High Kings of Tara explained
High Kings of Tara |
Type: | Compilation album |
Longtype: | (Sampler) |
Cover: | High Kings of Tara.jpg |
Released: | 1980 |
Genre: | Irish folk music |
Label: | Tara Music TARA 3003 |
Producer: | Various |
High Kings of Tara is a compilation album from Tara Music, showcasing tracks previously released by some of its artists: Shaun Davey, Oisín, Jolyon Jackson, Paddy Glackin, Paddy Keenan, Stockton's Wing and Christy Moore.[1]
This album also included five previously unreleased tracks by Planxty, Moore and Andy Irvine. Two of these, Irvine's "The Bonny Light Horseman"[2] and a set of reels by Planxty, "Lord McDonald/The Chattering Magpie", were added later on to the CD version of After The Break.[3]
The remaining three tracks were:
This song was never re-released on CD.
- "First Slip/Hardyman The Fiddler A&B/The Yellow Wattle", a set of jigs by Planxty, including Matt Molloy; this was never re-released either.
- "John of Dreams", a ballad by Moore, which was later re-released on the CD version of The Iron Behind the Velvet under the slightly different title of "John O'Dreams".
Track listing
Side One
- "The Bonny Light Horseman" - Planxty
- "Pride of the Herd"[4] - Shaun Davey (courtesy of CBS Records)
- "General Monroe" - Andy Irvine
- "First Slip/Hardyman The Fiddler A&B/The Yellow Wattle" - Planxty
- "The Next Market Day" - Oisín (from the album Over the Moor to Maggie, TARA 2012)
Side Two
- "The Long Note" - Paddy Glackin and Jolyon Jackson (from the album Hidden Ground, TARA 2009)
- "John of Dreams" - Christy Moore
- "The Boyne Hunt/Toss the Feathers" - Paddy Glackin & Paddy Keenan (from the album Doublin, TARA 2007)
- "Maid Behind the Bar" - Stockton's Wing (from the album Stockton's Wing, TARA 2004)
- "The Sun is Burning" - Christy Moore (from the album The Iron Behind the Velvet, TARA 2002)
- "Lord McDonald/The Chattering Magpie" - Planxty
External links
Notes and References
- Sleeve notes from The High Kings of Tara, Tara Records TARA 3003, 1980.
- Book: Irvine, Andy . 1988. Aiming for the Heart. Germany. Heupferd Musik Verlag GmbH. 39-2344-501-6.
- Planxty – After The Break CD, Tara Records Ltd, TARACD 3001, 1992.
- http://www.discogs.com/Shaun-Davey-The-Pride-Of-The-Herd/release/4075102 "The Pride Of The Herd" EP at discogs website