Subtitled 'Irish Country-House Dance Music' - this is a gem of a collection recorded between 1925 and 1977, over 50 years.
Some classic players involved, but even the less well-known still play with the spirit of originality that we could do with more of today.

1) Erin's Pride Orchestra - Polkas:Come To the Fair - Sixpenny Bit - The Barren Rocks of Aden
2) Johny O'Leary - Fling & Hornpipe:Mike Sullivan's - Tom Billy's
3) Johnny Docherty - Fling: The Twenty-One Highland
4) Gene Kelly - Barndance:Sean Hayes's - If There Weren't Any Women In the World
5) Jimmy Power - Song Air: The Little Fair Child
6) Four Provinces Orchestra - Flings:
Untitles - Limerick Races
7) Rose Murphy - Polkas:The First of May - The Last of June
8) Tommy Healy & Johnny Duffy - The Lancers: Untitled
9) Garryowen Irish Recording Orchestra - Flings:Casey's Favourites
10) Julia Clifford - Slide: Padraig O'Keefe's
11) Flanagan Brothers - Flings:Untitled - Untitles - Lord Moira
12) Michael Coleman & J.P.Dolan - Hornpipes:The Stack of Barley - Bantry Bay
13) Rose Murphy - Hornpipe: The Road to Ballisadare
14) Hugh Gillespie: Untitles Tune
15) Gene Kelly - Polka:She Hasn't The Thing She Thought She Had - The Cat In the Corner
16) Paddy Killoran & Paddy Sweeney - Barndance:McDermott's - Memories of Sligo
17) Johnny O'Leary & Maurice O'Keefe - Slides:The Worn Pettioat - Denis O'Keefe's Favourite
18) Frank Quinn - Fling: Katy Jones Reel
19) Johnny Duffy - Waltz: Mrs. Kenney
20) John McKenna & Michael Gaffney - Polkas:Up and Away - The Merry Girl
21) Julia Clifford - Polkas: Julia Clifford's - Bill the Weaver
22) Four Provinces Orchestra - Flings:
Marquis of Huntly - Skin-A-Ma-Rink
23) Bernard O'Sullivan - Polka: Stack Ryan's
24) Paddy Killoran & Paddy Sweeney - Barndance:Batt Henry's Favourite - Untitled
25) Terry Teahan - Slide: Reagan's
26) Michael Gorman - Waltz:The Versavienna - Untitled - Untitled
27) James Morrison - Polkas:The Return of Spring - The Mountain Pathway
28) Billy Clifford - Hornpipe: The Flowing Tide

Subtitled 'Irish Country-House Dance Music' - this is a gem of a collection recorded between 1925 and 1977, over 50 years.
Some classic players involved, but even the less well-known still play with the spirit of originality that we could do with more of today.

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