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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~1976 | 6#1 | [Ch 6] The Chieftains. 6. Bonaparte's Retreat. Paddy Moloney [misspelled as:] Maloney (pipes, whistle, bodhrán), Seán Potts (whistle, bodhrán), Martin Fay (fiddle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle). |
~1991 | 9#1 | [CrlnAlbs] Máire Ní Chathasaigh and Chris Newman. The Carolan Albums. Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp), Chris Newman (guitar). |
1992 | 20#1 | [JRyan] Joe Ryan. An Buachaill Dreoite. Joe Ryan (fiddle). |
1992 | 4#2 (1:23) | [Ch CH] The Chieftains. The Celtic Harp. A Tribute to Edward Bunting with the Belfast Harp Orchestra. Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, harpsichord). |
1997 | 15#1 | [JKn 4] James Keane. With Friends Like These. James Keane (accordion). |
~1998 | 6#1 | [JMcE] John McEvoy. Returning. John McEvoy (fiddle). |
2000 | 14#1 | [RBys 2] Randal Bays. The Salmon's Leap. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar). For this tune: with Gerry (guitar). |
~2000 | 8#1 | [VCJL] Verena Commins and Julie Langan. Fonnchaoi. Verena Commins (accordion, piano), Julie Langan (fiddle). For this tune: Verena (Bb accordion). |
2003 | 10#1 | [CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle). For this tune: Chris Smith (banjo). |
2005 | 9#1 | [BLch 2] Brendan P. Lynch. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music from the Heart of Fingal. Brendan P. Lynch (fiddle). |
~2005 | 12#1 | [ACrby 1] Angelina Carberry. An Traidisiún Beo. Angelina Carberry (banjo). |
2006 | 9#2 | [NNW] Eliot Grasso and Dave Cory. North-by-NorthWest. Eliot Grasso (pipes, flute), Dave Cory (banjo, guitar, octave mandolin). For this tune: Eliot (Eb flute). |
2011 | 7#1 | [DGrny 1] Dan Gurney. Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion. Dan Gurney (accordion). |
~2017 | 10#2 | [NSGSGL] Caroline Keane and Tom Delany. Never Say Goodbye, Say Good Luck. Caroline Keane (concertina), Tom Delany (pipes). For this tune: Tom (pipes). |