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Jimmy Power & Tony Ledwith: Irish Music from The Favourite

Irish Music from The Favourite (Leader LED2051)

Irish Music from The Favourite
Jimmy Power (1918-1985) & Tony Ledwith

Leader Records LED2051 (LP, UK, 1975)

Produced by Reg Hall and Bill Leader;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Jimmy Power, fiddle [1-7, 9-14, 16-17]
Tony Ledwith, button accordion [1-2, 4, 7-12, 15-17]
Reg Hall, piano [1-2, 4-8, 12-14, 16-17]
Paul Gross, piano [10-11, 15]
Tom Power, guitar [3, 9]/p>

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Statia Donnelly’s / Mick Gorman’s Fancy jigs
  2. Last Night’s Fun / Martin Wynne’s reels
  3. Princess Royal set dance
  4. The Woman of the House / The Morning Dew reels
  5. Willie Clancy’s / Meg Long’s jigs
  6. The Donegal / The Mooncoin reels
  7. Seán Ryan’s Fancy hornpipe
  8. Toss the Feathers / Cooley’s / The Earl’s Chair reels
  9. Lanigan’s Ball / Gallagher’s Frolics jigs
  1. Paddy MaLynn’s / The Green Groves reels
  2. Kitty’s Gone A-Milking / Miss Thornton reels
  3. Hornpipe selection
  4. The Tempest / Colonel Rodney’s / John Morrison reels
  5. Bonny Ann / Miss Johnson reels
  6. The Kesh jig
  7. The Mistress / St. Anne’s reels
  8. The Copperplate / The Kilmaley / The Pigeon on the Gate / The Maid of Castlebar reels

Tracks 1-4, 7-9, 12, 16 recorded by Bill Leader and Seumus Ewens at The Sugawn Kitchen, London on May 20, 1971;
Tracks 10-11, 15, 17 recorded by Bill Leader at The Sugawn Kitchen, London on June 29, 1971;
Tracks 5-6, 13-14 recorded by Bill Leader at Bob and Daisy Keightley's, Croydon, Surrey on July 26, 1973

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Jimmy Power: Irish Fiddle Player

Irish Fiddle Player (Topic 12TS306)

Irish Fiddle Player
Jimmy Power (1918-1985)

Topic Records 12TS306 (LP, UK, 1976)
Ossian OSS 81 (cassette, UK, 1993);
Topic Records TSDL306 (digital download, UK, June 2010)

Recorded in London by Tony Engle, July 1976;
Produced by Reg Hall and Tony Engle;
Back cover photographs by John Harrison;
Sleeve design and front cover photograph by Tony Engle

Musicians

Jimmy Power, fiddle, muted fiddle [12];
Reg Hall, piano;
Gerry Wright, tambourine [6]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Tommy Potts' Rambling Pitchfork / The Strayaway Child jigs (5.12)
  2. The Chorus / McKenna's reels (2.11)
  3. Jockey to the Fair / Miss Brown's Fancy set dances (4.24)
  4. Coleman's Favourite / The Promenade hop jigs (2.26)
  5. Dwyer's / The Harvest Home hornpipes (4.25)
  6. Jackie Coleman's / The Castle reels (2.20)

All tracks trad.
  1. The Nine Points of Roguery / The Crib of Perches reels (2.35)
  2. Whelan's / The Old Lark in the Morning jigs (2.41)
  3. The Mountain Road reel (2.37)
  4. Follow Me Down to Limerick / Hardiman the Fiddler slip jigs (2.37)
  5. Youghal Harbour set dance (3.58)
  6. The Walls of Liscarrol jig (1.08)
  7. The Jug of Punch / The Moving Bogs of Powelsborough reels (2.30)
  8. Statia Donnelly's waltz & jig (2.30)

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Other records with Jimmy Power

Various Artists, Paddy in the Smoke: Irish Dance Music from a London Pub, LP, Topic 12T176, 1968

Bob Davenport, Down the Long Road, LP, Topic 12TS274, 1974

Various Artists, Paddy in the Smoke: Irish Dance Music from a London Pub, CD, Topic TSCD603, 1997

Various Artists, Round the House and Mind the Dresser: Irish Country-House Dance Music, CD, Topic TSCD606, 2000

Michael Gorman, The Sligo Champion, 2 CD, Topic TSCD525D, 2001

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