Circle Slide

Track Listings

1. Circle Slide

2. If I Had a Yard

3. Sentimental Song

4. Merciful Eyes

5. Tear for Tear

6. About Love

7. Blue Skies

8. Laugh Loop

9. Restore My Soul

Tracks:

Ezekiel Saw De Wheel - Fisk Jubilee Singers
Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds
Careless Love Blues - Bessie Smith
Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
Lord I Can't Just Keep From Crying - Blind Willie Johnson
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today - Washington Phillips
Sitting On Top Of The World - The Mississippi Sheiks
Blues Before Sunrise - Leroy Carr/Scrapper Blackwell
If You See My Saviour - Thomas A. Dorsey
Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell
Mister Tom Hughes's Town - Leadbelly
Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
Key To The Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
Nine Foot Shovel - Joshua White
Cowboy's Lament - Burl Ives
Me And My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie
Swing Down Chariot - The Golden Gate Quartet
Dere's A Man Goin' Round/I Know De Lord - Paul Robeson
Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters
I'll Never Forget - Ira Tucker & The Dixie Hummingbirds
I'll Fly Away - The (CBS) Trumpeters
I Will Move On Up A Little Higher - Mahalia Jackson
Greenfields - The Brothers Four

Tracks:

Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
The Patriot Game - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem
Green, Green - The New Christy Minstrels
We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger
The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Death Letter - Son House
Little Boxes - Malvina Reynolds
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Staple Singers
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue - Taj Mahal
These Days - Tom Rush
Mean Mistreater - Johnny Winter
I'm Your Hoochie Koochie Man - Willie Dixon
Blue River - Eric Anderson
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble
Steady On - Shawn Colvin
Galileo - Indigo Girls
Stand Still - Shirley Caesar
Every Morning - Keb' Mo'

Customer Reviews:

Another Excellent Sony Retrospective.......2004-01-18

I heartily recommend this two disk set to enthusiasts and neophytes, alike. For some reason, the Amzn. site is showing only a partial list of the tracks. That's a shame, as it leaves out many of the real gems on the collection. Peruse the entire list below and you'll see what I mean:

CD1
1. Ezekiel Saw De Wheel - Fisk Jubilee Singers
2. Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds
3. Careless Love Blues - Bessie Smith
4. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
5. Lord I Can't Just Keep From Crying - Blind
Willie Johnson
6. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today -
Washington Phillips
7. Sitting On Top Of The World - The Missi-
ssippi Sheiks
8. Blues Before Sunrise - Leroy Carr & Scrap-
per Blackwell
9. If You See My Saviour - Thomas A. Dorsey
10. Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell
11. Mister Tom Hughe's Town - Leadbelly
12. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
13. Key To The Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
14. Nine Foot Shovel - Joshua White
15. Cowboy's Lament - Burl Ives
16. Me And My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie
17. Swing Down Chariot - The Golden Gate
Quartet
18. Dere's A Man Goin' Round / I Know De Lord -
Paul Robeson
19. Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
20. Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters
21. I'll Never Forget - Ira Tucker & The Dixie
Hummingbirds
22. I'll Fly Away - The Trumpeteers
23. I Will Move On Up A Little Higher - Mahalia
Jackson
24. Greenfields - The Brotehrs Four

CD2
1. Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
2. The Patriot Game - The Clancy Brothers &
Tommy Makem
3. Green, Green - The New Christy Minstrels
feat. Barry McGuire
4. We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger
5. The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
6. Death Letter - Son House
7. Little Boxes - Malvina Reynolds
8. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Staple
Singers
9. Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
10. Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox
Blue - Taj Mahal
11. These Days - Tom Rush
12. Mean Mistreater - Johnny Winter
13. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Willie Dixon
14. Blue River - Eric Andersen
15. Longer - Dan Fogelberg
16. Romeo's Tune - Steve Forget
17. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan And
Double Trouble
18. Steady On - Shawn Colvin
19. Galileo - Indigo Girls
20. Stand Still - Shirley Ceasar feat. John P.
Kee
21. Every Morning - Keb'Mo'

BEK

An absolute must for any true fan of American Blues and Folk.......2002-03-13

This album is so good it's unbelievable; It's such a great listening experience. I especially love the rendition of
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" by The Staple Singers it carries so well and the emotions come through.

There are so many great songs on this album for true fans of classic blues and folk that I would almost venture
that it has no equal. The 60-page booklet is a nice added bonus, plenty of insight into the artists and songs.

If you have never really listened to bluesy folk music, give this disc a try. I definitely recommend adding this album
to any collection of American folk and blues recordings.

Another great entry in the series!.......2000-02-28

The entire series put out by Sony, "Soundtrack for a Century" is a wonderful enterprise, especially if you love historical curiosities as well as great hits. From the rare to the very popular, each volume brings a wealth of great music.

This particular volume is a curious mix from turn of the century gospel and blues to the folk music of The Clancy Brothers and the New Christy Minstrels. If you are a fan of the Clancy Brothers, nopte that there is an error in the liner notes. The notes say it is Tommy Makem singin "The Patriot Game" while in fact it is Liam Clancy.

While it is hardly a "soundtrack for the century" since it only contains artists who recorded for labels in the Columbia family, this volume and all volumes is a very valuable addition to a complete music library.

Circle Slide
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This one's all about atmosphere

A CD for anyone that loves music

Sliding into the top spot!

Circle Slide
The Choir
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
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Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00008FRU8
Release Date: 1991-03-26

Tracks:

Circle Slide
If I Had a Yard
Sentimental Song
Merciful Eyes
Tear for Tear
About Love
Blue Skies
Laugh Loop
Restore My Soul

Customer Reviews:

This one's all about atmosphere.......2005-07-06

The Choir are a pretty consistently reliable source of quality moody alternative rock with a philosophical slant. This one is no exception, but it's considerably "darker" than their last outing WIDE EYED WONDER, which found lyricist Steve Hindalong flush with the joy of new fatherhood. The bloom may be off the rose a bit here as Hindalong struggles to raise his daughter (See "If I Had a Yard"). It also seems like he's been doing even more soul searching than usual and considers himself "weighed and found wanting" spiritually. (See "Merciful Eyes" and "Restore my Soul")

HIGHLIGHTS:
Opening the disk with a 7 minute long track is a BIG gamble and it does nothing so much as affirm that the band is about making their statement first and worrying about getting "a hit" last. "Circle Slide" is a poetic expression of eternal life with vocalist Derry Daugherty inviting us to "imagine one perfect circle above the stratosphere/Where lovers hide away and children cheer". Perhaps its best line examines the laissez faire attitude Christians take toward Jesus: "Around my neck against my heart/I wear a wooden cross/And sometimes I remember what freedom cost". Starving musician Hindalong dreams of a white picket fence suburban life in "If I Had a Yard". He hopes to "Drink the acid rain/til we go insane". (It's charmingly punctuated by a recorded giggle from his daughter Emily.) "Merciful Eyes" examine the contradictions found in the lives of Christians who seek to emulate Jesus but continually break His commands. ("If I reach for the blue with my face in the sand/Could a justified slave call himself a free man?") "About Love" is the Choir's notion of a lovey-dovey pop song, but even then they throw in some left turns. ("There's something dark about destiny/There's something blue about you with me/There's something wonderful about love") The tune reached #25 on Christian radio. "Restore my Soul" may be the most morose tune Hindalong's ever penned...he's grasping his way back to God but it's a hard crawl. ("I cry to you with two eardrums blistered/From laughing with preachers of night.....A day away from sanctified/A breath away from whole/Restore my soul")

LOWS:
"Sentimental Song" is a decent ditty but it's pretty lightweight for this band. It's not "bad" but it sticks out like a sore thumb amidst the melancholy here.

BOTTOM LINE:
This is another stellar outing from the Choir though not my particular favourite. It's very much a mood record, so it probably won't spend as much time in your player as their others, but you'll definitely need to own it. Recommended.

A CD for anyone that loves music.......2004-10-18

It is hard to imagine how this CD and this band has been so over loooked for so long. Without a doubt, thay have some of the most outstanding lyrical and musical combinations a music fan will ever come across. "Circle Slide" was recorded in 1990 and was unique then as it is today. The songs are all written by Steve Hindalong and the music by Derri Daugherty. The CD has a feeling of an early ELO or maybe a bit like Pink Floyd from early days. But the music writing of Daugherty is still something of its on. I have listened to many bands live and on CD and find "circle slide" to be really a sound unto themselves.

To be more specific, the music could be called modern or alternative rock. I prefer to think of is as post-modern music. There is certally more "pop" songs such as "restore my soul" to the medlodically balanced "about love" with its lyrics set in contridictions and seeing the bad in the good while keeping a happy tone.

These are balanced out with the guitar and riffng and off beat drum mix of "if I had a yard" and the mornful blues harmonica and the deep drums of "blue skies". The CD starts out with a 7:23 minute diatrybe into the the loss and hope of living on the "circle slide" (earth) with slow hypnotic guitar and bass lines filling the time with a relaxing mood. It is a good way to start a CD that would be a fit in your collection and on your hip and car.

Sliding into the top spot!.......2004-01-19

Circle Slide is in the best traditions of The Choir: atmospheric, melodic, strange, happy, sad and ambient. The chorused guitars are there lifting the sound as usual.

I first saw The Choir at the Greenbelt Festival in Northamptonshire in 1985. I remember it so well. I was sitting around at our camp area and this wall of heavenly sound seemed to decend from above. It was coming from the main stage so I had to go and check it out. I also went to the "Village" and bought their Diamonds and Rain LP straight afterwards. I saw them a few years later and the effect was the same.

Definately in my all-time favourite CCM list.

Circle Slide
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Circle Slide
Choir
Manufacturer: Sony Music Entertain
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DSG4
Release Date: 1991-04-02

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1. Circle Slide
2. If I Had a Yard
3. Sentimental Song
4. Merciful Eyes
5. Tear for Tear
6. About Love
7. Blue Skies
8. Laugh Loop
9. Restore My Soul