The Best of Altan

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Annotation

Sub Optimal Credits
Tommy Hayes: bodhrán, bass bodhrán, Jew's harp, percussion, shakers
Dónal Lunny: bodhrán, bass bodhrán, keyboards

Annotation last modified on 2013-03-23 09:16 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Tommy Peoples / The Windmill / Fintan McManus’s
guest bodhrán:
Dónal Lunny
guest diatonic button accordion [accordion]:
Dermot Byrne (Irish accordionist)
medley including a recording of:
The Guns of the Magnificent Seven (reel)
composer:
Fintan McManus
arranger:
Altan (Irish folk band)
medley including a recording of:
The Windmill
composer:
Ciaran Tourish
arranger:
Altan (Irish folk band)
medley including a recording of:
Tommy Peoples’ (reel)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Altan (Irish folk band)
3:16
2Moll Dubh a’ Ghleanna
engineer:
Dan Fitzgerald (Irish sound engineer)
bodhrán:
Dónal Lunny
double bass:
Garvan Gallagher (Irish bass player)
lead vocals:
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
recorded at:
Westland Studios in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
Moll Dubh an Ghleanna
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:29
3Jimmy Lyon’s / The Teelin / The Red Crow / The Broken Bridge
engineer:
Dan Fitzgerald (Irish sound engineer)
accordion:
Dermot Byrne (Irish accordionist)
fiddle:
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Irish flute:
Frankie Kennedy (Irish flute player)
piano:
Séamus Quinn
recorded at:
Westland Studios in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
medley including a recording of:
Jimmy Lyon's Highland (Donegal highland)
arrangement of:
The Glenlivet (strathspey)
medley including a recording of:
Philip O’Beirne’s Delight (Irish reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
Teelin Highland (Donegal highland)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
The Red Crow (Irish reel)
composer:
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
4:41
4The Sunset
engineer and producer:
Dónal Lunny
bodhrán and keyboard:
Dónal Lunny
fiddle:
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
flute:
Frankie Kennedy (Irish flute player)
guitar:
Mark Kelly (guitarist)
Irish bouzouki [bouzouki]:
Ciarán Curran
arranger:
Ciarán Curran, Frankie Kennedy (Irish flute player), Dónal Lunny and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
3:43
5Glory Reel / The Heathery Cruach
guest bodhrán:
Tommy Hayes (Irish percussionist)
medley including a recording of:
The Glory (reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Altan (Irish folk band)
medley including a recording of:
The Heathery Cruach (reel, Ng #2411)
composed in:
County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
miscellaneous support:
John Mhósaí McGinley
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Altan (Irish folk band)
2:57
6The Flower of Magherally
engineer:
Dan Fitzgerald (Irish sound engineer)
piano:
Marie Askin (Irish piano player)
lead vocals:
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
recorded at:
Westland Studios in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
The Flower of Magherally
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Tranquilla Music (in 2001)
44:19
7Mazurka
guest diatonic button accordion [accordion]:
Dermot Byrne (Irish accordionist)
2:47
8A Bhean Udaí Thall
3:31
9King of the Pipers
assistant engineer:
Ciarán Byrne (Irish engineer) and Aidan McGovern
engineer:
Brian Masterson (audio engineer)
producer:
P.J. Curtis (audio engineer and guitarist)
recorded at:
Windmill Lane Studios (2nd/current location, since 1990) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
3:12
10’Sí Do Mhaimeo Í
assistant engineer:
Ciarán Byrne (Irish engineer) and Aidan McGovern
engineer:
Brian Masterson (audio engineer)
producer:
P.J. Curtis (audio engineer and guitarist)
guest didgeridoo:
Liam Ó Maonlaí
recorded at:
Windmill Lane Studios (2nd/current location, since 1990) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
2:52
11The Jug of Punch
guest fretless bass:
Steve Cooney
guest keyboard:
Dónal Lunny
guest shakers:
Tommy Hayes (Irish percussionist)
recording of:
The Jug of Punch
writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Altan (Irish folk band)
3:32
12The Emyvale / Ríl gan Ainm / The Three Merry Sisters of Fate
engineer:
Dan Fitzgerald (Irish sound engineer)
recorded at:
Westland Studios in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
Sportin’ Belles (reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
recording of:
The Emyvale (reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
recording of:
The Merry Sisters of Fate (reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:57
13An Mhaighdean Mhara
guest keyboard:
Dónal Lunny
recording of:
An Mhaighdean Mhara (in 1993)
written in:
Ireland
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Altan (Irish folk band)
2:56
14Dúlamán
guest bodhrán:
Dónal Lunny
guest fretless bass:
Steve Cooney
guest percussion:
Tommy Hayes (Irish percussionist)
guest background vocals:
Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
recording of:
Dúlamán
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Altan (Irish folk band)
3:45
15Drowsy Maggie / Rakish Paddy / Harvest Storm
assistant engineer:
Ciarán Byrne (Irish engineer) and Aidan McGovern
engineer:
Brian Masterson (audio engineer)
producer:
P.J. Curtis (audio engineer and guitarist)
recorded at:
Windmill Lane Studios (2nd/current location, since 1990) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
2:59
16An Feochán
recording of:
An Feochán
composer:
Tommy Peoples
4:45
2▶CD: Live