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Album Contents: Back to the Starry Lane. Irish and Scottish Traditional Music on Flute and Guitar by Fintan Vallely and Mark Simos

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Artist Name	Fintan Vallely and Mark Simos
Album Title	Back to the Starry Lane. Irish and Scottish Traditional Music on Flute and Guitar
Musicians	Fintan Vallely (flute), Mark Simos (guitar)
Source and other information	[Self-published] WHN006, 2020. Remastered edition of "The Starry Lane to Monaghan" issued as a cassette in 1992 and as a CD in 2008. Recorded March 1992 in Rostrevor. This issue released 26 January 2021 according to <https://fintanvallely.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-the-starry-lane> accessed 3 January 2024. Not indexed here: track 8 (The Junction Pool, Cheviot Blast), 1st tune on track 9 (Gregorium Uproarium), 2nd and 3rd tunes on track 10 (Auchope Cairn, The Cleek), 2nd and 3rd tunes on track 12 (Miss Betty Plummer, Scanie Neer's).

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	SetD	Blackbird	The Blackbird
	2	Reel	Callaghan's	The Doon Reel
	3	Reel	Ravelled Hank of Yarn	The Cat that Ate the Sidecomb
2	1	March	Shanghai	The Shanghai
	2	March	Ducks of Magheralin	The Ducks of Magheralin
	3	Reel	Touch Me If You Dare	Touch Me if You Dare
3	1 (0:22)	Hpipe	Setting Sun	The Setting Sun
	2	Hpipe	Lady Emilia Kerr	Lady Emilia Kerr
4	1	Reel	Miss Chalmers' Reel	Miss Chalmers' Reel
	2	Reel	Rockforest Reel	The Rockforest Reel
5	1	Song	A Stór Mo Chroí	A Stór Mo Chroí
	2	JigD	I Lost My Love and I Care Not	Mo Ghrása sa Mhaidin
6	1	Reel	Lexy Macaskill's Reel	Lexie McAskill's
	2	Reel	Peggy on the Settle	Peggy on the Settle
	3	Reel	Dan Breen's	Dan Breen's
	4	Reel	Limestone Rock	The Limestone Rock
7	1	Air	Dear Irish Boy	The Dear Irish Boy
9	2	Reel	Raithneach a Bhean Bheag	Raithneach a Bhean Bheag
	3	Reel	Musical Priest	The Musical Priest
10	1	Fling	Louden's Bonnie Braes	Louden's Bonny Woods and Braes
11	1	Hpipe	Poll Ha'penny	Poll Ha'penny Performer: Mark (guitar)
12	1	Reel	Humours of Ballyconnell	The Duke of Atholl's Rant
	4	Reel	Starry Lane to Monaghan	The Starry Lane to Monaghan

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