An outstanding and remarkable collection of Irish traditional music edited by Reg Hall.

It could almost be described as "The other side of Irish traditional music" in that much of the recording of the music over the last eighty years or so has concentrated on a repertoire largely dominated by reels and jigs. On this record we have brought together a programme of polkas, slides, flings, hornpipes, the mazurka, waltzes and barndances - music of the country-house dances of rural Ireland and the dance halls of Irish-America.

About one third of the recordings are taken from superbly re-mastered 78s, made between 1925 and the 1950s while the balance comes from studio and live recordings from the 60s and 70s - and every one is a classic. An unusual and exiting repertoire played by some of the masters and mistresses of Irish Traditional Music including Michael Coleman, Johnny Doherty, Johnny O'Leary, Jimmy Power, Julia Clifford, The Flanagan Brothers, Hugh Gillespie, Paddy Killoran, Frank Quinn and many others.

The CD contains extensive notes and archive photographs and the recodings have been remastered to the highest standards.

VARIOUS ARTISTS ROUND THE HOUSE AND MIND THE DRESSER TSCD606

1		ERIN'S PRIDE ORCHESTRA	Come To The Fair : Sixpenny Bit : The Barren Rocks Of Aden
2		JOHNNY O'LEARY accordeon	Mike Sullivan's: Tom Billy's: Fling & Hornpipe For The Set
3		JOHNNY DOCHERTY fiddle	The Twenty-One Highland: Fling For The Highland
4		GENE KELLY accordeon	Sean Hayes' : If There Weren't Any Women In The World : Tunes For The Barndance
5		JIMMY POWER fiddle Reg Hall piano	The Little Fair Child : Song Air For The Old Time Waltz
6		THE FOUR PROVINCES ORCHESTRA	Untitled : Limerick Races : Flings For The Highland
7		ROSE MURPHY fiddle	The First Of May : The Last Of June : Polkas For The Set
8		TOMMY HEALEY flute & JOHNNY DUFFY fiddle	Untitled : Tune For The First Part Of The Lancers
9		GARY OWEN IRISH RECORDING ORCHESTRA	Casey's Favourites : Flings For The Highlands
10		JULIA CLIFFORD fiddle	Padraig O'Keefe's : March For The Set : Untitled : Slide For The Set
11		FLANAGAN BROTHERS accordeon & tenor banjo	Untitled : Untitled : :Lord Moira
12		MICHAEL COLEMAN & J.P.DOLAN fiddles	The Stack Of Barley : Bantry Bay : Hornpipes For The Stack Of Barley
13		ROSE MURPHY melodeon	The Road To Ballasadare : Hornpipe For Sean Nos Stepdancing
14		HUGH GILLESPIE fiddle	Untitled : Tune For The Mazurka
15		GENE KELLY accordeon	She Hasn't The Thing She Thought She Had : Single Jig For The Set : The Cat In The Corner : Polka For The Set
16		PADDY KILLORAN & PADDY SWEENEY fiddles	McDermott's : Memories Of Sligo : Tunes For The Barndance
17		JOHNNY O'LEARY & MAURICE O'KEEFE accordeon & fiddle	The Worn Torn Petticoat : Denis O'Keefe's Favourite : Slides For The Set
18		FRANK QUINN fiddle & voice	Katy Jones Reel : Fling For The Highland
19		JOHNNY DUFFY fiddle Reg Hall piano	Mrs Kenney : Tune For The Old-Time Waltz
20		JOHN McKENNA flute & MICHAEL GAFFNEY mandolin-banjo	Up And Away : The Merry Girl : Polkas For The Set
21		JULIA CLIFFORD fiddle	Julia Clifford's : Bill The Weaver's : Polkas For the Set
22		FOUR PROVINCES ORCHESTRA	Marquis Of Huntley : Skin-A-Ma-Rink : Flings For The Highland
23		BERNARD O'SULLIVAN concertina	Stack Ryan's : Polka For The Set
24		PADDY KILLORAN & PADDY SWEENEY fiddles	Batt Henry's Favourite : Untitled : Tunes For The Barndance
25		TERRY TEAHAN melodeon	Reagan's : Slide For The Set
26		MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle Margaret Barry banjo	The Versavienna : Untitled : Untitled
27		JAMES MORRISON fiddle	The Return Of Spring : The Mountain Pathway : Polkas For The Set
28		BILLY CLIFFORD flute	The Flowing Tide : Hornpipe For The Cashel Set