Extended Play from Wide Eyed Wonder

Description

Extended Play from Wide Eyed Wonder is a four-track 12-inch vinyl EP/Maxi-single by the American alternative rock band The Choir, released on Word in 1989, manufactured and distributed by A&M Records (catalogue number SP 17892). Featuring four tracks – “Someone To Hold On To”, “To Cover You”, “Robin Had A Dream”, and “Car, Etc.” (Dub Mix, previously unreleased) – taken from the band’s full-length album Wide-Eyed Wonder released on Myrrh/A&M the same year, recorded in 1988 by Dave Hackbarth at Neverland Studios in Los Alamitos, California; with band members Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong producing. “Someone To Hold On To” and “Car, Etc.” co-written by Steve Hindalong, Derri Daugherty, and Tim Chandler, “To Cover You” co-written by Hindalong and Daugherty, and “Robin Had A Dream” co-written by Hindalong and Robin Spurs.

Wide-Eyed Wonder LP

This much-hyped release featured the premiere of new bassist Robin Spurs. Many promotions, much press: magazine covers, major-label support, a video, radio spots. The Choir began to receive some of the attention they deserved. The sound is more dense than the previous year’s Chase the Kangaroo, and in many ways more accessible. There still are a few songs («Robin Had a Dream», «Car Etc.», «Happy Fool») that keep the whole project firmly in the “alternative” realm. Songs overall have a more sentimental angle than previous recordings, particularly «When She Sees Me» and «Wide-Eyed Wonder» – both songs about Hindalong’s newborn baby. Saxman “Buckeye Dan” Michaels really shines on this one, notably on «Robin Had a Dream»…A great record. [Mark W. B. Allender, AMG]

12-inch EP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Someone To Hold On To” – 3:48
A2. “To Cover You” – 2:31

Side Two
B1. “Robin Had A Dream” – 4:17
B2. “Car, Etc.” (Dub Mix) – 6:17

Note: For Promotional Use Only, Not For Sale. EP housed in a SP-BLK black cardboard sleeve. Track B2 was previously unreleased.