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CD REVIEW - Circle Magic Music
Posted by: "Mike Gleason" gleason.mike@comcast.net gleasonm01915
Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:25 am (PDT)
Circle Magick Music CD by Jim Alan and Selena Fox © 2010 13 Tracks Running Time 56:48
$14.00 (U.S.) www.circlesanctuary.org
This CD is available as a part of a 4 disk set for $49 including "Circle Magick Music,"
"Songs of Pagan Folk," "Magical Journeys", and "Magick Mirror: Past Life Journey" (a savings of $7 over the cost of each purchased individually.
The Magician Watchers' Chant The Dancers
The Warrior Pentagram Chant Witches' Song
Talking Wicca Blues Song of the Witch Magick Song
Merlin's Song Follow the Moon
The Escape In a Magick Circle
Confession time: I began writing this review before I had the CD in hand. I had several copies of the original tape which I had worn out over the years and could easily remember how I felt while listening to them. The only thing I was vague on was which songs were on which album, so I cheated and dived into my archives to find one of Circle's catalogs from 1984 to refresh my memory. Yeah, I know I could have looked it up online, but I love an excuse to dig out out issues of magazines and catalogs - it's a whole different experience.
If you are less than 30 years old, you most likely have never heard the songs contained on
this CD (and that's too bad). It was recorded as an audio tape in 1976 and enjoyed a great deal of popularity among the Pagans of the time. It contains a mixture of songs ranging from light-hearted, whimsical to magickally inspiring. At the time of this tape's release Jim Alan and Selena Fox were a mainstay of the Midwest Pagan community. They were responsible for the publication of Circle Network News (which has since evolved from a newspaper-format into a slick publication available around the country), as well as the organizing force behind the Midwest Pagan Festival annually. This album, and a few others, helped to raise the concept of being proud to be a Pagan (and publicly admitting it) among some of the first- and second-wave Pagan/Craft initiates in the US, not to mention providing a good source of income to keep things happening.
This was Circle's first album. It includes 13 songs and chants including "Talkin' Wicca Blues" (this one has to be heard, and enjoyed, by more people. Suffice it to say that it is even more relevant today than it was when first recorded). Humorous storytelling songs have been in short supply, so far as I can tell, among the current crop of Pagan music, so don't miss "Talkin' Wicca Blues"
Unheard for decades, these songs won't appeal to everyone, but for some of us old-timers they will kindle fond memories of sitting around campfires with friends (or sitting around an indoor circle) and singing songs that everyone knew. There are songs for inspiration and songs for fun; songs that tell stories we all know (and many have experienced). Jim Alan wrote wonderful songs, and his voice carries you along.
Jim Alan was one of the premiere songsmiths of the movement, and his work with Selena produced some of the most popular songs of our Pagan generation.
The first five tracks are considered to be "Musical Tales of Magic" while the remaining eight tracks comprise "Chantsongs for Circle Working". The final song on this disk ("Magick Song") is an instrumental offering which, while not energetic enough for raising a cone of power, certainly can assist with the performance of a ritual.
The price is certainly reasonable, the quality reflects favorably on what we have come to expect from Circle, and this is a great way to sit back and remember what it was like "back when" or to experience it for the very first time. I sincerely missed hearing these songs after I wore out my tapes. Now I have them back in my library, and intend to listen to them again...frequently.
Do yourself a favor and add this CD to your collection.
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