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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~1997 | 8#1 | [AtR 1] At the Racket. At the Racket. John Carty (banjo, fiddle, flute), Brian McGrath (keyboard, piano, banjo, mandolin), Garry O'Briain (guitar, mandocello, viola, keyboard, vocals), Seamus O'Donnell (saxophone, flute, bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: John (fiddle). |
~1999 | 11#2 | [JOH 1] John O'Halloran. "But Why, Johnny?". John O'Halloran (accordion). For this tune: 1st time (C# accordion), then with Martin Murray (mandolin, banjo). |
~2001 | 2#1 | [JCt 3] John Carty. Yeh, That's All It Is. John Carty (fiddle, guitar). |
~2004 | 5#1 | [TTItself] Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. The Thing Itself. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Peadar O'Loughlin (flute). |
~2007 | 11#1 | [PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (fiddle). For this tune: Gerry (fiddle). |