I just picked up this book/CD documenting the two-winged preacher/electric guitar evangelist Elder Utah Smith. I know Red Onion may still have copies.

You may not be a believer but this record will make you at least wish you were clapping along to Smith in the pews. This site offers some soundclips. The record also does a good job of putting him in context. Other preachers/players are given tracks. But it is Smith who rules the pulpit.

Got the latest list of new arrivals at Red Onion. They got the new Beirut LP (actually two EPs), a bunch of Numero stuff, this Elder Utah Smith CD that looks killer, plus the usual awesome finds.

ROCK:

KISS: DYNASTY
T-BONE BURNETT: TRUTH DECAY
AU PAIRS: LIVE IN BERLIN
WILDWEEDS: SELF-TITLED (VANGUARD, NRBQ MEMBERS)
ROLLING STONES: BEGGARS BANQUET

DEAD KENNEDYS: BEDTIME FOR DEMOCRACY (WITH 2 NEWSPAPERS & INSERT)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS: NOW THEN... (US PRESSING)
JOHN & YOKO/PLASTIC ONO BAND/ELEPHANT'S MEMORY: SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY (WITH PETITION, CARD & INNER SLEEVES)
CROW: MUSIC
WRECKLESS ERIC: SELF-TITLED (UK STIFF PRESSING)
FLEETWOOD MAC: RUMOURS
FLEETWOOD MAC: SELF-TITLED
NINE INCH NAILS: SIN 12"
X: LOS ANGELES (ORIGINAL SLASH LABEL)
BOB DYLAN: SLOW TRAIN COMING
GRINDER'S SWITCH: SELF-TITLED
ROY HEAD: DISMAL PRISONER
DON NIX: HOBOS, HEROES...
SPANKY & OUR GANG: LIVE
ROGER KELLAWAY: CENTER OF THE CIRCLE
GRATEFUL DEAD: ANTHEM OF THE SUN (70'S PRESSING)
THE WHO: STORY OF... (2LP UK PRESSING)

JAZZ:
KEN McINTYRE: OPEN HORIZON (INNER CITY)
CHICO FREEMAN: SPIRIT SENSITIVE (INDIA NAVIAGATION)
OLIVER NELSON: SCREAMIN' THE BLUES (OJC PRESSING)
WES MONTGOMERY: FULL HOUSE (OJC PRESSING)
RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO: NEVER ON SUNDAY
MILES DAVIS: VOLUME 2 (BLUE NOTE, LIBERTY PRESSING)
CHARLIE PARKER: ON DIAL VOLUME 2 (UK, SPOTLITE RECORDS)
ARCHIE SHEPP: A TOUCH OF THE BLUES (FRANCE, FLUID RECORDS)
JIMMY SMITH: BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK (BLUE NOTE 4117, NEW YORK, USA)
HANK MOBLEY: AND HIS ALL STARS (70'S BLUE NOTE PRESSING)
COLEMAN HAWKINS/ROY ELDRIDGE/PETE BROWN/JO JONES ALL STARS: AT NEWPORT (JAPANESE VERVE PRESSING)
CHARLIE PARKER: WITH STRINGS VOL. 1 (FRENCH REISSUE)
CHARLIE PARKER: ONE NIGHT IN BIRDLAND (2LP, COLUMBIA CONTEMPORARY MASTERS SERIES)
KENNY BURRELL: MIDNIGHT BLUE (PA USA JAZZ ORIGIN SERIES)
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS: THINGS TO COME FROM THOSE NOW GONE
FRANK WESS: FLUTE OF THE LOOM
SONNY STITT: GOIN' DOWN SLOW

FUNK/SOUL:
MALONE & BARNES AND SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY (LUV N' HAIGHT REISSUE)
BARBARA LYNN: HERE IS (UK, 1976 OVAL/VIRGIN RECORDS REISSUE)
SHARON RIDLEY: STAY A WHILE WITH ME (SUSSEX ORIGINAL)
ARTHUR ALEXANDER: SELF-TITLED
LARRY RASPBERRY & THE HIGHSTEPPERS: SELF-TITLED

RAP:
BLACKALICIOUS: BLAZING ARROW (2LP ORIGINAL)

COUNTRY:
DON COOPER: SELF-TITLED (ROULETTE)

MISCELLANEOUS:
DAVID McCALLUM: MUSIC: A BIT MORE OF ME (PRODUCED BY DAVID AXELROD)
WHY DID LENNY BRUCE DIE?