The Rance Allen Group

The Rance Allen Group – Truth Is Where It’s At (1972/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:42 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Gospel, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

Photographer Maldwin Hamlin depicted Rance, Steve and Thomas Allen in an apropos trance of introspection on “Truth Is Where It’s At.” On the front cover, the group looks low, staring into their own reflections within the muck of the water underneath a lonely bridge. On the album’s back cover, they stand atop a ledge, looking to the sky. With Rance at arguably the most lucid juncture in the family band’s early career, playing guitar, piano and displaying absolutely astonishing vocal elasticity, it’s of little to no consequence that the album is split down the middle between original material and cover songs. Rance Allen has never seen a song he couldn’t make his own.

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The Rance Allen Group – Brothers (1973/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:02 minutes | 1,57 GB | Genre: Gospel, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

In their third outing, Steve, Thomas and Rance Allen are joined by their brother Esau Allen on congas for a family affair. Less bombastic than their previous efforts, Rance leads the group in a manner that speaks to the brothers’ comfortability within their own range, their familiarity with one another and their reverence for the material.

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The Rance Allen Group – The Rance Allen Group (1972/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:01 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Gospel, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

Comprised of brothers Tom, Steve and Rance Allen (occasionally featuring brother Esau on congas), the Rance Allen Group was discovered by Gospel Truth president Dave Clark and producer Toby Jackson at a Detroit talent show. Hailing from nearby Monroe, Michigan, the group wasted no time introducing their crossover gospel sensibilities with their eponymous debut album in 1972.

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