Album Contents: First through the Gate by Brian Conway

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Artist Name	Brian Conway
Album Title	First through the Gate
Musicians	Brian Conway (fiddle), with Andy McGann (fiddle), Pat Mangan (fiddle), Mark Simos (guitar), John Doyle (guitar), Felix Dolan (piano), Pat Kilbride (cittern), Myron Bretholz (bodhrán, bones)
Source and other information	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW CD 40481, 2002. Recorded 1997-2002 in New York, but dates are not given for each track. Liner notes by Mick Moloney, Earle Hitchner, and Don Meade.

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	Reel	Liffey Banks	The Liffey Banks / The Colleen Bawn
	2	Reel	Concert Reel	The Concert Reel
	3	Reel	Donegal Traveler	The Donegal Traveler
2	1	JigSl	Foxhunter's Jig	The Foxhunters
	2	JigSl	Tommy Hunt's Jig	Barney Brallaghan
	3	JigSl	Comb Your Hair and Curl It	Comb Your Hair and Curl It
3	1	Reel	Mullingar Lea	The Mullingar Lea / The Nine-Pint Coggie
	2	Reel	Dowd's No. 9	Dowd's No. 9
	3	Reel	Lass of Carracastle	The Lass of Carracastle
4	1	JigD	Up Sligo	Up Sligo No. 2
	2	JigD	Contentment Is Wealth	Contentment Is Wealth
	3	JigD	Scotsman over the Border	The Scotsman over the Border
5	1	Reel	Blackberry Blossom	The Blackberry Blossom Performer: with Andy (fiddle), Pat M. (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Silver Spire	The Silver Spire Performer: with Andy (fiddle), Pat M. (fiddle)
	3	Reel	Dawn	The Dawn / Miller's Reel Performer: with Andy (fiddle), Pat M. (fiddle)
6	1	Hpipe	Cuckoo	The Cuckoo
	2	Hpipe	Flowers of Spring	Flowers of Spring
	3	Hpipe	Dunphy's Hornpipe	Dunphy's
7	1	Reel	Dairy Maid	The Dairy Maid's Reel Performer: with Andy (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Reel of Bogie	The Reel of Bogie / The Tramps / Maun's Fancy Performer: with Andy (fiddle)
	3	Reel	Langton's Favorite	Langton's Favorite / Dillon Brown Performer: with Andy (fiddle)
8	1	Fling	O'Flynn's Fancy	O'Flynn's Fancy
	2	Fling	Casey's Pig	Casey's Pig / The Duke of Gordon's Birthday
	3	Hland	Jimmy Lyon's	Jimmy Lyons'
9	1	Reel	Paddy Ryan's Dream	Paddy Ryan's Dream / Miss Lyall
	2	Reel	Never Was Piping So Gay	Never Was Piping So Gay
	3	Reel	John McGrath's	John McGrath's
10	1	Reel	Jenny's Welcome to Charlie	Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
	2	Reel	Hand Me Down the Tackle	Tom Steele / Hand Me Down the Tackle / Reidy Johnston's
11	1	Song	Raibh Tú ag an gCarraig?	An raibh tú ag an gCarraig? (Were You at the Rock?)
12	1	Reel	Martin Wynne's	Martin Wynne's No. 1 Performer: with Pat M. (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Martin Wynne's	Martin Wynne's No. 2 Performer: with Pat M. (fiddle)
	3	Reel	Martin Wynne's No. 3	Martin Wynne's No. 3 Performer: with Pat M. (fiddle)
	4	Reel	Martin Wynne's No. 4	Martin Wynne's No. 4 Performer: with Pat M. (fiddle)
13	1	Hpipe	Minnie Foster's Clog	Minnie Foster's Clog
	2	Hpipe	Newcastle	The Newcastle Hornpipe / Prince Albert's / McCormack's
	3	Hpipe	Fly by Night	Fly by Night No. 2
14	1	JigD	Jerry's Beaver Hat	Jerry's Beaver Hat Performer: with Andy (fiddle), Pat M. (fiddle)
	2	JigD	Scatter the Mud	Scatter the Mud Performer: with Andy (fiddle), Pat M. (fiddle)
	3	JigD	Ship in Full Sail	Kitty's Wedding / The Ship in Full Sail Performer: with Andy (fiddle), Pat M. (fiddle)
15	1	Reel	Spike Island Lassies	The Spike Island Lasses
	2	Reel	Tom Moyland's Frolic	Tom Moylan's Frolics

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