Album Contents: Open Road by Boys of the Lough

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Artist Name	Boys of the Lough
Album Title	Open Road
Musicians	Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Tich Richardson (guitar, acoustic bass guitar), with Savourna Stevenson (harp)
Source and other information	Flying Fish FF 310, 1983. LP format. This was the US release of Topic 12TS433, 1983. Recorded in Edinburgh, Scotland. Not indexed here: side 1 track 5 (The Dying Year / Madame Vanoni), first 3 tunes on side 2 track 1 (The Flower of the Quern / The Bonawe Highlanders / Earl Grey), 2nd tune on side 2 track 2 (The Black Cock of Whickham).

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1.1	1	JigD	Calliope House	Calliope House
	2	JigD	Gerry O'Connor's Jig in A	Gerry O'Connor's Jig in A
	3	JigD	Setting Sun	The Setting Sun
1.2	1	Hpipe	Harvest Home	Harvest Home Performer: Cathal (F whistle)
	2	Reel	Toss the Feathers	Toss the Feathers Performer: Cathal (Eb flute)
1.3	1	Song	Úirchill an Chreagáin	The Clay of Kilcreggan Performer: 1st time Savourna (harp)
1.4	1	Song	On Raglan Road	On Raglan Road Performer: Cathal (vocals)
1.6	1	Reel	Big Terry McAloon's	Big Terry McAloon's
	2	Reel	Tommy Peoples'	Tommy Peoples' / Tommy People's
	3	Reel	Jenny Dang the Weaver	Jenny Dang the Weaver
2.1	4	Reel	Spey in Spate	The Spey in Spate
2.2	1	JigSl	Trotting to Larne	Trotting to Larne
2.3	1	Song	Lough Erne	Lough Erne Performer: Cathal (vocal)
2.4	1	Song	Geaftaí Bhaile Buí	The Gates of the Yellow Town / Geaftai Bhaile Bui Performer: Cathal (whistle), then Aly (fiddle)
	2	March	Eagle's Whistle	The Eagle's Whistle
2.5	1	JigD	Petticoat Loose	Petticoat Loose
	2	JigD	Geese in the Bog	The Geese in the Bog Performer: Aly (fiddle)
	3	JigD	Connaughtman's Rambles	The Connaughtman's Rambles

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