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Release Date Friday 31st January 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
In 1972 when Planxty recorded this, their frst album, Irish music all at once
moved in an extraordinary and exciting new direction! The magnifcent body
of traditional music compiled over many centuries changed its wardrobe and
soon was clothed with new harmonies and rhythms bred of cross breading
with input from contemporary constructs, foreign cultures, and instruments
never before employed in the music like bouzouki, mandolin, and even
hurdygurdys
The young brilliant musicians and singers who came together to form Planxty had
already made a name for themselves before - Andy Irvine, Liam O'Flynn, Donal Lunny,
and Christy Moore. Together they weaved beautiful new arrangement concepts that
were luxurious and dramatic. And they set the stage for all the great new Irish bands
that soon followed in their footsteps, like The Bothy Band, DeDannan, and Solas, and
so many others. Among the all time classic tracks on this timeless album are The
Jolly Beggar, Arthur McBride, Raggle Taggle Gypsy, The West Coast of Claire, and
Follow Me Up To Carlow. Seldom has there been an album released that has had such
dramatic impact and such lasting admiration
Tracks: Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Tabhair Dom Do Lamh / Arthur McBride / Planxty
Irwin / Sweet Thames Flow Softly / Junior Crehan's Favourite - Corney Is Coming /
The West Coast Of Claire / The Jolly Beggar - Reel / Only Our Rivers / Si Bheag, Si
Mhor / Follow Me Up To Carlow / Merrily Kissed The Quaker / The Blacksmith
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