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The Folk Choir & Cantabile
So Confusing And So Very Clear
Album UK 1976 on CFC Records label
Folk (Folk)
This is a concept record. What you make of it is entirely up to you - all I shall attempt in these notes is to provide a little background. It wasn't always going to be a concept record. In toying with the idea of using my songs, and having selected the favourites, I found that by placing them in an approximate chronological order, a progression became apparent from quarters I would not otherwise have been aware of, and this discovery, to me at least, was profound enough to warrant pursuing the idea, and to write a last song to crystallize the concept. One point I should like to make clear. I am not by nature a songwriter; over the last ten years I have been fed by the inspiration of the many fine people I have met in and around the community of St. Aidan's; and I have proved quite unable before or since to write a note outside of this context. It is thus the unique atmosphere of that community, and in particular the inspiration of their singers and musicians, that has given life and substance to "So Confusing and So Very Clear". The Folk Choir sing weekly at the 11:00am Family Mass at St. Aidan's Church, Coulsdon. Cantabile is a natural development from the Choir - a nine-strong group of past and present members, who enjoy the flexibility of smaller numbers.
Musicians
 | The Folk Choir & Cantabile , album by |
 | Dave Carroll acg, eg, acoustic guitar, banjo, tenor, electric guitar, leader, mandolin, electric, vocals |
 | Jim Gilligan acg, acoustic guitar |
 | Jane Finch voc, acg, acoustic guitar, vocals |
 | John Toomey eb, bass guitar |
 | Paul Carroll eb, bass guitar |
 | Stephen Church acg, voc, classical guitar, twelve-string guitar, classical, vocals |
 | Carol Church voc, man, vn, mandolin, violin, vocals |
 | Ann Porter voc, vocals |
 | Cathy Pilkington voc, vocals |
 | Chris Coughlan voc, vocals |
 | Clare Pearson voc, vocals |
 | Cynthia de Souza voc, vocals |
 | Deborah Rhodes voc, vocals |
 | Helen Agius voc, vocals |
 | Helen Kennedy voc, vocals |
 | James Hodgson voc, vocals |
 | Jo Trick voc, vocals |
 | Michael Egon voc, vocals |
 | Nicki Quigley voc, vocals |
 | Nuala O'Neill voc, vocals |
 | Paul Finch voc, vocals |
 | Paul Webster voc, vocals |
 | Paula Torpy voc, vocals |
 | Phillip Hodgson voc, vocals |
 | Rosemary Coughlan voc, vocals |
 | Sally Groves voc, vocals |
 | Steve Dale voc, vocals |
 | Therese de Souza voc, vocals |
 | Folk Choir , performer on track |
 | Cantabile , performer on track |
 | Cantafolkabile Choir , performer on track |
Producers
| Doug Bennett engineer |
| Nigel Brooke-Harte engineer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Creation Is A Prayer | Folk Choir | 4:52 | |
| 2 | Like A Babe | Cantabile | 3:40 | |
| 3 | The Heavens Cry | Folk Choir | 2:00 | |
| 4 | To Jesus On His Birthday | Folk Choir | 3:24 | |
| 5 | It's Better That I Go | Cantabile | 3:20 | |
| 6 | We Sang Our Songs Upon A Hill | Folk Choir | 4:23 | |
| 7 | To My Friend, A Disbeliever | Folk Choir | 5:38 | |
| 8 | Creation Is A Failure | Cantabile | 4:50 | |
| 9 | Fleur's Song | Cantabile | 3:25 | |
| 10 | Sam's Song | Cantabile | 4:15 | |
| 11 | So Confusing And So Very Clear | Cantafolkabile Choir | 5:42 |
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