Planxty

Recorded at Prosperous, Co. Kildare;
Produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve photographs by Bill Leader;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Christy Moore: vocals, guitar;
Dónal Lunny: guitars, bouzouki, bottle neck bouzouki [6];
Liam Og O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, whistle;
Andy Irvine: mandolin, mouth organ;
Clive Collins: fiddle;
Dave Bland: concertina;
Kevin Conneff: bodhrán

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Raggle Taggle Gipsies / Tabhair dom do lamb (Give Me Your Hand)
2. The Dark-Eyed Sailor
3. I Wish I Was in England
4. Lock Hospital
5. James Connolly
6. The Hackler from Grouse Hall

Side 2

1. Tribute to Woody
2. The Ludlow Massacre
3. A Letter to Syracuse
4. Spancil Hill
5. The Cliffs of Dooneen
6. Rambling Robin

All tracks trad. except;
Track 3 Christy Moore;
Track 5 Patrick Galvin;
Track 7 Bob Dylan;
Track 8 Woody Guthrie;
Track 9 Dave Cartwright, Bill Caddick

Musicians

Christy Moore: vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán;
Dónal Lunny: vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán;
Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, tin whistle;
Andy Irvine: vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica

Tracks

Side A

1. Cliffs of Dooneen (3.48)

Side B

1. Yarmouth Town (4.19)

All tracks trad. arr. Planxty

Produced by Phil Coulter for Martin-Coulter Enterprises;
Engineered by Barry Ainsworth;
Design by Richard Rockwood

See also the album’s sleeve notes in the Planxty discography at Nick Guida’s fantastic The Balladeers website.

Musicians

Christy Moore: vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán;
Dónal Lunny: vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán;
Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, tin whistle;
Andy Irvine: vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica

Tracks

Side 1

1. Raggle Taggle Gipsies / Tabhair Dom Do Lãmh (4.28)
2. Arthur McBride (2.52)
3. Planxty Irwin harp tune (2.16)
4. Sweet Thames Flow Softly (4.11)
5. Junior Crehan’s Favourite / Corney Is Coming reels (2.38)
6. The West Coast of Clare (5.34)

Side 2

1. The Jolly Beggar / Reel (4.23)
2. Only Our Rivers (4.06)
3. Sí Beag, Sí Mhór (3.34)
4. Follow Me Up to Carlow (2.21)
5. Merrily Kissed the Quaker single jig (2.41)
6. The Blacksmith (4.09)

All tracks trad. arr. Planxty except
Track 4 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6 Andy Irvine;
Track 8 Michael MacConnell;
Track 9 Turlough O’Carolan;
Track 10 P.J. McCall

Produced by Phil Coulter;
Recorded by Tony Taverner, John Hudson and Barry Ainsworth at Escape Studios, Kent;
Art Direction by Vincent MceVoy
Design illustration by Jim Fitzpatrick

See also the album’s sleeve notes in the Planxty discography at Nick Guida’s fantastic The Balladeers website.

Musicians

Christy Moore: vocals [10], guitar, harmonica, bodhrán;
Dónal Lunny: vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán;
Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, tin whistle;
Andy Irvine: vocals [4], mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica

Tracks

Side 1

1. Cúnla (3.57)
2. Pat Reilly (3.16)
3. Slip Jigs: The Kid on the Mountain / An Phis Fhliuch (3.50)
4. As I Roved Out (5.19)
5. Reels: The Dogs Among the Bushes / Jenny’s Wedding (2.37)
6. The Well Below the Valley (5.33)

Side 2

1. Hewlett (2.32)
2. Bean Ph’aidín (The Woman of Páidín) (3.44)
3. Hornpipes: Fisherman’s Lilt / Cronin’s Hornpipe (3.16)
4. As I Roved Out (3.50)
5. Solo Jig: The Humours of Ballyloughlin (2.12)
6. Time Will Cure Me (5.26)

All tracks trad. arr. Planxty except
Track 12 Andy Irvine

Produced by Phil Coulter for Martin-Coulter Enterprises;
Design and illustration Rai Uhlemann and Francis Drake

See also the album’s sleeve notes in the Planxty discography at Nick Guida’s fantastic The Balladeers website.

Musicians

Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, tin whistle;
Andy Irvine: mandolin, mandola, hurdy-gurdy, dulcimer;
Christy Moore: guitar, bodhrán, harmonium;
Johnny Moynihan: bouzouki, fiddle tin whistle

with
Dónal Lunny: guitar, bouzouki, portative organ, bodhrán

Tracks

Side 1

1. Johnny Cope song and hornpipe (5.16)
2. Dennis Murphy’s Polka / The £42 Cheque / John Ryan’s Polka polkas (3.07)
3. Cold Blow and the Rainy Night (2.40)
4. “P” Stands for Paddy I Suppose (4.36)
5. The Old Torn Petticoat / The Dublin Reel / The Wind That Shakes the Barley reels (3.47)
6. Băneasă’s Green Glade (3.10)
7. Mominsko Horo (2.48)

Side 2

1. The Little Drummer (3.17)
2. The Lakes of Pontchartrain (5.48)
3. The Hare in the Corn / The Frost Is All Over / The Gander in the Pratie Hole jigs (4.22)
4. The Green Fields of Canada (6.55)

All tracks trad. arr. Planxty except
Track 6 Andy Irvine;
Track 7 trad. arr. Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny

Produced by Dónal Lunny;
Recorded and mixed at Windmill Lane Studios, Ireland;
Recorded by Brian Masterson;
Photography by Don McElroy

Musicians

Christy Moore: vocals, guitar, harmonium, bodhrán;
Dónal Lunny: vocals, guitar;
Andy Irvine: vocals, mandolin, mandola, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki;
Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, whistle;
Matt Molloy: flute, whistle

Tracks

LP Side 1

1. The Good Ship Kangaroo (4.34)
2. East of Glendart / Brian O’Lynn / Pay the Reckoning double jigs (3.45)
3. You Rambling Boys of Pleasure (7.44)
4. The Lady on the Island / The Gatehouse Maid / The Virginia / Callaghan’s reels (4.59)

LP Side 2

1. The Rambling Siúler (4.21)
2. The Blackberry Blossom / Lucky in Love / The Dairy Maid reels (3.51)
3. The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes (6.11)
4. Smeceno Horo (4.59)

CD

1. The Good Ship Kangaroo (4.34)
2. East of Glendart / Brian O’Lynn / Pay the Reckoning double jigs (3.45)
3. You Rambling Boys of Pleasure (7.44)
4. The Blackberry Blossom / Lucky in Love / The Dairy Maid reels (3.51)
5. The Rambling Siúler (4.21)
6. The Lady on the Island / The Gatehouse Maid / The Virginia / Callaghan’s reels (4.59)
7. The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes (6.11)
8. Lord MacDónald’s / The Chattering Magpie reels (4.13)
9. The Bonny Light Horseman (4.33)
10. Smeceno Horo (4.59)

All tracks trad. arr. Planxty

Produced by Dónal Lunny and Brian Masterson;
Recorded by Brian Masterson at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin;
Assistant engineers: Pearse Dunne, Paul Thomas, Kevin Molony;
Front cover by Pat Musick

See also the album’s sleeve notes in the Planxty discography at Nick Guida’s fantastic The Balladeers website.

Musicians

Christy Moore: guitar, bodhrán, harmonium;
Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, whistle;
Andy Irvine: bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals;
Dónal Lunny: 10-string bouzouki, guitar, synthesiser

with
Matt Molloy: flute;
Noel Hill: concertina;
Tony Linnane: fiddle;
Bill Whelan: keyboards

Tracks

Side 1

1. True Love Knows No Season (5.29)
2. Out On The Ocean (Tierney’s) / Tiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom (You Will Come Home With Me?) double jigs (3.20)
3. Roger O’Hehir (5.33)
4. The Tailor’s Twist hornpipes (3.14)
5. Kellswater (4.59)

Side 2

1. Johnny of Brady’s Lea (6.31)
2. The Woman I Never Forgot (Canny’s) / The Pullet / The Ladies’ Pantalettes reels (4.19)
3. Little Musgrave (11.26)

All tracks trad. arr. Planxty except
Track 1 Norman Blake

Recorded in Dublin in December 1982;
Produced by Dónal Lunny;
Engineered by Andrew Boland;
Assistant Engineer: Dara Winston;
Photography: Gene Lambert

See also the album’s sleeve notes in the Planxty discography at Nick Guida’s fantastic The Balladeers website.

Musicians

Christy Moore: vocals, guitar, bodhrán;
Dónal Lunny: guitar, bouzouki, psaltrey, spinnet, duclimer, bodhrán, synthesiser;
Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, whistle;
Andy Irvine: bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals

with
Bill Whelan, keyboards;
James Kelly: fiddle;
Nollaig Casey: fiddle;
Eoghan O’Neill: bass guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Queen of the Rushes double jig / Paddy Fahys Jig (3.26)
2. Thousands Are Sailing (5.19)
3. Táimse Im’ Chodladh (4.08)
4. Lord Baker (9.16)

Side 2

1. Accidentals / Aragon Mill (6.02)
2. The Aconry Lasses / The Old Wheels of the World / The Spike Island Lasses (3.32)
3. I Pity the Poor Immigrant (4.26)
4. The Irish Marche (3.38)

All tracks trad. arr. Planxty except
Track 3 words trad., music Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny;
Track 4 from John Reilly with new words and music from Christy Moore;
Track 5a Andy Irvine;
Track 5b Si Kahn;
Track 7 Bob Dylan;
Track 8 William Byrd

Musicians

Christy Moore: vocals, guitar, bodhrán;
Dónal Lunny: guitar, bouzouki, psaltrey, spinnet, duclimer, bodhrán, synthesiser;
Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, whistle;
Andy Irvine: bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals

Tracks

CD

1. True Love Knows No Season (Billy Gray) (5.30)
2. Pat Reilly (3.17)
3. Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór (3.33)
4. Follow Me Up to Carlow (2.20)
5. Băneasă’s Green Glade / Mominsko Horo (5.55)
6. The Aconry Lasses / The Old Wheels of the World / The Spike Island Lasses (3.30)
7. The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes (6.09)
8. Accidentals / Aragon Mill (6.00)
9. The Irish Marche (3.36)
10. The Rambling Siúler (4.20)
11. The Well Below the Valley (5.31)
12. Junior Crehan’s Favourite / Corney Is Coming (reels) (2.37)
13. Roger O’Hehir (5.34)
14. Smeceno Horo (4.32)
15. The West Coast of Clare (5.33)
16. Nancy Spain (4.29)
17. Timedance: The Humours of Barrack Street / Isercleran / Ballymun Regatta (6.36)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Norman Blake;
Track 4 P.J. McCall;
Tracks 5a, 8a, 15 Andy Irvine;
Track 8b Si Kahn;
Track 16 Barney Rush;
Tracks 17bc Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan

Tracks 3, 4, 12, 15 are from Planxty (1973);
Tracks 2, 11 are from The Well Below the Valley (1973);
Track 5 is from Cold Blow and the Rainy Night (1974);
Tracks 7, 10, 14 are from After the Break (1979);
Tracks 1, 13 are from The Woman I Loved So Well (1980);
Tracks 16, 17 are from the 12" EP Timedance (1981);
Tracks 6, 8, 9 are from Words and Music (1983)

DVD

Live From RTÈ’sThe Late, Late Show (22 January 1972)

1. The Blacksmith / Blacksmithereens

The Music Makers, Live From the National Stadium (1973)

1. Three Drunken Maidens / The Foxhunter’s Reel
2. When First Unto This Country
3. Sweet Thames Flow Softly
4. The Gold Ring (jig)
5. Hey! Sandy
6. Kitty Gone A-Milking / Music of the Forge (reels)
7. Only Our Rivers Run Free
8. Raggle Taggle Gipsy / Tabhair Dom Do Lámh
9. Three Drunken Maidens / The Foxhunter’s Reel (Reprise)

Live From the Abbey Tavern (1980)

1. The Good Ship Kangaroo
2. Ride a Mile / Hardiman The Fiddler / The Yellow Wattle (jigs)
3. The Hackler from Grouse Hall
4. An Bonnán Buí / The West Wind (reel)
5. The Jolly Beggar
6. Sally Brown
7. Bean Pháidín / Rakish Paddy
8. Little Musgrave

Live Aisling Gheal Special (1980)

1. East at Glendart / Brian O’Lynn / Pay the Reckoning (double jigs)
2. The Lady on the Island / The Gatehouse Maid / The Virginia / Callaghan’s (reels)
3. As I Roved Out
4. Smeceno Horo

Festival Folk, Live From the National Stadium (1982)

1. Johnny of Brady’s Lea
2. The Pullet / The Ladies’ Pantalettes (reels)
3. I Pity the Poor Immigrant
4. Arthur McBride
5. True Love Knows No Season (Billy Gray)
6. Timedance: The Humours of Barrack Street / Isercleran / Ballymun Regatta
7. You Rambling Boys of Pleasure
8. The Good Ship Kangaroo
9. Táimse Im’ Chodladh
10. Thousands Are Sailing
11. The Queen of the Rushes / Paddy Fahy’s (jigs)
12. Little Musgrave
13. The Scholar / The Chattering Magpie / Lord McDónald’s / The Virginia / Callaghan’s (reels)
14. The Cliffs of Dooneen

All tracks trad. except
Track 1b Andy Irvine;
Track 4 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6 Harvey Andrews;
Track 8 Michael MacConnell;
Track 25 Bob Dylan;
Track 27 Norman Blake;
Tracks 28bc Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan

Produced by Peter Schulze;
Recorded by Dietram Köster for Radio Bremen live at the University Mensa in Bremen, Germany, on 24 April 1979;
Mastered by Tim Martin at Long Beard Sound, Dublin;
Concert production by Bernd Meier for „Forum Junge Musik“;
Photos by Colm Henry;
Artwork by Sascha Osterland

Musicians

Christy Moore: vocals, guitar, harmonium;
Andy Irvine: vocals, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy;
Liam O’Flynn: uilleann pipes, tin whistle;
Dónal Lunny: vocals, bouzouki, guitar;
Matt Molloy: flutes

Tracks

1. The Pursuit of Farmer Michael Hayes (6.43)
2. Ride a Mile / Hardiman nhe Fiddler / The Yellow Wattle slip jigs (5.38)
3. The Bonny Light Horseman (4.33)
4. East of Glendart / Brian O’Lynn / Pay the Reckoning double jigs (4.24)
5. You Rambling Boys of Pleasure (7.34)
6. The Good Ship Kangaroo (4.59)
7. The Humours of Carrigaholt / The Chattering Magpie / Lord MacDónald’s reels (3.51)
8. The Rambling Siúler (4.26)
9. Smeceno Horo (4.59)
10. Raggle Taggle Gipsies / Tabhair Dom Do Lãmh (5.38)
11. Nancy Spain (3.57)
12. The Blackberry Blossom / Lucky in Love / The Dairy Maid reels (3.51)

All tracks trad. arr. Planxty except
Track 11 Barney Rush