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Away back when God’s popularity was occasionally leaking over into major labels, California Earthquake took the brass rock bull by the horns, combining the fervent soul of Blood, Sweat & Tears with some of the progressive hard rock crunch of Chicago’s debut.
The end results are indeed commendable and quite professional sounding.
The organ is hot, the lead guitar bristles with excitement and Roy Smith’s vocals burn with passion.
From the thunderous ‘Let There Be Light’ (which includes some cool psychy vocal echoes) to the symphonic art-rock instrumental ‘In The Beginning’ to the funk-groovin’ ‘Reformation ’71’, California Earthquake proudly shows that they got da power.
As with some other big-label spiritual projects of the day like the God Squad and The Electric Prunes’ Mass In F Minor, the overall vibe here seems more a mainstream Christian-themed experiment rather than a grassroots expression of the Jesus People.
Includes covers of ‘Put Your Hand In The Hand’, Billy Vera’s ‘The Bible Salesman’ and Leonard Cohen’s ‘Suzanne’.
(The Archivist, 4th edition by Ken Scott).


Bill Connors - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums
Mike Barrowman - horn
Jon Clarke - horn
Brian Griffin - organ
John Guerin - drums
Joe Porter - horn
Don Roberts - horn
Roy Smith - vocals
Mayo Tiana - horn


CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE - Reformation (1971)

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