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Music of Ireland

Music of Ireland (Stefan Grossman GWCD 4)

Music of Ireland
Airs, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes and Marches Arranged for Fingerpicking Guitar
Davy Graham, Martin Simpson, Duck Baker, John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman

Shanachie 97004 (LP/CD, USA, 1988)
Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop GWCD 4 (CD, UK, 1988)

Executive producer Stefan Grossman;
Tracks 3, 5, 9, 15 recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios, London, in 1977;
Tracks 6-7, 13 recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studio, London, in 1979;
Track 2 recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studio, London, in 1979;
Tracks 4, 10 recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studio, London, in 1980;
Tracks 11, 14 recorded by George Jeffrey at Craighall Studio, Edinburgh, in 1986;
Tracks 1, 8, 12 recorded at Topic Studios, London, in 1987;
Master laquer by Gladys Hopkowitz, Sound Technique, New York City;
Sleeve notes by Stefan Grossman;
Tablature and music copying by Janet Smith;
Front cover photo: Spanish Arch, Galway, Ireland 1902;
Front cover and hand lettering by Anita Karl

Musicians

Davy Graham: guitar [3, 5-7, 9, 13, 15];
Martin Simpson: guitar [1, 8, 12];
Duck Baker: guitar [11, 14];
John Renbourn: guitar [2];
Stefan Grossman: guitar [2, 4, 10];
Tony Toberts: recorder, flute, alto flute [4, 10];
Alastair Anderson: concertina [14]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. [MS] The Dark Plaintive Youth (2.34)
  2. [JR, SG] Swedish Jig (2.28)
  3. [DG] Lord Mayo / Lord Inchiquin (4.30)
  4. [SG] Pretty Girl, Milking a Cow (3.19)
  5. [DG] Frieze Britches (3.00)
  6. [DG] Bloody Fields of Flanders (1.35)
  7. [DG] Minh Na Heirann (3.30)

Side 2

  1. [MS] The Seas Are Deep (3.33)
  2. [DG] Hardiman the Fiddler (1.39)
  3. [SG] Blind Mary (2.48)
  4. [DB] O’Carolan’s Concerto (2.54)
  5. [MS] Fanny Powers (3.42)
  6. [DG] Farewell to the Creeks (1.28)
  7. [DB, AA] Charles O’Connor (2.34)
  8. [DG] The Fairies’ Hornpipe (1.30)