> Folk Music > Records > The Boys of the Lough
The Boys of the Lough
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The Boys of the Lough Trailer LER 2086 (LP, UK, 1973) |
Recorded and produced by Bill Leader;
Painting by Sandy Cheyne;
Designed by Janet Kerr
Musicians
Aly Bain (Shetland): fiddle;
Dick Gaughan (Scotland): vocals [4, 9],
guitar;
Cathal McConnell (Ireland): vocals [2],
flute;
Robin Morton (Northern Ireland): vocals [2, 6, 11],
bodhrán, concertina
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Boys of the Lough except
Track 3 trad. arr. Tom Anderson
> Folk Music > Records > Boys of the Lough: Second Album
Boys of the Lough: Second Album
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Second Album Trailer LER 2090 (LP, UK, 1973) |
Track 1-5 and 10-11 were recorded at Aquarius Sound, New York,
by Henry Miller and Walter Koehli;
All others were recorded at Pan Audio, Edinburgh, by Bill Leader;
Drawing by Alison Kinnaird;
Design by Janet Kerr
Musicians
Aly Bain (Shetland): fiddle;
Cathal McConnell (Ireland): flute, vocals;
Dave Richardson (Northumberland): concertina, mandolin, cittern, banjo;
Robin Morton (Northern Ireland): bodhrán, concertina
with Alison Kinnaird, Scottish knee-harp [2], clarsach [8]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Boys of the Lough
> Folk Music > Records > Cathal McConnell & Robin Morton: An Irish Jubilee
Cathal McConnell & Robin Morton: An Irish Jubilee
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An Irish Jubilee Mercier Press, Cork (LP, Ireland, 1970) |
Recorded at Tommy Ellis Studios, Dublin;
Produced by Michael O'Donnell;
Notes by John Moulden;
Photographs by Barry Jones;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Cathal McConnell (Ireland):
flute [1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13],
tin whistle [2-3, 11, 14],
vocals [4, 10, 12];
Robin Morton (Northern Ireland):
English concertina [1, 5, 8, 11],
bodhrán [1, 3bc, 7, 9, 14],
vocals [1-2, 6, 8, 12, 14]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Robin Morton / Cathal McConnell
> Folk Music > Records > Cathal McConnell: On Lough Erne's Shore
Cathal McConnell: On Lough Erne's Shore
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On Lough Erne's Shore Topic Records 12TS377 (LP, UK, 1978) |
Recorded by Calum Malcolm at Castlesound Studios, Edinburgh, 1977;
Produced by Robin Morton
Sleeve notes by Robin Morton and Cathal McConnell;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Cathal McConnell: flute, whistle;
Willie Johnson: guitar [7, 9, 14];
Robin Morton: bodhrán [4, 8]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Cathal McConnell except
Tracks 8a, 11 Cathal McConnell
> Folk Music > Records > Boys of the Lough: Regrouped
Boys of the Lough: Regrouped
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Regrouped Topic Records 12TS409 (LP, UK, 1980) |
Recorded and mixed at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, East Lothian;
Engineer: Calum Malcolm;
Produced by Boys of the Lough;
Photographs by Robin Gillanders, Edinburgh;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Aly Bain (Shetland): fiddle;
Cathal McConnell (Ireland): flute, whistle, songs;
Dave Richardson (Northumberland): concertina, mandolin, cittern, banjo;
Tich Richardson (Northumberland): guitar, acoustic bass guitar
with guests
Len Graham: vocals, bodhrán;
Martin Connor: 2-row button accordion
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Boys of the Lough except
Track 2a Owen Hacket;
Track 2c Graham Townsend;
Track 4a Cathal McConnell;
Track 4b Dave Richardson;
Track 4c Aly Bain;
Track 9a F. Livingston;
Track 10 Ronald Cooper;
> Folk Music > Records > Boys of the Lough: In the Tradition
Boys of the Lough: In the Tradition
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In the Tradition Topic Records 12TS422 (LP, UK, 1981) |
Recorded and mixed at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, East Lothian;
Engineer: Calum Malcolm;
Produced by Boys of the Lough;
Photographs by Jim Cummins;
Sleeve design by Tony Russell
Musicians
Aly Bain (Shetland): fiddle;
Cathal McConnell (Ireland): flute, whistle, songs;
Dave Richardson (Northumberland): concertina, mandolin, cittern, banjo;
Tich Richardson (Northumberland): guitar, acoustic bass guitar
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Boys of the Lough: Open Road
Boys of the Lough: Open Road
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Open Road Topic Records 12TS433 (LP, UK, 1983) |
Recorded and mixed at Craighall Recording Studios, Edinburgh;
Engineer: Keith Mitchell;
Produced by Boys of the Lough;
Photographs by Franco Fontana;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Aly Bain (Shetland): fiddle;
Cathal McConnell (Ireland): flute, whistle, songs;
Dave Richardson (Northumberland): concertina, mandolin, cittern;
Tich Richardson (Northumberland): guitar, acoustic bass guitar
with
Savourna Stevenson (Scotland): harp
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Track 1a D.L. Richardson;
Track 5a J.D. Michie;
Tracks 5b, 7a,d James Scott Skinner;
Track 8a J.T. Blair
> Folk Music > Records > Boys of the Lough
Other records with Boys of the Lough
Various Artists,
Kertalg 74,
LP, Barclay BAR 90 011, 1974
Various Artists,
A Place to Be: Fox Hollow Festival 10th Anniversary Album,
LP, Biograph BLP 12051, 1975
Various Artists,
Folk Festival,
2 LP, Transatlantic TRA(D) 324, 1976
Various Artists,
Rosin the Bow: An Introduction to the World of Fiddle Music,
LP, Transatlantic XTRA 1171, 1977
Various Artists,
The Good Old Way,
LP, Topic TPSS412, 1980
Various Artists,
Our Folk Music Heritage,
CD, Honest Jon's HJRCD19, 2005
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009
Michelle Burke,Step into My Parlour,
CD, Kilcronat KLC002CD, 2014
Various Artists,
The 40th Girvan Traditional Folk Festival,
2 CD, Traditional Arts Development, 2014