I eagerly listened to the free CD’s from CPH with the liturgy settings and a few hymns from LSB.  What a tremendous devotional resource it would be... almost. 

I realize that the goal is to help pastors and church musicians get familiar with the settings, so I suppose it serves its purpose in that sense. 

But I have a request for CPH : Could you re-issue it without the narration?  And if you really wanted to offer something extraordinary, music from the Daily Offices would not be amiss.  I know that it was done when LW was released.  (How much has the world changed since then?  Those recordings were on vinyl!  Now, CD’s are almost obsolete.) 

So here’s my suggestion for CPH : Make the services (without narration) a downloadable purchase in MP3 format.  Either record the daily offices, or digitize the LW ones.  Cost is minimal.  License it so that for each purchase, a set of CD’s for personal use can be made.  (You could also do group licenses for churches so that one congregation can make as many as it wants for its members. Cost could be based on average attendance.)  What a way to teach the liturgy to the young!  What a gift to give to shut ins and the sick!  What fun to listen to while traveling!   I would buy it. 

As for the hymns - another great resource that is almost great but for the talking. 

PTM, if you’re reading this, what say you?