tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91652618375212952552024-03-13T12:27:42.419-07:00irishrock.orgmilesagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372544511636223770noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165261837521295255.post-39966904949835923922014-12-25T14:28:00.001-08:002014-12-28T12:09:47.752-08:00That's Much Better!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Christmas goodies chez irishrock.org. No turntable here, unfortunately, so I'm unable to give any of these a spin. It will have to wait until I get home next week:</div>
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A companion volume to 20 Greatest Irish Hits on Starlight Records, with another effective Jim Fitzpatrick cover.</div>
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UK edition of his best known album. My Dad went to school with John McNally, when he was known as Brendan MacNally.</div>
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On Phoenix Records, 1968. Any information about this label greatly appreciated, just get in touch.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now this is weird. This is a compilation of tracks from the Mulligan Records vaults spanning 1976-79 and released on Harp Records, a subsiduary of Pickwick. What's weird is the Wavin sticker on the front and back cover. There were several Wavin releases in the Seventies, all re-packagings of earlier releases, mostly from Gael Linn. What's special about this one is it shows the <i>least</i> amount of effort I've seen put into making something a Wavin release. It's also the latest I've seen, from 1979. If anyone reading this knows anything about Wavin's involvement in releasing records, please get in touch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The north is thick with religious themed LPs like this one. Is it any wonder? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This scarey looking cover begs the question: What the fuck is a lifeliner? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spin are known for the religious and gospel records that pepper the discography, but what about comedy titles, you ask? I know of just one and this is it. In case you don't know, a duncher is a flat cap, and the extra large duncher Tom is wearing on the cover suggests this LP must be <b>hilarious</b>. The donkeys maintain their dignity throughout. Fair play to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another christian effort from the north. I must admit I know neither the artist nor the label. The credits list a full electric backing band, so there might be something interesting here. Note the cool 3-D effect on the cover. It's actually a normal flat cover. Sharon looks a bit like a nun who used to scare me when I was a small child. Not her fault, of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Label sampler collecting album and single only tracks. I like label samplers as a rule but this one isn't so hot, as it's mostly country and western fare. Nice minimalist design on the cover. The splatter effect on the cover is unintentional. I intended to clean it before taking the photo but forgot. These records are often in this kind of state - and far worse - when I find them. I've become a master of restoration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aims straight for the Emmet Spiceland demographic, judging by the track listing. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another not easy to find LP (though when you do, it'll be only 10p)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kenneth McKellar & Patricia Cahill</b> - The Great Duets. Decca Records 1971.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Philomena Begley</b> - Nashville Country LP. Top Spin Records 1978.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part of the Cork 800 celebrations.</span><br />
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<br />milesagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372544511636223770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165261837521295255.post-91535096269261827112014-06-25T03:44:00.002-07:002014-10-14T07:35:55.348-07:00Additions Pt.2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few more...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>20 Greatest Irish Hits </b>LP. Starlight Records ca 1975-76.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Dickie Rock</b> - Dickie LP. Solo Records 1975 or 1976.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dickie Rock post Miami. The cover shows Dickie in a rural, outdoors-y, denim clad mood. Nice! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately the record contains the usual, predictable, middle of the road track listing. I'm not sure if these are re-recordings or if this is simply another greatest hits package.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pictured as Opportunity Knocks winners on the cover, with Hughie Green. Hughie later explained to them the evils of trade unionism.</span></div>
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milesagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372544511636223770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165261837521295255.post-71347305569518499142014-06-25T02:51:00.001-07:002014-10-14T07:33:40.688-07:00Additions June 2014<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some records that have come my way recently. Now that I have a tablet I should be able to keep this blog updated more regularly with the constant stream of vinyl that comes through my door. That's the plan anyway but it could just as easily turn out to be another false dawn followed by another year of silence. We shall see. Some of the following records will probably be quite appalling but I simply can't stop myself. Let's start off with two 'entertainers'...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mike Murphy</b> - The Likes of Mike. Release Records, 1971.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">A VERY RARE RECORD!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ARTIST: </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: blue;">MATTIE FOX & MISTY</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">TITLE: </span></b><strong style="color: blue; font-size: 16pt;">LIVE AT THE KENSINGTON HILTON</strong></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">LABEL: <span style="color: blue;">RELEASE </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: blue;">BRL-4107</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: blue;">NICE ORIGINAL IRISH ROCKER RARITY!!!</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I don't think the seller actually played it before writing any of the above! As I actually have a copy, I can tell you that 'Outlook Misty' (it's actual title), while it may be obscure, is about as far removed from rock as you can imagine. It's a gentle, sleepy, countrified middle-of-the-road cabaret album, about as enervating a listening experience as you can imagine. There is one odd track with lyrics about social changes in Ireland which shows Mattie was of a somewhat progressive mindset. Otherwise it's completely unremarkable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The ebay auction starts at $24.99</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I'll sell mine for $19.99 - whaddya say?</span></div>
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milesagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372544511636223770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165261837521295255.post-85327839627536729702012-08-21T07:01:00.001-07:002012-08-28T15:55:24.520-07:00100 Essential Irish Singles - Part 1<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Shaun Davey - Pride of the Herd / The Night Flight [CBS 6816, 1978] (PS)<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></h4>
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Pride of the Herd was composed by Belfast born composer Shaun Davey for an advertising campaign by the National Dairy Council of Ireland in 1978. It was used in their TV adverts at the time. Such was it's impact that it was released on single by CBS Records in late 1978 and become a hit, peaking at #7 in the Irish charts in December. It's a very well known piece of music in Ireland. Initial copies came with an attractive picture sleeve.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The A-side showcases Davey's mastery of arrangement of traditional music elements, not forgetting his ear for a melody. It recalls O'Riada and is obviously a forerunner of Davey's subsequent large orchestral works of the '80s and '90s, all of which draw heavily on traditional music. 'The Pride of the Herd' has the great advantage of being much shorter. It's a fantastic piece. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It may come as a surprise to learn that the B-side is a piece of modern experimental electronic music which includes environmental recordings made on an Aer Lingus flight. It seeks to simulate plane flight in sound and is a very successful piece. It might put you in mind of File Under Pop's Heathrow EP [Rough Trade] which came out a year later. It must be one of the earliest electronic pieces released commercially in Ireland, alongside Roger Doyle's 'Thalia' LP released the same year. There is no studio credit (the A-side was recorded at Keystone) which suggests it was a home-made DIY project, perhaps even a student piece. Too bad the Strange Passion compilers didnt consider it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One interesting note: both labels state A Break Records Production. This same text has been spotted on a sticker affixed to early, promo-only 7 inch copies of the first U2 single, and appears to be the same label and/or production company that Paul McGuinness established to release Spud's Kitty single in 1976 . . . which was produced by Shaun Davey.</span><br />
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Both tracks are now available here: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5e7ba0osne4601l">http://www.mediafire.com/?5e7ba0osne4601l</a></div>
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milesagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372544511636223770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165261837521295255.post-8587869131623955232010-01-27T07:31:00.001-08:002011-02-16T07:18:27.994-08:00Help Us Find These Recordsirishrock.org is constantly in need of releases by Irish artists, from The Great And The Good to the Hopelessly Obscure, to the Amateurishly Bad and all points in between, including some of the albums the Release label saw fit to inflict upon the world in 1974. Yes those really really bad ones. We need them ALL.<br /><br />We are compiling discographies of all the labels active in Ireland during the 1970s and 1980s. If you can help us with this, please get in touch. If you worked for a record label or publicist or booking agent and have any memorabilia that can be photographed or scanned, again get in touch, we need to hear from you.<br /><br />If you can help us find the following records, you will be declared lifelong Friend Of IRO and enter the Hall of Fame!milesagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372544511636223770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9165261837521295255.post-25556649879456324382007-04-17T08:30:00.000-07:002009-09-25T02:14:37.591-07:00Nothing here yetGo and have a look at <a href="http://irishrock.org/">http://irishrock.org</a><br /><br />Meanwhile, if you have any of the following, please get in touch . . .<br /><br /><br><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oUSOkhcvWJQtk-S5V6vv8awhQGgn3xzfoCxGKdy-hV5aTJIkJ50V9lIGJj3mftvtgDkWSfXW15qyOPeIIXANO6X2xF2wNDOY0oqzg0V9SQRy-umpGvPD7Us1ElE3ftbi97Zlvpe0R4Q/s1600-h/g1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oUSOkhcvWJQtk-S5V6vv8awhQGgn3xzfoCxGKdy-hV5aTJIkJ50V9lIGJj3mftvtgDkWSfXW15qyOPeIIXANO6X2xF2wNDOY0oqzg0V9SQRy-umpGvPD7Us1ElE3ftbi97Zlvpe0R4Q/s320/g1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385329360677107122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAEloT9XVrFFQoXRz2bmNSe7EYWajBzxyxAHwH9xR3TEWpW_heZ240bFsb9cJgJ6ubylYIUhMqgTOpCGnN5ocbvSXU7gtvD8PXBXE_4z0V4hvtwNKVn9oc6dycz_N93dop7Ac4UDjrFQ/s1600-h/dm1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAEloT9XVrFFQoXRz2bmNSe7EYWajBzxyxAHwH9xR3TEWpW_heZ240bFsb9cJgJ6ubylYIUhMqgTOpCGnN5ocbvSXU7gtvD8PXBXE_4z0V4hvtwNKVn9oc6dycz_N93dop7Ac4UDjrFQ/s320/dm1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385329231781117058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ahjQnv2Hq1d8kVMSeFxKxotptYvZmYxKrC06Bq7UI7mBlXkhu0Z5s6tIKrOh3s6qNuvQ2rDMBhLsJP0b71TTOIDAsyQyut5o366YiCoQTq18NoegDeebM-VMPvvGSAhYkDC5zBRELRs/s1600-h/cypressmine-justine-45-fc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ahjQnv2Hq1d8kVMSeFxKxotptYvZmYxKrC06Bq7UI7mBlXkhu0Z5s6tIKrOh3s6qNuvQ2rDMBhLsJP0b71TTOIDAsyQyut5o366YiCoQTq18NoegDeebM-VMPvvGSAhYkDC5zBRELRs/s200/cypressmine-justine-45-fc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054421910966508370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />milesagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372544511636223770noreply@blogger.com