Editing Horrendous Disc (section)

==Background==
DA had almost completely abandoned the country sound of their first record by late 1977 and early 1978, when this album was recorded with co-producer [[Mike D. Stone]].

The album was dropped by [[Maranatha! Music]] after the label decided to quit releasing rock and roll albums and focus on children's releases and the new praise style of gospel music.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Callahan |first1=Mike |last2=Edwards |first2=David |last3=Eyries |first3=Patrice |title=Maranatha! Album Discography |url=https://www.bsnpubs.com/word/maranatha/maranatha.html |website=Both Sides Now Publications |access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref> So the band, now without a record contract, began to shop the project around to various labels like [[Curb Records|Curb]]/[[Warner Brothers]]. Word bought the tapes from Maranatha! and [[Larry Norman]]'s [[Solid Rock Records]], home to such artists as [[Randy Stonehill]], [[Tom Howard (musician)|Tom Howard]], [[Mark Heard]], and others, leased the recordings from Word. Norman had the album mixed and took photos of the band for the album's cover. In July 1979, Norman released a test pressing with a different track listing and slightly different mix. This pressing was distributed to reviewers and extra copies were taken on tour.

Some of the songs from the album, like "Hound of Heaven" were being performed by the band in concert as early as 1977. The album was first heard by the public on the ''[[Rock & Religion Radio Show]]'' on January 20, 1980, when the test pressing was aired. Prior to this broadcast, music from the album was only heard in live performances. Several tracks were played and the band was interviewed about what they had hoped would be their soon-to-be-released album. For reasons that remain a mystery, the album was shelved by Solid Rock until its long overdue release in April 1981, nearly three years after it had been recorded and just weeks before the band's follow up on [[Newpax Records]], ''[[¡Alarma! (album)|¡Alarma!]]'', hit record stores.