Ray Ruff - Truth Of Truths-A Contemporary Rock Opera

Ray Ruff - Truth Of Truths-A Contemporary Rock Opera
Oak Records OR 1001 (1971)






Track Listing:
1. The Overture
2. Creation, Genesis 1 & 2
3. The Fall, Genesis 3
4. Forty Days and Forty Nights, Genesis 6-8
5. Tower of Babel, Genesis 11
6. God Called on to Abraham, Genesis 12 & 17
7. Sodom and Gomorrah Were the Cities of Sin, Genesis 19
8. Joseph, Beloved Son of Israel, Genesis 37-45
9. Let My People Go, Exodus 1-15, 32
10. The Ten Commandments, Exodus 20
11. Song of the Children of Israel (Exodus), Exodus 15
12. David to Bathsheba, 2 Samuel 11 & 12
13. Turn Back to God, Jeremiah 2-5
14. Prophecies of the Coming Messiah, Isaiah 7:14; 9:6,7; 53:3-7; Micah 5:2; Jeremiah 31:15; Deuteronomy 16:10; 27:12; 41:9; 68:18
15. My Life is in Your Hands, Luke 46-58
16. John the Baptist, John 19-37
17. He's the Light of the World, Matthew 5,6; 3 John
18. Hosanna, Matthew 21
19. The Last Supper, Matthew 26:1-35; 1 John 13
20. I am What I Say I am, Matthew 26:36-56
21. The Trial, Matthew 26:57 - 27:31
22. The Road, Luke 23:26-33
23. The Cross, Luke 23:34-49
24. Jesus of Nazareth, John 20:19-29
25. Resurrection, John 20:11-18
26. He Will Come Again, Matthew 24:29-31; Revelation 19:11-16
27. The Prophecies of the Coming of the End of the World, John 20:11-18








Personnel:
John Guerin, Hal Blaine, John Raines - Drums
Ray Ruff - Producer
Ernie Freedman, Dick Hieronymus - Arranger
Jim Backus - the voice of God
Donnie Brooks, Dick St. John, Sandy St. John, John Mancha, Mike Mancha, Lise Miller, Patti Sterling, Dave Rene, Ben Short, Pat Liston of the Friends and Brothers, Lloyd Schoonmaker, Don the Great, Doug Gibbs, Val Stöecklein - Lead Vocals
Sonny Craver, Scott Thompson, Roberta Watson, Patrice Holloway, Andrea Albin, Janie Mickens Lovett, Doris Thompson, Karen Bourne, Judi Brown, Joanne Willis, Karen Ditto, Jessie Richardson, John and Herb - Background Vocals
Bill Kurasch, Sid Sharp, Art Zungolo, Ralph Schaeffer, Sam Boghossian, Tibor Zelig, Henry Ferber - Violin
Christine Walevska, Ed Stanley - Cello
Larry Carlton, Dennis Budimir, Jerry Cole - Guitar
Reinie Press, Ray Pohlman - Bass
Larry Muhoberac - Piano
Gary Coleman - Vocals
Joe Osborn - Bass
Ray Kelly - Guitar
Harry Hyams, Joseph DiFiore - Viola
Paul Hubinon, Tony Terran - Trumpet
Julie Jacob - Saxophone
Bill Fritz - Reeds
Sinclair Lott - French Horn
George Price, Robert Enevoldsen, Arthur Maebe, William Hinshaw - Horns
Lou McCreary, Dick Hyde - Trombone