THE ALBUM:

The album of The Magical Island (released March 2010) condenses the action of Christopher’s live magic show into a studio-quality musical audio story that can be either a stand-alone piece of children’s audio literature or a souvenir for children to re-live the excitement of the show.

On the album, Christopher tells the story and sings.  It features the songs for the turtle, bird, spider and pirate characters in the show with all music written and performed by singer and songwriter Elisabeth Blair.

THE STORY:

The album, like the live magic show, follows the adventure of two children who find themselves on a magical island.  There they meet a friendly cloaked magician who teaches them how to become magicians themselves.  They also encounter singing animals that used to be children who have fallen under the spell of the pirates that live on the island.  Our two little heros in the story magically conquer the pirates in the end by not being afraid of them and so they break the pirate spell that has been cast over the entire island.

BUY THE ALBUM:

You can buy the album online via direct download.  Go to Elisabeth Blair’s website and on the “Children’s Music” page you can download the album for $8 USD (approximately £5 GBP).  Hard copy CDs of the album are also available at live shows in the UK for £8 GBP per album.

LATEST FAN MAIL FOR THE ALBUM:

“"Sammy listened to your CD after the party – pressing his ear to the speaker. ‘Christopher Howell is a very good singer’ he said. He has listened to the CD many times since. Birthday parties are so quickly over and your recording is a great memento."

1. -N. Luckhurst, 6 year old party
   

“Not only did we adore your show, but we loved the CD. It's really brilliant, I think the record was listened to on one long car journey about 15 times over!! Somehow the music was rather mesmerizing as well as the great story, and it's so original and fun. The kids competed to shout out 'pirates' etc. at the appropriate times.  So many congrats on that. (Is it properly on sale yet? I'll certainly recommend it if so).”

- N. Stacey

(Mother in London)

“I played The Magical Island for Paul (4) and Naomi (2) last night.  Paul's first comment was that the opening music sounds like rainbows.  Then he kept saying, "I love this!" and told me he didn't want to take this one back ever (most of our cds are on loan from the library, so he assumed this one was too).  Naomi was into it to.  She got very quiet listening, which is a huge compliment because she normally talks through stories and movies.”

-Paul and Naomi’s Dad

(Chicago, USA)

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