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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below to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 12#1 | [Boys 3] Boys of the Lough. Live at Passim. Dave Richardson (mandolin, banjo), Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McDonnell [sic for: Cathal McConnell] (flute, whistle), Robin Morton (bodhrán, concertina). |
| ~1974 | 15#2 | [JD 5] John Doherty. The Floating Bow. John Doherty (fiddle). |
| ~1976 | 1#1 | [TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
| ~1977 | 11#1 | [ECst] Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. Maureen Fitzpatrick (fiddle). |
| ~1989 | 6#1 | [FG 3] Frankie Gavin. Frankie Goes to Town. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute). |
| ~1991 | 13#3 | [SS 1] Sharon Shannon. Sharon Shannon. Sharon Shannon (accordion, fiddle). |
| ~2005 | 2.19#1 | [VCbl] Vincent Campbell. The Purple Heather. Vincent Campbell (fiddle). |
| 2011 | 1#1 | [FullSt 1] FullSet. Notes at Liberty. Seán McCarthy (pipes, whistle), Michael Harrison (fiddle), Janine Redmond (accordion), Teresa Horgan (vocals, flute), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán), Andrew Meaney (guitar). For this tune: 1st time Michael (fiddle). |
