First Love - A historic gathering of Jesus Music pioneers : 2 DVDs & 2 CDs

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All still full of JOY! 01/19/2017
By Healthnut
My friends and I used to make the long drive down to the circus tents put up by the beach to hear the FREE concerts put on by these groups. They were so contagiously full of joy and deliverance, they changed the lives of me, my siblings, and many in my California Jesus-people generation. I have long wondered what happened to them, if they were still as full of joy as they were then or if they had descended into some jaded state.

It was so good to see them as full of joy and love as ever, as am I, my family, and most of those I know touched by Jesus because of their music. We now live in India with some of our children and grandchildren, trying to share this same joy to anyone who is thirsty. It is so fun to see this same joy cross all cultural barriers, enter into hearts and change families in any culture, as it did ours.

I highly recommend this DVD to anyone who did not have the chance to live through the Jesus Movement themselves as well as those who want to relive the beginning of

Who are these old grey-haired people? Oh they look like me! 01/19/2017
By Harry Briley
For those of us who were there near the beginning (Simi Valley1970 for me), these tunes drove my college community. Each singer/group plays an early signature tune, is interviewed, and then plays a second song (most of which were new at the time of this video). The visuals of the singing is mostly panning around a room of the fellow singers in barca-loungers lost in the moment mouthing the words. Take a hint, turn the lights down low, turn off the phone, get your comfy quilt on the couch, and close your eyes during the songs. Watching other people do this is obviously not compelling video. I have just finished DVD-1 and it challenged me to reconsider what passes poorly as CCM today. The interviews are not rehashing old testimonies, but they start with their commonly known stories and reflect further about their faith walk. By the end of the first DVD, I wish I was present in person during those three days of taping. Some ah-ha moments was which congregations were the home ports for the

Truly Amazing 01/18/2019
By Mike Pinkston
I turned on this delightful documentary not knowing what to expect. I found Christ during the Jesus movement and I am also a musician. So the music of this time shaped me spiritually and musically. I was and am a rocker and the music of this era was so satisfying because it was crafted in the genre I came from. What I didn’t expect was being on my knees enraptured by God’s Spirit as I began this DVD. It shook me to my core as I encountered the tangible presence of God. It brought back my initial days with Jesus and sharpened my hunger for more of the One who called me out of darkness into His wonderful light. Watchers beware! You may encounter the living God as you watch this wonderfully and thoughtfully crafted video.

First Love-love it! 02/28/2018
By Andi
These are fantastic DVDs, especially if you were part of the 'Jesus movement' of the 70s and grew up in the Lord listening to these artists. You will laugh and cry as they share testimonies and the songs we remember them for. You will want to watch them over and over. My younger friends in the Lord have also enjoyed watching them. I have purchased several copies for brothers and sisters in Christ and they have purchased sets for others. I highly recommend them! I have not listened to the
CDs as much.

First Love DVD's & CD's 08/20/2021
By Donna M Rudiger
I was so excited to find this on your website; I purchased the videos on VHS format back in the late 90's. The quality of these videos is clearer and the music is crisp and balanced. The CD's travel with me in my car. Thank you for providing this timely and iinspiring Jesus Music history in an updated format. I am so glad to have this in my music library and listen to it every weekend.

 

The late 60's and early '70's were a time of tremendous upheaval in American culture as the hippie generation abandoned the values of their parents, turned to drugs and away from materialism, and went on a search for love and peace. For these young people, "the establishment" which included the church, seemed irrelevant. At times it felt like the very fabric of our nation might tear apart.

It was out of this tumultuous era that young, musical voices began to surface. These newly converted musicians began singing about the new hope they had found through Jesus Christ.

First Love examines the life and music of the people who birthed the sounds of a revolution that swept American culture. It became know as the Jesus Movement. For three historic days, these artists gathered for the first time in a mountain retreat in Southern California and First Love Volumes I & II captures almost 4 hours of each of their incredible live performances and reveals a rare look a the heart and motives of each artist as they describe in intimate detail the drama of their personal transformation.

With performances by:
• Randy Matthews
• Barry McGuire
• Annie Herring
• Chuck Girard
• Matthew Ward
• John Fischer
• Andrae Crouch
• Jamie Owens Collins
• 2nd Chapter of Acts
• Terry Clark
• Keith Green tribute with Melody Green
• Randy Stonehill
• Love Song
• Paul Clark
• Darrell Mansfield
• Honeytree

"We didn't know very much. We were naive. All we knew was we were blind, now we see. And that was enough."
- Love Song