CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER JUNE 1995 Claddagh Records, Dame House, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland phone/fax +1-353-1-679-3664. Retail and international mail-order. email claddagh@crl.ie (Finbar Boyle) THE BEST OF IRISH PIPING. Seamus Ennis. TARACD 1002/9. 2 LPs on two CDs. This is a re-issue of two albums from 1978, 'The Pure Drop' and 'The Fox Chase'. Although a double CD, it retails for less than the average price of a single CD in Ireland. IRISH TRADITIONAL FIDDLE MUSIC.John & James Kelly. PTICD 1041. This album was made in the 1970s, when the two brothers were quite young. Both are now among the most respected of Irish fiddle players. Their father John had a huge reputation in his generation. They are joined here by Michael Crehan on uilleann pipes and Michael Gavin on flute. On CD for the first time. UNDER THE MOON. Martin Hayes. GLCD 1155. Second album from the young Clare fiddler. THE WISHING TREE. Seamus McGuire GLCD 1151. New album by the County Sligo fiddler. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC. James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule. SHCD 34014. First CD release for this great album of fiddle and accordion music. TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF IRELAND. Kathleen Collins. SHCD 34010. Great fiddle album, now released for the first time on CD. IT'S A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL. Andy McGann & Paul Brady. SHCD 34011. Great fiddle album, now released for the first time on CD. A FLICK OF THE WRIST. Brendan Larrissey. CBMCD 016. Excellent first solo album by the fiddler from the band Arcady. TRADITIONAL SONGS OF IRELAND Various artists.CD-SDL 411. A fine compilation of songs, collected by Peter Kennedy in the 1950s and sung by people such as Margaret Barry, Seamus Ennis,Hudie Devaney and Sarah Makem among others. 25TH SILVER JUBILEE COLLECTION. Shaskeen. CDFA 3509. Compilation drawn from the career and various albums of a great ceili band. THE LIFFEY BANKS Tommy Potts. CC13CD. At last, a CD release for this classic recording of the great Dublin fiddler. First released in 1972, this has been hailed as a revolutionary event in the history of Irish fiddling, most recently in the documentary River of Sound. IN THE SMOKE. Various artists. CDORBD 088. Classic London session music from the 1950s, 60s & 70s. Features Bobby Casey, Con Curtin, Julia Clifford, Michael Gorman, Mairtin Byrnes and many more. Selected from various Topic albums - if you don't have the originals these are essential listening. LIVE HEARTS. WEA 2292 40230 2 DARK END OF THE STREET WEA 2292 50144 2. Moving Hearts.At last, and for the first time, with the re-release of these two fine albums, all of Moving Hearts' recorded work is available on CD IN CONCERT . Gay & Terry Woods. WINCD 071. Previously unreleased BBC material from the couple who were associated, variously, with Sweeney's Men, Steeleye Span and The Pogues.