Red Rubber Ball [Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Cyrkle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1966
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B00005R0F1
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,557 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Red Rubber Ball

2. Why Can't You Give Me What I Want

3. Baby, You're Free

4. Big, Little Woman

5. Cloudy

6. Cry

7. Turn-Down Day

8. There's A Fire In The Fireplace

9. Bony Moronie

10. How Can I Leave Her

11. Money To Burn

12. Straighten Out My Messed Up Life

13. Dwontown Blues

14. How Can I Leave Her (demo)

15. Money To Burn (demo)

16. We Had A Good Thing Goin'

17. Reading Her Paper

18. Penny Arcade

19. The Words

Editorial Reviews

The Cyrkle 'Red Rubber Ball' & 'Neon', 1966 was a good year for The Cyrkle, they scored a #2 hit with Paul Simon's 'Red Rubber Ball', joined The Beatles on their final U.S. tour, and recorded 'Red Rubber Ball' and 'Neon', albums with some of the most soaring three-part harmonies and intricate arrangements that 60s pop music had to offer. These CD debuts feature tons of bonus tracks‹including rare singles, alternate versions, and previously unissued outtakes‹new interviews with the Cyrkle, and great unseen photos! From Sundazed Music.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewing The Cyrkle, January 1, 2002

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Gregory Swiderski (ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Rubber Ball (Audio CD)

First, thanks Sundazed for the reissue. This is a great singalong-like album. This was fun music in a fun music era. The band came up with some interesting sounds and made great use of their talents. While Red Rubber Ball Turn-Down Day were their two big hits their other album tracks are noteworthy,
I was lucky enough to talk to Marty Fried (Cyrkle drummer) and he spoke with me about the band and the fun they had. He was kind enough to send me a tape of early Cyrkle (Then the Rhondells) studio songs which they played in their Atlantic City days.
The linear notes are exceptional. Don Danneman, Tom Dawes, and Fried took great care in their selections and the Cyrkle sound.
Money To Burn and There's a Fire in the Fireplace are two of the better cuts off the original album.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sunny delight, November 8, 2001

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R. Riis "rriis" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Rubber Ball (Audio CD)

A delightful period piece from the summer of 1966, and a stronger-than-expected collection of sunny folk-rock with great harmonies and subtle psychedelic tinges. The original LP is fleshed out with seven bonus tracks, some from as late as mid-1967, most of which are quite good and the last of which is an excerpt from a 1960s radio interview. The booklet notes are quite excellent.