I Love to Tell the Story

Andy Griffith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 2, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 2, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sparrow
• ASIN: B000005KXI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,702 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of hymns, sung sincerely and movingly, June 19, 2000

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Suzanne Amara (MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love to Tell the Story (Audio CD)

I find myself turning to this CD more and more when I feel like hearing a good hymn sing! I love the way Griffith sings. He will remind you of your favorite male member of your church choir---not overly polished, but sining in such a heartfelt yet not falsely emotional way. You can certainly tell he grew up singing these hymns in a little country church! It's hard to find traditional hymns sung this way. I love a few of the selections especially---Will the Circle be Unbroken, which my 2 year old loves to hear and sing along to, Softly and Tenderly, which he sings so well, and How Great Thou Art, a wonderful hymn however it's sung, but his version is one of my favorite ever---especially the way he speaks the powerful last verse over the music! If you are looking for slick pop versions and highly polished singing, look elsewhere, but if you like to hear hymns sung the way you remember from your childhood, look here!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Replacement., March 13, 2000

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Otto N. Dahlke (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love to Tell the Story (Audio CD)

I am a chaplain at a Long Term Care Facility in Texas. For the past year I have used this tape twice a week on the Alzheimer's Unit. If these residents can do nothing else, they can still sing the hymns of their childhood. It is both amazing and inspirational to see the joy on their faces when they can recognize something from the past. I have worn out the tape and am replacing it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't recommend it enough!, September 15, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love to Tell the Story (Audio CD)

In this wonderful CD, acting legend and singer Andy Griffith (b.1926) sings a selection of the hymns that have inspired him throughout his life. Few know that Mr. Griffith's first career choice had been to be an opera singer, and that he graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in music. Deeply religious, he had originally enrolled as a pre-divinity student, and though he switched over to drama, he never completely lost that first love.

This CD contains twenty-five classic Christian hymns, sung in Mr. Griffith's distinctive voice. Shall We Gather at the River flows into Will the Circle Be Unbroken, as he takes us along down memory lane to the great hymns of yesterday. I found this to be a great CD, one that gets better with each listening. (My favorite song is Wayfaring Stranger, which Mr. Griffith makes a very moving song to listen to.) It is a great CD to relax to, and just be carried off. I can't recommend it enough!