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Al O’Donnell
Al O’Donnell Trailer Records LER 2073 (LP, UK, 1972) |
Recorded and produced at Leader Sound by Bill Leader;
Production master by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios;
Sleeve photograph by Tommy Holton;
Sleeve design by Al O’Donnell
Musicians
Al O’Donnell: vocals, guitar, banjo
Tracks
Side 1
- Avondale (2.35)
- Streets of Derry (Roud 896; Laws L11; Henry H705) (3.26)
- Lord Inchiquin (1.12)
- Larry (Roud 37837) (3.45)
- Maid on the Mountain (2.57)
- The Green Linnet (Roud 1619) (4.35)
- Ramble Away (Roud 171; G/D 7:1485) (3.24)
Side 2
- Matt Hyland (Roud 2880) (5.54)
- Crooked Jack (3.10)
- Cuilin (3.29)
- Me Tune (1.28)
- James Connelly (Roud 12495) (4.52)
- Ned of the Hill (Roud 8136) (3.06)
Tracks 1, 9 Dominic Behan;
Track 3 Turlough O’Carolan arr. Al O’Donnell;
Tracks 4, 6-8, 13 trad. arr. Al O’Donnell;
Track 5 words Al O’Donnell, tune Munster Cloak trad. adapted Al O’Donnell;
Track 10 Dominic Behan, tune trad.;
Track 11 Al O’Donnell;
Track 12 anon.
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Al O’Donnell 2
Al O’Donnell 2 Trailer LER 2107 (LP, UK, not issued); number scratched out on the matrix area and replaced by |
Recorded and produced at Leader Sound by Bill Leader;
Sleeve photograph by Marie Kearns;
Sleeve design by Al O’Donnell and Janet Kerr;
Notes by Tom Munnelly and Al O’Donnell
Musicians
Al O’Donnell: vocals, guitar, banjo
Tracks
Side 1
- The Granemore Hare (Roud 2883) (5.21)
- Bonny Woodhall (Roud 3778; G/D 5:947; Henry H476) (3.26)
- Sliabh na mBan (The Mountain of the Women) (5.30)
- The Connerys (4.04)
- An Bunnan Buidhe (The Yellow Bittern) (Roud 5332; Henry H830) (5.09)
Side 2
- The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (5.32)
- Donal Óg (Roud 3379) (5.57)
- Lord Abore and Mary Flynn (Roud 55; Child 87) (6.03)
- The Madman (5.40)
All tracks trad. or unknown except
Track 9 Allan Taylor
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Alistair Bainfield for telling me of the original Trailer LER 2107 issue number.
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Al O’Donnell: Ramble Away
Ramble Away All Media Entertainment CACD1301 (2 CD, UK, 2008) |
Produced by Conor O’Donnell;
Recorded by Paul Dowley;
Live album mix by Bob McDonnell;
Design and photography by Kasia Kesicka at Double O Design
Musicians
Al O’Donnell: vocals, guitar, banjo
Tracks
CD 1
- The Streets of Derry (Roud 896; Laws L11; Henry H705) (3.01)
- One Morning in May (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (1.58)
- Raglan Road (3.19)
- Ramble Away (Roud 171; G/D 7:1485) (3.01)
- What Put the Blood? (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.04)
- The Grey Funnel Line (4.22)
- Banks of Sicily (Roud 10501) (2.28)
- Wicklowmen of ’98 (2.34)
- Callin’ On Song (1.58)
- Sammy’s Bar (4.01)
- The Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (3.21)
CD 2: Live at Cobblestone
- Avondale (3.15)
- Jock o’ Hazeldene (Roud 250; Child 293; G/D 5:1029) (3.34)
- An Bunnan Buidhe (The Yellow Bittern) (Roud 5332; Henry H830) (3.54)
- The Streets of Derry (Roud 896; Laws L11; Henry H705) (3.25)
- Donal Óg (Roud 3379) (4.03)
- Forgive Me Quick (2.09)
- Matt Hyland (Roud 2880) (5.09)
- James Connolly (Roud 12495) (2.46)
- Going to the West (Roud 5113) (2.44)
- The Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (3.23)
- Sammy’s Bar (4.15)
- The Connerys (3.04)
All tracks trad. arr. Al O’Donnell except
Track 3 Patrick Kavanagh;
Tracks 6, 10, 22 Cyril Tawney;
Track 8 Al O’Donnell;
Track 9 Allan Taylor;
Track 12 Dominic Behan;
Track 17 words James Joyce, Finnegan’s Wake; music Al O’Donnell
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Other records with Al O’Donnell
Various Artists, Ballads for Drinking and the Crack, LP, Tribune TRLP 1005, 1968
Links
See also the Mudcat Café threads Al O’Donnell? and Obit: Al O’Donnell.