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Sean McAloon, John Rea: Drops of Brandy

Drops of Brandy (Topic 12TS287)

Drops of Brandy
Traditional Irish Music
Sean McAloon, John Rea

Topic Records 12TS287 (LP, UK, 1976)

Recorded November 1970 at Tommy Ellis Studios, Dublin;
Produced by Robin Morton;
Notes by Robin Morton;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Sean McAloon, concert pipes [1bc,2, 7-8, 14], flat pipes [4, 9, 11], fiddle [6, 12, 15b];
John Rea, hammered dulcimer [1, 3, 5, 8b, 10, 12b, 13-15]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Maid in the Meadow / The Castlebar Races / Trip to the Cottage jigs
  2. The Mountain Lark / Crooked Road to Dublin reels
  3. Jackson’s Drum / Jackson’s Mistake / Jackson’s Coagy jigs
  4. Blind Mary air
  5. Madame Bonaparte / O’Dwyer’s Hornpipes hornpipes
  6. Crowley’s No. 1 / Crowley’s No. 2 reels
  7. Moloney’s / Paddy O’Brien’s Jig jigs
  8. First House in Connaught / The Copperplate reels
  1. An Buachaill Caol Dubh air / Drops of Brandy slip jig
  2. Coil the Hawser / Lord McDonald’s reels (2.17)
  3. Alexandria’s / Higgin’s hornpipes
  4. The Sligo Maid / Sheephan’s reels
  5. Wandering Minstrel / Katy is Waiting / The Basket of Shamrocks jigs
  6. Tim the Turncoat / The Quarrelsome Piper hornpipes
  7. The Old Siege of Valencia / The Lark in the Morning jigs

All tracks traditional

> Folk Music > Records > John Rea: Traditional Music on the Hammer Dulcimer

John Rea: Traditional Music on the Hammer Dulcimer

Traditional Music on the Hammer Dulcimer (Topic 12TS373)

Traditional Music on the Hammer Dulcimer
John Rea

Topic Records 12TS373 (LP, UK, 1979)

Produced and recorded by Robin Morton in the musician's home in Glenarm, Co. Antrim, August 1977;
Mixed at Castle Sound Studios, Edinburgh;
Photographs and sleeve notes by Robin Morton;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

John Rea, hammered dulcimer

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Whistle o’er the Lave o't / The Braes of Tulimet / Scudding Through the Whins highlands and reel (3.05)
  2. Bundle and Go / The Jug o' Punch jigs (2.14)
  3. The Galway Reel / Dinny O’Brien’s Reel reels (2.28)
  4. The Ladies of France / Jackson’s Trip to Aughrim / Jackson’s Return from Dover jigs (3.37)
  5. The Belfast Hornpipe / The Rights of Man hornpipes (3.35)
  6. The Sailor on the Rope / The Bonnie Bunch of Roses reels (2.28)
  7. The Three Sea Captains set dance (2.30)
  1. Kitty’s Fancy / Lady Anne Hope jig and strathspey (3.39)
  2. The Boys of Ballycastle / The Five Mile Heat reels (2.12)
  3. The Montain Hornpipe / The Kingston Hornpipe hornpipes (3.02)
  4. The Kinnegad Slashers / The Tenpenny Bit jigs (2.12)
  5. The Plains of Boyle / Jackson’s Slippers hornpipe and jig (3.00)
  6. Roaring Mary / Tim Moloney reels (2.34)
  7. St. Patrick's Day / Duncan Davidson set dance and highland (2.25)

All tracks traditional

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