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Album Contents: The Long Finger. An Mhéar Fhada by Joe McHugh and Barry Carroll

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Artist Name	Joe McHugh and Barry Carroll
Album Title	The Long Finger. An Mhéar Fhada
Musicians	Joe McHugh (pipes, whistle, keyboard, bouzouki), Barry Carroll (hammered dulcimer, keyboard), with Brendan Gunn (fiddle), Gerry Doyle (fiddle), Robbie Overson (guitar)
Source and other information	Trend Studios JMB 001, no date. Recorded in late 1990 through early 1991, according to correspondence with Barry Carroll in February-March 2014, including Barry's memory of recording the album in a rented space during television news coverage of the 1991 Gulf War. The recording location was a house in Dalkey, Co. Dublin, according to e-mail from Barry Carroll 31 March 2014. The album was released in 1992, based on: 1) an e-mail to me from Barry Carroll on 11 February 2014; 2) the review of this album by Nuala O'Connor in her "Traditional" column in the Irish Times of 2 October 1992; and 3) this IRTRAD-L discussion in February 2014. Given that the Irish Times review is quoted within the CD booklet, this CD must have come out after that date. A cassette edition was issued before the CD, probably in 1991, but no later than 21 April 1992, based on both evidence provided in the IRTRAD-L discussion and on Barry's memory in his e-mail to me. My copy may be from late 1992 or from a later CD reissue which came out in 2005. We know about the 2005 reissue from 1) the review published in the Irish American Post in summer 2005, viewed 5 February 2014, and 2) Barry Carroll's e-mail to me on 11 February 2014, reporting that "Joe had it re-pressed in 2005." Not indexed here: 1st tune on track 9 (Marchu Entranzado).

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	JigD	Maho Snaps	The Maho Snaps
	2	JigD	O'Meally's	O'Meally's
	3	JigD	Terry Lane's	Terry Lane's
2	1	March	Drocketty's March	[1st tune in a set titled:] The Drogheda March & Slip Jig Performer: Joe (low whistle)
	2	JigSl	Cock and the Hen	[2nd tune in a set titled:] The Drogheda March & Slip Jig Performer: Joe (low whistle)
3	1	Reel	Bonnie Ann	Bonnie Anne
	2	Reel	Holly Bush	The Hollybush
4	1	Slide	Keefe's	Keefe's
	2	Slide	Star above the Garter	The Star Above the Garter
5	1	JigD	Geese in the Bog	The Geese in the Bog Performer: Joe (pipes)
	2	JigD	Humours of Glin	The Humours of Glin Performer: Joe (pipes)
	3	Reel	Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel	Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel Performer: Joe (pipes)
6	1	Polka	Return of Spring	[1st tune in a set titled:] Three Fermanagh Polkas
	2	Polka	I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Three Fermanagh Polkas Performer: (hammered dulcimer), (whistle)
	3	Polka	Mountain Pathway	[3rd tune in a set titled:] Three Fermanagh Polkas
7	1 (0:38)	Waltz	Maguire & Patterson's	Maguire & Patterson's Performer: with Robbie Overson (guitar)
8	1	Reel	Beauty Spot	The Beauty Spot Performer: Joe (pipes)
	2	Reel	Dublin Porter	The Dublin Porter
9	2	JigD	Hiúdaí Gallagher's March	Gallagher's March
10	1	Song	Cailín na Gruaige Doinne	Cailín Na Gruaige Doinne Performer: Barry (hammered dulcimer)
11	1	Hpipe	Byrne's Hornpipe	Byrne's
	2	Hpipe	Spellan's Fiddle	Spillane's Fiddle
12	1	Song	Banks of Sullane	Bruacha an tSulláin Performer: Barry (hammered dulcimer)
	2	Hland	21 Highland	The 21 Performer: Barry (hammered dulcimer)
	3	Reel	Swing Swang	Swing Swang Performer: Barry (hammered dulcimer)
	4	Reel	Man from Bundoran	The Man from Bundoran Performer: Barry (hammered dulcimer)
13	1	Reel	The Green Hills of Tyrol	The Green Hills of Tyrol Performer: (hammered dulcimer), (whistle)
	2	Reel	Monaghan Twig	The Monaghan Twig
	3	Reel	Jackson's No. 2	Jackson's Performer: with Gerry Doyle (fiddle)

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