Editing Solid Rock Records (section)

===The end of Solid Rock===
====June 17, 1980 meeting====

In June 1980 the Solid Rock community imploded due to concerns about delays in releasing albums, royalties and publishing rights, and Norman's personal life.<ref name="canadianchristianity.com">John Cody, "Angel Tells Tragic Tale of Larry Norman", ''BC Christian  News'', http://www.canadianchristianity.com/bc/bccn/0709/20angel.html</ref>
One of the areas of disagreement within Solid Rock was over their philosophy of ministry.<ref name="Tom Howard 2008 p1"/> The concerns of Stonehill, Taylor, and Howard in addition to other Solid Rock musicians led to an intervention on June 17, 1980 with Norman organized by Philip F. Mangano, the Solid Rock business manager.<ref name="canadianchristianity.com"/><ref>Larry Norman, audio recording, indicates the meeting was on June 17, 1980. See http://www.weebly.com/uploads/7/0/9/5/7095730/philip_manganos_coup_detat.mp3</ref>  According to Rimmer, ''Fallen Angel'' claims that "it was at this memorable meeting that Norman, rather than bowing to the concerns of his fellow artists and the Solid Rock family, chose to strike out. With accusations against his co-workers, he began the process of winding up the Solid Rock operation and the dreams of the artistic community came crashing down."<ref name="Mike Rimmer p4">Mike Rimmer, "Larry Norman: The David Di Sabatino's Fallen Angel Documentary", ''Cross Rhythms'' (March 28, 2010), http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Larry_Norman_The_David_Di_Sabatinos_Fallen_Angel_documentary/39066/p4/</ref>

====Winding down====
Norman and Mangano severed their business association,<ref>"Timeline: 1980", http://www.danielamos.com/timeline80.html</ref> with Norman selling his interest in Street Level Artists Agency to Mangano,<ref>Bob Gersztyn, "Randy Stonehill", in W. K. McNeil, ed., ''Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music'' (Routledge, 2005):377.</ref> who subsequently resigned in October 1980 to start a new career in working to help the homeless.<ref>Douglas McGray, "The Abolitionist", ''Atlantic Magazine'' (June 2004), https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/06/the-abolitionist/2969/</ref> Mangano became the executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness for seven years from March 2002,<ref>"Biography Philip F. Mangano", http://www.partnersendinghomelessness.org/docs/ManganoBiography.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727163815/http://www.partnersendinghomelessness.org/docs/ManganoBiography.pdf |date=July 27, 2011 }}; David Neff, "Abolishing Homelessness in Ten Years", ''Christianity Today'' 53:5 (May 2009):52, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/may/30.52.html; Peter Goonan, "Former Director of US Interagency Council on Homelessness Philip F. Mangano Praises Springfield", ''The Republican'' (May 23, 2009), http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/former_director_of_us_interage.html; "Phil Mangano", http://www.donniegossett.com/Where/M-O/M-O.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907042024/http://donniegossett.com/Where/M-O/M-O.html |date=September 7, 2010 }}</ref>

By October 1981 Norman was still represented by Word and the only artist signed to Solid Rock.<ref>''Billboard'' (October 3, 1981):45.</ref> In a 1982 interview with British Christian musician Norman Miller, then Executive Director of Word Europe,<ref>"Norman Miller", http://www.propermgmt.com/aboutus.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926162650/http://propermgmt.com/aboutus.htm |date=September 26, 2010 }}</ref> Norman discussed both the original purpose for Solid Rock and its future:
<blockquote>I have very few plans for Solid Rock at all. Originally, I started Solid Rock as a way of helping other young artists become established. My plan has always been to provide them with an intense education, support their efforts with concerts and record production, and then graduate them into the mainstream where they can stand on their own feet. I've been able to get Randy Stonehill to the point where Myrrh Records has signed him directly, while others, like Mark Heard, Tom Howard, and Daniel Amos have all signed with different American companies like New Pax. I've helped about fifteen people get contracts so far, and all the old Solid Rock crowd has graduated and I'm working with new and younger artists now.<ref>Larry Norman, "Norman Miller Interview 1982", http://dagsrule.com/stuff/larry/intvw82.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513182749/http://www.dagsrule.com/stuff/larry/intvw82.html |date=2008-05-13 }}</ref></blockquote>