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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1927 | 2.2#1 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1927 | 5#1 | [WW 2] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1927 | 11#1 | [MC 2] Michael Coleman. The Enduring Magic. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1932 | 17#1 | [OTUS2] Oldtime Records. Vol. 2. U.S. Recordings. Traditional Irish Recordings from 1923 to 1947. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), Paddy Sweeney (fiddle), unknown (accordion, saxophone, banjo). |
1935 | 10#1 | [GD] From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. Eleanor Kane (piano). |
1955 | 1.4#1 | [JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). |
~1956 | 18#1 | [TDMI] Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. Michael Gorman, Margaret Barry. |
~1959 | 7#1 | [AIC1] Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway. Paddy Canny (fiddle), P.J. Hayes (fiddle). |
~1959 | 12#1 | [AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle). For this tune: with P.J. Hayes. |
1967 | 7#3 | [PitS] Paddy in the Smoke. Bobby Casey (fiddle). |
1967 | 1#3 | [ItS] In the Smoke. Bobby Casey (fiddle). |
~1967 | 21#1 | [SprklDwn] Hughie Gillespie and Frank Kelly. The Sparkling Dawn. Hughie Gillespie (fiddle), Frank Kelly (fiddle). |
~1969 | 7#1 | [McDoB] The McDonaghs of Ballinafad and Friends Play Traditional Music of Sligo. Larry McDonagh (flute), Michael Joe McDonagh (fiddle), Tommy Flynn (fiddle). |
~1971 | 13#1 | [ST BST] Seamus Tansey. [The Best of Seamus Tansey. Traditional Irish Flute]. Disc 1 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Seamus Tansey (flute). |
~1973 | 6#1 | [Ch 4] The Chieftains. 4. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
~1975 | 10#3 | [BC 4] Bobby Casey. Maestro. Bobby Casey (fiddle). |
~1976 | 11#1 | [KClns 1] Kathleen Collins. Traditional Music of Ireland. Kathleen Collins (fiddle). |
~1981 | 7#1 | [MM 2] Matt Molloy. Heathery Breeze. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
~1984 | 6#1 | [FoNote] Peter O'Loughlin, Paddy Canny, Paddy Murphy, Geraldine Cotter. Friends of Note. Peter O'Loughlin (flute), Paddy Canny (fiddle), Paddy Murphy (concertina), Geraldine Cotter (piano). For this tune: Paddy C. (fiddle). |
~1989 | 2.5#1 | [JK 1] James Kelly. "Capel Street". James Kelly (fiddle). |
1990 | 16#1 | [MLIIA] The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. James Kelly (fiddle). |
1992 | 1#1 | [BMu 2] Brendan Mulvihill, Donna Long. The Morning Dew. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Donna Long (piano). |
1992 | 7#3 | [CFF 1] Kevin Burke / Johnny Cunningham / Christian Lemaître. Celtic Fiddle Festival. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Johnny Cunningham (fiddle), Christian Lemaître (fiddle). For this tune: Kevin (fiddle). |
1997 | 10#2 | [MH 3] Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. The Lonesome Touch. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar). |
~2002 | 1#2 | [LC 4] Liz Carroll. Lake Effect. Liz Carroll (fiddle). |
~2003 | 14#2 (2:46) | [PDuffy] Philip Duffy. Killin' Clocks. Philip Duffy (fiddle). |
~2007 | 10#3 | [PttW] Matt Molloy and John Carty with Arty McGlynn. Pathway to the Well. Matt Molloy (flute), John Carty (fiddle), Arty McGlynn (guitar). |
2008 | 1#3 | [LRCB] Lough Ree Ceili Band. Keep 'er Lit. Live from Spanish Point. Johnnie Duffy (banjo), Brendan Doyle (accordion), Liz Ryan (piano), Colin Butler (drums). |
2011 | 2#1 | [LTC 1] Long Time Courting. Alternate Routes. Ariel Friedman (cello, vocals), Liz Simmon (guitar, vocals), Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Sarah Blair (fiddle, vocals). |
~2013 | 11#3 | [JAbrt 1] Joey Abarta. Swimming against the Falls. Snámh in aghaidh easa. Joey Abarta (pipes). |