PLANXTY

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Planxty recordings

1. Planxty (1972)
2. Three drunken maidens/? (1972) [single]
3. The cliffs of doneen/? (1972) [single]
4. The well below the valley (1973)
5. Cold blow and the rainy night (1974)
6. The Planxty collection (?)
7. After the break (1979)
8. The woman I loved so well (1980)
9. Words & music (1982)
10. Aris (?)
11. Timedance/Nancy spain (?) [12" single]

Planxty (1972)

• title: Planxty
• artists:
  • Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, bodhran)
  • Donal Lunny (synthesizer, bouzouki, vocals)
  • Liam O'Flynn (uileann pipes, whistle)
  • Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals)
• producer: Phil Coulter
• engineer: Barry Ainsworth
• date: 1972
• tracks:
  • Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Tabhair dom do lamh
  • Arthus McBride
  • Planxty Irwin
  • Sweet Thames flow softly
  • Junior Crehan's favourite/Corney is coming
  • The west coast of Clare
  • The jolly beggar/Reel
  • Only our rivers
  • Sí beag, sí mhór/Follow me up to Carlow
  • Merrily kissed the Quaker
  • The blacksmith
• order no: CD Shanachie 79009

Three drunken maidens/? (1972) [single]

EMI

The cliffs of doneen/? (1972) [single]

Polydor

The well below the valley (1973)

• title: The well below the valley
• artists:
  • Christy Moore
  • Donal Lunny
  • Liam Óg O'Flynn
  • Andy Irvine
• producer: Phil Coulter
• engineer: Tony Taverner, John Hudson, Barry Ainsworth
• recorded at: Escape Stusios, Kent, England
• date: 1973
• tracks:
  • Cunla
  • Pat Reilly
  • Slip Jigs: The Kid On The Mountain/An Phis Fhlinch
  • As I Roved Out (Andy) (*)
  • Reels: The Dogs Among The Bushes/Jenny's Wedding
  • The Well Below The Valley
  • Hewlett
  • Bean Pháidín
  • Hornpipes: Fisherman's Lilt/Cronin's Hornpipe
  • As I Roved Out (Christy) (*)
  • Solo Jig: Humours Of Ballyloughlin
  • Time Will Cure Me
• order no: Polydor (re-release Shanachie 79010)

(*) Songs 4 and 10 are completely different songs with the same title.

Cold blow and the rainy night (1974)

• title: Cold blow and the rainy night
• artists:
  • Christy Moore (guitar, vocals, bodhran, harmonium)
  • Johnny Moynihan (bouzouki, fiddle, tin whistle, vocals)
  • Donal Lunny (guitar, bouzouki, portative organ,bodhran)
  • Liam Óg O'Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle)
  • Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, hurdy gurdy, dulcimer, mouth organ)
• producer: Phil Coulter
• date: 1974
• tracks:
  A-side:
  • Johnny Cope (Song & Hornpipe)
  • Polkas: Dennis Murphy's Polka/The £42 Cheque/John Ryan's Polka
  • Cold Blow And The Rainy Night
  • "P" Stands For Paddy, I Suppose
  • Reels: The Old Torn Petticoat/The Dublin Reel/The Wind That Shakes The Barley
  • Baneasa's Green Glade

  B-side:

  • The Little Drummer
  • The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
  • Jigs: The Hare In The Corn/The Frost Is All Over/The Gander In The Pratie Hole
  • The Green Fields Of Canada
• order no: Polydor (re-release Shanachie 79011)

The Planxty collection (?)

• title: The Planxty collection (*)
• artists: Members of Planxty
• producer: Phil Coulter for Martin-Coulter Enterprises
• engineer: Barry Ainsworth
• tracks:
  A-side:
  • The Jolly Beggar - Reel
  • Merrily Kissed The Quaker
  • The Lakes of Pontchartrain
  • The Blacksmith
  • The Hare in The Corn / The Frost is All Over / The Gander in The Pratie Hole
  • Cliffs of Dooneen

  B-side:

  • Cunla
  • Pat Reilly
  • Bean Pháidín
  • Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Tabhair Dom Do Lámh
  • Denis Murphy's Polka/The £42 Cheque
  • As I Roved Out
• order no: Polydor (LP/C)

(*) The backcover story on "The Planxty collection" is in the miscellaneous section.

After the break (1979)

• title: After the break
• artists:
  • Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonium, bodhran)
  • Donal Lunny (blarge, guitar)
  • Liam O'Flynn (uileann pipes, whistle)
  • Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, mandola, hurdygurdy, vocals)
  • Matt Molloy (flute, whistle)
• producer: Donal Lunny
• engineer: Brain Masterson
• recorded at: Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
• date: 1979
• tracks:
  • The good ship Kangaroo (4:33)
  • East at Glendart/Brian O'Lynn/Pay the reckoning (3:43)
  • You rambling boys of pleasure (7:48)
  • The blackberry blossom/Lucky in love/The dairy maid (3:11)
  • The ramblin' siuler (4:19)
  • The lady on the island/The gatehouse maid/The virginia/Callaghan's (4:58)
  • The pursuit of farmer Michael Hayes (6:10)
  • Lord MacDonald/The chatttering magpie (4:12)
  • The bonny light horseman (4:31)
  • Smeceno Horo (4:32)
• order no: CD Tara 3001

The woman I loved so well (1980)

• title: The woman I loved so well
• artists:
  • Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, bodhran)
  • Donal Lunny (synthesizer, bouzouki, vocals)
  • Liam O'Flynn (uileann pipes, whistle)
  • Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals)
  • Matt Molly (flute)
  • Noel Hill (concertina)
  • Tony Linnane (fiddle)
  • Bill Whelan (keyboards)
• producer: Donal Lunny, Brian Masterson
• engineer: Brian Masterson
• recorded at: Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
• date: 1980
• tracks:
  • True love knows no season (5:29)
  • Out on the ocean/Tiocfaidh tú abhaile liom (3:20)
  • Roger O'Hehir (5:33)
  • The tailor's twist (3:14)
  • Kellswater (4:59)
  • Johnny of Brady's lea (6:31)
  • The woman I never forgot/The pullet/The ladies pantalettes (4:19)
  • Little Musgrave (11:26)
• order no: CD Tara 3005

Words & music (1982)

• title: Words & music
• artists:
  • Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, bodhran)
  • Donal Lunny (guitar, bouzouki, psaltrey, spinnet, duclimer, bodrhan, synthesizer)
  • Liam O'Flynn (uileann pipes, whistle)
  • Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocals)
  • Bill Whelan (keyboards)
  • James Kelly (fiddle)
  • Nollaig Casey (fiddle)
  • Eoghan O'Neill (bass guitar)
• producer: Donal Lunny
• engineer: Andrew Boland
• recorded at: Dublin
• date: december 1982
• tracks:
  • The queen of the rushes/Paddy Fays jig
  • Thousands are sailing
  • Táimse im' chodladh
  • Lord Baker
  • Accidentals/Aragon millThe Aconry lasses/The old wheels of the world/The Spike island lasses
  • I pity the poor immigrant
  • The Irish march
• order no: CD Shanachie 79035

Aris (?)

Polydor (LP/C); compilation album

Timedance/Nancy spain (?) [12" single]

WEA