Green Linnet samplers?
Colleen Campbell
I'm considering sending off for one of the Green Linnet samplers, as I've
really enjoyed every CD I've purchased from their label. But I have no
idea what's included on each of the three offered, and I'd rather not play
eeny meanie miney mo. Does anyone have any of the samplers? Could you
tell me what artists/songs are featured on them?
The ones listed in my offer are #103 Flight of the Green Linnet, #104 The
Celts Rise Again, and #105 Heart of the Gaels. Any info about any of the
compilations will be appreciated. It would also help me if you could
email the info, because my server is extremely spotty on picking up posts
to this ng.
Thanks in advance,
Colleen
cee...@igc.net
NikosStyle
I have "Celts rise again" and have been very happy with it... all three
copies I've ended up purchasing. The first was stolen, and the second was
permanently borrowed. It's sort of a left-handed compliment for the cd
(tapes in my case) but it's cerainly been popular around here...
Eternally,
Nicodemus Style, Ravnos at Large
Steal American. It helps the economy.
GSC Conference
I just got the "The Twentieth Anniversary Collection"--Absolutely
superb! You get two CD's for the price of one. Here's the line-up:
Seamus Ennis
Kevin Burke/Micheal O'Domhnaill
Kornog
Capercaillie
Altan
Joe Derrane w/Carl Hession
Deanta
Millaoiro
Eileen Ivers
Moving Cloud
Matt Malloy/Sean Keane
Silly Wizard
The Tannahill Weavers
Trian
Tim Lyons
Jerry O'Sullivan
The Irish Tradtion
Patrick Street
Relativity
Kevin Burke/Johnny Cunningham/Christian Lemaitre
Martin Hayes
Cherish the Ladies
Seamus McGuire
Wolfstone
Reeltime
Mick Moloney/Jimmy Keane/Robbie O'Connell w/ Liz Carroll
John Williams
Paddy O'Brien/Seamus Connolly
Joe Ryan/Eddie Clarke
Touchstone
June Tabor
The House Band
James Keane
Eugene O'Donnell
Billy McComiskey
Dick Gaughan
Joe Burke w/Charlie Lennon
The Bothy Band.
Only two quibbles: a) the CD case, which holds two discs, is too
compact and is difficult to remove disc 2 b) once you listen, you're
hooked! (My "to get" list has grown very, very long...ouch.).
-chow
KthScherer
In article <4v77ep$d...@news.igc.net>, cee...@igc.net (Colleen Campbell)
writes:
>The ones listed in my offer are #103 Flight of the Green Linnet, #104 The
>Celts Rise Again, and #105 Heart of the Gaels. Any info about any of the
>compilations will be appreciated.
Flight of the Green Linnet:
Relativity: An Seanduine Doite
M. Malloy / S. Keane / A. McGlynn: Kitty in the Lane / Captain Kelly /
The Green Mountain
The Tannahill Weavers: Lucy Cassidy / The Bleterskate / The Smith of
Chilliechassie
A. Stewart / P. Cunningham: The Parish of Dunkeld / The Curlew
K. Burke: Three Polkas
A. Irvine / Patrick Street: The Holy Ground
Touchstone: Jack Haggerty
M. Moloney: Planxty Loftus Jones
Buttons and Bows: Inisheer
M. Ni Mhaonaigh / F. Kennedy: Citi No gCumann
J. McMenemy / Kornog: Helen of Kirkconnel
Silly Wizard: The Secret Portrait / Wha'll Be King But Cherlie
Capercaillie: Puirt A Beul
J. O'Sullivan: Colonel Fraser
J. Cunningham: Fair Warning
The Celts Rise Again
Jerry O'Sullivan: The Chorus Reel / Ashmolean House
Andy Irvine / Patrick Street: The Humours of the King of BAllyhooley
The Tannahill Weavers: Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban / Dunrobin
Castle / The Wise Maid / Iain's Jig
Liz Carroll: Clarke's Favorite / Pigeon on the Gate
Capercaillie: Iain Ghlinn Cuaich
John Whelan and Eileen Ivers: Trip to Skye / Darach De Brun's
Andy M. Stewart and Manus Lunny: Taker Her in Your Arms
Patrick Street: Music for a Found Harmonium
Joe Burke, Michael Cooney and Terry Corcoran: Brian Boru's March /
Sporting Paddy / The Traveler
Matt Molloy: The Boys of the Town / Jackson's Jig / The Connaughtman's
Rambles
Len Graham and Skylark: Siuil A Run
Jamie McMenemy and Kornog: Jesuitmont
Buttons and Bows: Margaret's Waltz
Altan: Con Cassidy's & Neil Gow's Highlands / Moil and Tiarna /
McSweeney's Reels
Robbie O'Connell: Keg of Brandy
Seamus Connolly: Dr. Gilbert / Flax in Bloom
Gerald Trimble: Elizabeth's Air
John and Phil Cunningham: Reels: The Humors of Tulla / Toss the Feathers
/ Saint Anne's Reel / Lexy McAskill / The Limerick Lasses / Jean's Reel /
The Musical Priest
Heart of the Gaels
Patrick Street: Reels: Jenny Picking Cocles / An Gabhran / Jack Kean's
Reel
Altan: Song and Reel: Donal agus Morag
Ad Vielle Que Pourra: Larideau and Schottishes: Evit Gabriel
Andy M. Steward and Manus Lunny: Song: Tae the Weaver's Gin Ye Go
Capercaillie: Song: Both Sides the Tweed
Skylark: Reels: Limber Up / The Contradiction Reel / The New Line to
Dublin
Matt Molloy / Sean Keane / Arty McGlynn: Reels: Dowd's #9 / The First
Month of Spring / The Reconciliation
Andy Irvine: Song: James Connolly
Milladoiro: Galician Jig: Muineira de Chantada
The Tannahill Weavers: Jigs/Reels: Samuel the Weaver / The Panda /
Thunderhead / The Cannongate Twitch / Allan MacDonald's
Sileas: Puirt-a-Beul (Mouth Music)
John Cunningham: Scots Air: Archibald McDonald of Keppoch
Kornog: Gavottes: Gavotten Ar Menez
Declan Masterson and Patrick Street: Jigs: Brian O'Lynn / The Woods of
Old Limerick
Dick Gaughan: Song for Ireland
Gerald Trimble: An Dro and Gavotte: War Hent Kerrigouarch / Gavotte de
Scrignac
Rare Air: Mammoth No Arms
Phil Cunningham: Reels: The Four Stroke Reel / Martin O'Connor's Flying
Clog / The Four Stroke Reel
Piper
I own all three of them , and for the price you can't beat the
selection. The only problem is that you will want to order many more
CD's after you hear the samplers. They also have an other sort of
sampler called "Hard Cash" which is music from a failed British TV show.
All tracks written by Richard Thompson and performed by some really
great British folk rock talent. Well worth a listen!
Just offering my 2 cents....
Piper
M. Jonas
In article <321951...@nash.pubnix.net>,
Piper <pi...@nash.pubnix.net> wrote:
>They also have an other sort of
>sampler called "Hard Cash" which is music from a failed British TV show.
>All tracks written by Richard Thompson and performed by some really
>great British folk rock talent. Well worth a listen!
>
Some corrections: Hard Cash is not a "sampler" - it's all original
recordings not previously available in any other form. While Richrad
Thompson is the co-producer (with Peter Filleul) and wrote three of the
songs, he did not write "all tracks". And finally, Green Linnet's
involvement with this is rather incidental - the original UK release was
on Topic's Special Delivery sub-label. To my knowledge, none of the
artists on this album has any other releases on Green Linnet and so it is
certainly not one of their budget catalogue samplers. Whether or not it
was a "failed" TV show is unknown - the BBC bowed to political pressure
not to show it and for all I know it might have been very good (we just
never got the chance to judge for ourselves).
But I certainly agree that it is a great album and well worth a listen.
Martin
IntoTheMus
I personally find the new 20th Anniversary Collection to be a great deal
(2 discs for the price of one).
Kyle
M'Daid
>The ones listed in my offer are #103 Flight of the Green Linnet, #104 The
>Celts Rise Again, and #105 Heart of the Gaels. Any info about any of the
>email the info, because my server is extremely spotty on picking up posts
>to this ng.
The Celts Rise Again has among others, Len Graham, Andy Irvine and Patrick
Street, Kornog, Andy M. Stewart, Altan, The Tannehill Weavers, Robbie O'
Connell, Conny Dover (I think), etc. Personally, I like it quite a lot.
"Were he such a great god of love and kindness, he should not even
ask people to believe in him and pray to him and worship him. My own
mother gives me everything she has to give out of love for me,
whether I believe in her or not, whether I pray to her or not...Yes,
my mother is far, far greater than is your god. She has more eternal
love than your god has, and she is only human."
From "The Conversion of Some Indians", B. Traven
none
GSC Conference wrote:
>
> I just got the "The Twentieth Anniversary Collection"--Absolutely
> -chowIf you don't have this one, I highly recommend it. Whoever chose
the list did a really fine job. Its hard to believe its been
20 years. I think this label is a major factor in the recent
swell of interest in Trad music.
rabbit
Todd A. Gracyk
otta...@emr1.NRCan.gc.ca (GSC Conference) wrote:
>I just got the "The Twentieth Anniversary Collection"--Absolutely
>superb! You get two CD's for the price of one.
>Only two quibbles: a) the CD case, which holds two discs, is too
>compact and is difficult to remove disc 2 b) once you listen, you're
>hooked! (My "to get" list has grown very, very long...ouch.).
I have two quibbles.
Why are the CD's in both a jewell case and a box but then the box is
only big enough to hold the jewel case? A thick book is stuffed
inside the jewel case. This is plain stupidity! Not stupidity in
that the book is thick, but that the book cannot be placed in the box
along the side of the jewel case (the way it has been done on "The
Original Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 " by Doc Watson and Clarence
Ashley on the Smithsonian/Folkways label.
Why is "Song For Ireland" the featured track by Dick Gaughan? This
recording was already featured on an earlier Green Linnet sampler!
Sure, Gaughan does a brilliant job with this song, but I have grown
weary of it (it has also been recorded by Heather Heywood and De
Dannan). I wish Green Linnet had instead featured Gaughan's "Cragie
Hills" or "Now Westlin Winds", two songs I will never tire of.
Having said that, I must point out that this double CD sampler is a
remarkable value and a good introduction to the Green Linnet catalog.
I appreciate the fact that musicians are listed for each cut.
Todd A. Gracyk
Petaluma, CA
ta...@pge.com