music
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| Maranatha! Music | |||
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| Founded | 1971 | ||
| Founder(s) | Chuck Smith | ||
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| Genre(s) | Various | ||
| Country | US | ||
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Maranatha! Music began as an outreach of Calvary Chapel in 1971. The Jesus People of the late 1960s and early 1970s began to write new hymns and worship songs with a folk-rock style. Maranatha! Music was founded at this time in order to publish and promote this new type of Christian music.
The first "Maranatha bands" were recorded in Buddy King (Neal Riefanauh)'s small home studio in Huntington Beach. In 1978 he opened up a new world class studio in Hollywood called the Sound Castle. Founder Chuck Smith eventually sold the record label to his nephew Chuck Fromm.
Some of the early Maranatha! recording groups were; Love Song, Children Of The Day, The Way, Mustard Seed Faith, and Daniel Amos. It is currently distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Provident Music.
A children's version of Maranatha! Music was also recorded, featuring Psalty the singing songbook and the Kid's Praise Kids.
In the 1980s, Maranatha! launched Broken Records, a label focusing on modern rock, punk and alternative music.
