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Album Contents: Full Polka Set. Ireland's Number One by Johnny Reidy

Basic album data
Artist Name	Johnny Reidy
Album Title	Full Polka Set. Ireland's Number One
Musicians	Johnny Reidy (accordion)
Source and other information	JRK Vol. 3, n.d. Audiocassette. No publication or date information at all is included anywhere in the packaging. The best date estimate I have is a message from Martina O'Neill Angland, fiddle player in Johnny's band, who asked Johnny about this in November 2014, and wrote to me on 19 November 2014: "Johnny said it was recorded in 1980/1981. He's not sure of the exact year." Approximate corroboration comes from correspondence with set-dancing organizer Bill Lynch. In an e-mail from him on 1 November 2014, he wrote, "I can only give a rough guess about the date, 1980s. I know we were dancing to it in London when I started classes there in 1993." The title of the album is also not clear. The front cover text is "Johnny Reidy. Full Polka Set. Ireland's Number One." The spine text is "John Reidy. Best of Irish Music." The cassette body label is "Ireland's No. 1. John Reidy. Vol. 3." The accompanists are not identified.

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1.1	1	Polka	Johnnie Mickey's	[1st tune in a set titled:] Polkas
	2	Polka	Kenmare Polka	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Polkas
	3	Polka	Munster Bank	[3rd tune in a set titled:] Polkas
1.2	1	Polka	Jer O'Connell's	[1st tune in a set titled:] Polkas
	2	Polka	Gallope	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Polkas
	3	Polka	Jack Reedy's	[3rd tune in a set titled:] Polkas
1.3	1	JigD	Munster Buttermilk	[1st tune in a set titled:] Jigs
	2	JigD	Tripping Up the Stairs	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Jigs
	3	JigD	Mist on the Meadow	[3rd tune in a set titled:] Jigs
1.4	1	Polka	John Ryan's Polka	[the only tune on a track labeled:] Polkas
1.5	1	Slide	O'Connor's	[1st tune in a set titled:] Slides
	2	Slide	Denis Murphy's Slide	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Slides
	3	Slide	Weavers	[3rd tune in a set titled:] Slides
1.6	1	Hpipe	Fly by Night	[1st tune in a set titled:] Hornpipes
	2	Hpipe	Minnie Foster's Clog	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Hornpipes
2.1	1	Reel	Come West along the Road	[1st tune in a set titled:] Reels
	2	Reel	Lady Anne Montgomery	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Reels
	3	Reel	Humours of Tulla	[3rd tune in a set titled:] Reels
2.2	1	JigD	Richard Brennan's	[1st tune in a set titled:] Jigs
	2	JigD	Leitrim Fancy	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Jigs
	3	JigD	Seamus Shannon's	[3rd tune in a set titled:] Jigs
2.3	1	JigD	Darby the Driver	[1st tune in a set titled:] Jigs
	2	JigD	[untitled]	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Jigs
2.4	1	Reel	Knotted Cord	[1st tune in a set titled:] Reels
	2	Reel	Peter Street	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Reels
2.5	1	Hpipe	Galway Hornpipe	[1st tune in a set titled:] Hornpipes
	2	Hpipe	Wily Old Bachelor	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Hornpipes
2.6	1	Reel	Sally Gardens	[1st tune in a set titled:] Reels
	2	Reel	Anderson's Reel	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Reels

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