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While this was discussed on our forum, we decided that we’d wait and follow the band’s lead in discussing Thankful: The Best of Caedmon’s Call, the best-of album put out by Essential back in July, six weeks before Overdressed hit the streets. [No, no, really ... they put out another one after putting out Chronicles just three years ago. You may make your own snarky commentary below; we're too busy biting our tongues.] You can pick it up at CaedmonsCall.com, Amazon, or the iTunes Store.

And now, quoting the iTunes Store official review of the album without comment:

Thankful marked the end of Caedmon’s Call’s ten-year run with Essential Records. While 2004’s Chronicles included live and rare versions of the band’s hits, Thankful is a traditional best-of collection.

Have you ever taped a Caedmon’s Call concert? Would you like to share that audio with your fellow CC fans? So would we. :)

If you ever taped CC in the past, please comment here or shoot me an email at gfmorris AT gfmorris DAHT net, and I’ll get with you. The process isn’t entirely painless, but it’s definitely doable, and if nothing else, I’ll take CDs that you mail me.

Oh, and if you haven’t noticed, we put up a pre-40 Acres bootleg of CC the other night: a late 1998 show from College Station that features a crowd hearing “Daring Daylight Escape” for the first time. I just finished listening to it, and man, it was a lot of fun. My thanks go out to Lance Orton of Blue Couch Studios for sending this one to me.

In talking about tonight’s show in Salem, Andrew lets us know that he’s stuck with lead singing duties tonight because Danielle’s at the hospital in Houston, quite probably in labor. Please keep the Youngs in your prayers as well as Andrew, who’s understandably a bit flipped out by singing lead for the whole show. :chuckle: AO, your motto should be “Nine toes, no problem!” Break a leg, buddy.

Update, 6 Oct: At Saturday night’s CC show, it was announced that Danielle was still expecting. You know, for all of you who want to know these things.

the following is a press release from INO Records

CAEDMON’S CALL CATAPULTS TO NO. 54 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP 200 LIST/NO.3 ON CHRISTIAN SOUNDSCAN

After an impressive first week in scans with over 12k units, INO Records’ Caedmon’s Call (with former member Derek Webb) is celebrating the success of Overdressed which released August 28 reaching No. 54 on Billboard’s Top 200 list and No. 3 on the Contemporary Christian SoundScan chart for the week ending September 7.

“Overdressed is the organic outpouring of where Caedmon’s came from, as well as where we are as a band,” says member Todd Bragg. “To see so many people moved to buy the project is extremely exciting.”

National momentum continues to build at Christian AC, INSPO and CHR radio with Caedmon’s Call’s latest single “There Is A Reason.” Currently there are over 43 stations onboard playing the single including recent adds from AC stations KYTT in Eugene-Springfield,OR; WDJC in Birmingham, AL; KHZR in St. Louis, MO. Adds from INSPO stations include, American Family Radio Network; KCJB in St. Cloud, MN;Family Life Ministries Network; and CHR station in Chicago, IL WONU.

To check out Caedmon’s Call’s EPK Sizzle Reel, which features behind the scenes footage of the band speaking into each song on the album along with personal never-before-heard stories behind the songs go to: Sizzle Reel. For any other latest news and information, click on www.caedmonscall.com or www.caedmonscall.net.

There’s a whole topic on the Rumor Forum relating to the release of “There Is a Reason” as a single and how the record is doing overall, and everything seems to be very, very positive. Todd played drums last night for a show Andy did up in Goodlettsville, TN, and afterwards, he and I talked about how the record was doing. He was really excited about it. I think his comment was something like, “We’ve still got it!”

Now, maybe you’re like me and don’t care too much about Christian radio—in my case, because it’s just like radio in America today in general, being generally poor for finding new music and being terribly hit-driven and generic—but I think that we can all agree that it’s a good thing that Caedmon’s Call is being successful on Christian radio: good radio charts tend to drive record sales, and continued commercial success for the band will make it possible for them to continue to do what they do.

Also, Todd promised a lot of fun stuff for the new tour. What a tease. ;)

Michael Terry was at the Overdressed Release Concert in Houston last week and he grabbed this video of Derek performing “10,000 Angels” during the show’s encore. Arguably the best part of this clip is Andy Osenga coming on stage for an impromptu guitar solo.

We got word a few minutes ago that Jon and Sherry Rivers mentioned this video clip (and our humble little website) on their morning show today, which is broadcast all across the country on KLOVE.

Not wanting to make our welcomed visitors have to search for the clip, i thought I’d bump it up to the front page.

This is INO Recording artist Caedmon’s Call performing “There is a Reason” off of their new disc Overdressed (on iTunes and in stores now) live on the Jon and Sherry Rivers Show on August 28th, 2007.

for those of you who saw this last week, sorry about the double post.

thanks to Matt Merriner for the heads up