Planxty, Cold Blow and the Rainy Night

 

LP Polydor Super 2383 301 (1974) - re-release Shanachie 79011

 

L'album è un classico della storia del folk, la copertina presenta le illustrazioni di Rai Uhlemann e Francis Drake. La produzione è di Phil Coulter. Tra le composizioni spicca l'arrangiamento che Andy Irvine e Donal Lunny hanno fatto della danza bulgara "Mominsko Horo".

 

Tracks Side A:

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

 

Tracks Side B:

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

 

Musicians:

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)