Any record collector who has flipped through the dusty bins of any second-hand store knows that the variety and disturbing trends of easy listening and religious records knows no bounds, but even I was surprised to find this gem in a Goodwill store.
Frank Garlock is an evangelical minister who spent a good part of the early 1970s travelling to high schools preaching about the evils of rock and roll.
The Big Beat: A Rock Blast is a double-LP lecture created as a companion to GarlockΓÇÖs book of the same title. During my initial research, I found an interesting Garlock related story, but was unable to find much of a bio that would be of any real interest. I guess it is best to just let Garlock speak for himself, and on this record he does plenty of that.
This guyΓÇÖs performance is Oscar material. In the lecture on this record he claims to have listened to and analysed more than 2000 rock songs in a single week. So letΓÇÖs say the average rock song at the time was 2 minutes and 30 seconds ΓÇô thatΓÇÖs 5000 minutes, or 3.5 days of continuous music listening. He would have to spend 14 hours per day for 6 days (I assume he spends his entire Sunday in holy worship) just to listen to the music. Even if his analysis took a mere 30 seconds per song, that would still add another 3 hours to his 14-hour work day. A 17-hour work day ΓÇô without breaks ΓÇô just to deconstruct rock and roll music? Now that is dedication. Tell me Frank, if rock and roll is so dangerous, and you have listened to so much of it, how come you are not deranged like the rest of us?

Believe it or not, this guy Garlock has been at it for the last 30 years, as founder of Majesty Music. His more recent sermons answer questions like: What Kind of Music Does God Want Us to Have?