An important and influential record of song airs and dance tunes played on modest instruments such as would fit in your pocket, played by some of the finest London-based Irish musicians.
“The expertise of the performers is to be admired for its own sake… a delightful disc.” New Statesman
1 Gillian Apples / The Prize Jig – John Doonan & John Wright
2 The Shaskeen Reel – John Wright
3 The Coolin – Noel Pepper
4 Boys of the Laugh / The Trip to Durrow – Noel Pepper & Paddy Moran
5 Give Me Your Hand – John Doonan
6 Banish Misfortune – The Wrights
7 The Maid Behind the Bar – The Wrights with Paddy Neylan
8 Dunphy’s Hornpipe / The Derry Hornplpe – John Doonan
9 St Anne’s Reel – Noel Pepper & Paddy Moran
10 The Blackbird – John Doonan
11 The Spalpeen’s Lament – John Doonan
12 Miss McLeod / The Flowers of Edinburgh – John Doonan & John Wright
13 The Foxhunters’ Jig – The Wrights
14 The Skylark / Tie the Bonnet – John Wright
15 Clancy’s Fancy – John Wright
16 The Lark in the Clear Air – Noel Pepper
17 Unnamed Jig – Noel Pepper & Paddy Moran
18 Cherish the Ladles / Father O’Flynn – John Doonan, John Wright, Noel Pepper & Paddy Moran
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