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Thread #57470   Message #903764
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Mar-03 - 01:26 AM
Thread Name: Sydney Carter Recordings & Books
Subject: Sydney Carter Recordings & Books
It's time for me to place another CAMSCO order, and I decided I'd like a CD or two of Sydney Carter songs. I had to do a lot of searching, but I found one at CDUniverse called Lovely in the Dances: The Songs of Sydney Carter Gracenote.com gives this track listing:
  1. George Fox
  2. Julian Of Norwich
  3. Carol Of The Creatures
  4. Holy Horses
  5. Like The Snow
  6. Friday Morning
  7. Lord Of The Dance
  8. The Cocks Are Crowing
  9. John Ball
  10. The First Of My Lovers
  11. Bitter Was The Night
  12. Come, Love, Carolling
  13. I Used To Dance
  14. I Come Like A Beggar



In another thread, somebody posted a link to Stainer & Bell, Sydney Carter's publisher in the UK. They have several songbooks, but nothing that would be considered comprehensive. They have a "various artists" CD that looks interesting, called Lord of the Dance. Here's a track listing:
Track Dur. Track

Dur.

1. My Believing Bones 0.36 14. By This Sea 0.37
2. Lord of the Dance lotd.wav - 344k 3.55 15. Green like the Leaves 4.49
3. Doubting Tom 0.27 16. Future in the Past 1.01
4. Present Tense 2.20 17. Shake and Shiver 2.33
5. What is Impossible 0.56 18. Christ’s Hospital 1.38
6. Pluck the Rose 3.26 19. Creator of the Living 6.28
7. Run the Film Backwards 1.30 20. Reversal 0.34
8. Come Holy Harlequin 2.12 21. Julian of Norwich 3.31
9. Judas and Mary judas.wav - 400k 3.42 22. In Coram Fields 0.34
10. The New Song 0.43 23. One More Step oms.wav - 380k 3.38
11. Bird of Heaven 4.42 24. Interview 0.50
12. Robinson Crusoe 0.14 25. Like the Snow 6.50
13. After Six and All Day Sunday 0.46 26. This Black Light 0.48
    Total Playing Time

59'58''

There's an accompanying songbook, called Sydney Carter's Lord of the Dance. Here are contents:

Has anyone heard these CD's? Any comments? Any other recordings or songbooks available?
-Joe Offer-