Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead) Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead) The "Magic Roundabout" in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, is the familiar name given to the Plough roundabout. The familiar name comes from the children's television programme, and is also used for a similar junction in Swindon and the M40 junction in Denham. The official name relates to a former public house, called "The Plough Inn", which was between the junction of what is now Selden Hill and St Albans Road. It has also been known as the Moor End Roundabout as it is adjacent to the part of Boxmoor nearest the town. Before Hemel Hempstead became
Circle in the Round and "Lonely Fire" (released on "Big Fun"). Like the title track, it was released here in abbreviated form, as on "The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions", the track is three minutes longer. In "Rock Albums of the Seventies" (1981), Robert Christgau deemed the recordings on "Circle in the Round" "damaged goods", even though "Miles tastes better out of the can than fresh watermelon or even V.S.O.P." Lester Bangs voted it as one of 1979's ten best records in his ballot for "The Village Voice"s annual Pazz & Jop poll. "Although seemingly hodgepodge in arrangement, "Circle in the Round" is a brilliant