Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
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Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments). |
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1987 | 3#3 | [BBow 2] Buttons and Bows. The First Month of Summer. Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina, whistle). |
1990 | 8#2 | [COG 1] Conal O Gráda. The Top of Coom. Conal Ó Gráda (flute). |
~1991 | 1#4 | [Arc 1] Arcady. After the Ball . . .. Jackie Daly (accordion), Frances Black (vocals), Patsy Broderick (piano/keyboards), Johnny McDonagh (percussion), Brendan Larrisey (fiddle, viola), Nicolas Quemenar (guitar, flute, whistle, vocals). |
2011 | 9#2 | [JigUp] The Jig Is Up!. First Steps. Judd Heartsill (accordion, flute), Larry Mallette (flute, whistle), Diehl Moran (fiddle, banjo), Matthew Lewis (guitar, flute, whistle), Robert Shaddox (bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: Larry Mallette (whistle). |
~2013 | 13#2 | [DPower 3] David Power. The Eighteen Moloney. David Power (B pipes). |
~2014 | 9#1 | [BOCCOD1] Blackie O'Connell and Cyril O'Donoghue. Friars Green. Blackie O'Connell (pipes), Cyril O'Donoghue (vocals, bouzouki, guitar). For this tune: (D pipes). |