Clay Collins

Acoustic Hymns, Vol. I  started out as a fun project meant for my own enjoyment, until it began to have a life of its own. Arrangements were built in the studio one instrument at a time--with lots of pleasant surprises along the way!  The positive response I got as I played the recordings for friends and family led to this official release.

Credits
Produced, Arranged, Engineered and Mixed by Clay Collins at St. Thomas Studios, Pleasant Hill, CA
Mixing assistance by Anna Seitz
Graphics by Clay Collins
Guitar Photography by Martha Collins
All songs in the Public Domain

Musicians
Clay Collins: acoustic and electric guitars, bass, piano, keyboards, drums and percussion
Josh Lund: additional drumming on Holy, Holy, Holy

The History of the Hymns
Praise to the Lord
1680. Written by Joachim Neander. Titled, “Lobe den Herren, den machtigen, knog der Ehren” in the original German Sung to an old English folk tune.

Holy, Holy, Holy
1826. Written by the Anglican bishop Reginald Heber. First published posthumously.Sung to “Nicea”, by John Bacchus Dykes.

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
1739.  Written by Charles Wesley.  Initially titled “Hymn for Easter Day”.

Be Thou My Vision
Sixth Century. Text from Early Middle Irish “Rop to mo Baile”, attributed to Saint Dalla Forgaill. Translated to English in 1905 by Mary  Elizabeth Byrne.  Set into verse in 1912 by Eleanor Hull. Sung to the Irish Folk tune “Slane”.

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
1875. Written by the London merchant Samuel Trevor Francis. Sung to “Ebenezer”, also known as “Ton-y-Botel”, a famous Welsh hymn  written by Thomas John Williams, extracted from the second movement of his anthem “Goleu Yn Y Glyn” (Light in the Valley).

℗ 2026 High Top Records     HTR-006