CLADDAGH RECORDS NEWSLETTER MAY 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 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. HOME OF THE BRAVE. Black 47. SBK/EMI 7243 8 30737 2 6. New album from the Poguish new York group. BEST OF FRANKIE GAVIN. CHART RTECD 187. Compilation from several albums, with some new tracks added. OISIN OSSCD 37 BEALOIDEAS OSSCD 38 OVER THE MOOR TO MAGGIE OSSCD 39. Oisin. Three albums from thegroup which was very popular in the 70s and 80s, now released for the first time on CD. ELEANOR SHANLEY. Eleanor Shanley. WEA 0630 10002 2. Long-awaited first solo album by the singer from De Danann's JACKET OF BATTERIES and HALF-SET IN HARLEM. Traditional and modern songs. SONGS OF THE TRAVELLING PEOPLE. Various artists. Travellers from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.recorded in the 1950s by Peter Kennedy. Ireland is represented Margaret Barry and Paddy Doran NA CASAIDIGH LIVE IN KILDARE. APV 69. Video of a live concert by Na Casaidigh. FRANKIE GAVIN LIVE. APV 72. Concert on video from the Corrib Hotel, Galway, featuring Frankie with Dermot Byrne, Steve Cooney and Carl Hession with a guest appearance by Stephane Grappelli. Riverdance - the Show. RTE VC57. Riverdance by Bill Whelan was originally a 15-minute piece intended as a diversion during the Eurovision Song Contest. It was later expanded in to a full stage show, involving dancers from Ireland, America, Spain and Russia, with music from Davey Spillane, Maire Breathnach and Anuna. This is the video. WAHOO! Frankie Lane & Paul Kelly. WOT CD 531. Country songs and traditional tunes played on fiddle and dobro, with a lot of help from Brendan Begley, Dermy Diamond, Paul O'Shaughnessy and Johnny Moynihan. THE ANGEL AND THE SOLDIER BOY. Clannad. RCA 74321 25081 2. Soundtrack of the film, with narration by Tom Conti. All the music is played by Clannad. This was very popular on its original release, but has been unavailable for a long time.