Secret No More!

Once you've heard this 1985 cassette, the truth is out of the bag!

01. Planxty Burke / Bumper Squire Jones (4:24)

02. Carrickfergus (3:35)

03. Susie McGuire / Bridget Geary (4:19)

04. Lord Inchiquin (4:07)

05. Carolan's Favorite Jig (3:07)

06. Song of the Water Kelpie / The Sheep Under the Snow (5:34)

07. Planxty Irwin (3:23)

08. The Foggy Dew (3:40)

09. Squire Wood's Lamentation (5:02)

10. Carolan's Concerto (3:40)

11. Eleanor Plunkett (4:05)

12. Dark Woman of the Glen (5:08)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

It's up to you guys to find Volumes I and II.  Let me know!

See you on Thursday for the commencement of this year's APRIL FUN!

  

Woven into 88 Keys

.... that's this ...

01. Morning Has Broken (5:27)

02. Immortal, Invisible (5:08)

03. Ridgecrest (3:21)

04. Be Thou My Vision (4:34)

05. Brother James' Air (4:35)

06. Variations on Ash Grove (5:47)

07. Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) (3:58)

08. Over the Sea to Skye (3:37)

09. Celtic Celebration (3:14)

10. The Salley Gardens (4:40)

11. Scottish Air (3:34)

12. Celtic Tapestry (4:29)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

It’s a fine bunch o’ tunes.  Like many people, Mr Martin impresses most when he is the least trying to be impressive in his playing.

And don't ask me whose name is scrawled across the front!  See you Monday for the big wrap-up of this Celtic month.

  

Milk It, Baby!

But ya gotta catch the darn cow first!

01. Malley Leigh (3:13)

02. Ned of the Hill / Fanny Power / Jumpin' John (2:58)

03. The Shearin's No for You (3:15)

04. Scartaglen / Ballydesmond Polkas (1:39)

05. Feasgair Luain (1:39)

06. Greensleeves / Mairseail Ri Laoise / Brian Boru's March (3:42)

07. Up in the Morning Early (5:21)

08. Skye Boat Song (1:42)

09. Laglan Love (2:05)

10. John Kelly / Above the Garter / Road to Lisdoonvarna (1:52)

11. Feasgair Luain (1st Variation) (0:51)

12. Lay Ye Doon, Love (5:42)

13. Darby's Jig / Off to the Hunt (0:54)

14. The Fair Little Child (1:18)

15. Hewlett (1:30)

16. The Sea (5:00)

17. Feasgair Luain (2nd Variation) (0:31)

18. Lord Inchiquin (1:55)

19. She Moved Through the Fair (5:12)

20. A Lovely Cup of Joan (3:26)

21. Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife (1:07)

22. Feasgair Luain (3rd Variation) (0:40)

23. Wild Mountain Thyme (6:12)

24. Boil the Breakfast Early (0:56)

25. Blind Mary / Sally Gardens (2:34)

26. Morning Has Broken (3:04)

27. Feasgair Luain (4th Variation) (0:40)

28. Band O'Shearers (3:59)

29. Jerry's Hornpipe / O'Keefe's Slide (1:30)

30. Old Maids of Galway / Maddie in the Wood (1:44)

31. I'll Tell My Ma (3:11)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

A 2006 release.  It’s an earnest bunch of performances, but not for those who crave excitement.  It’s … nice.

See you on Thursday!

  

Chieftains of Who?

Yup, this 1993 cassette is lookin' for somebody to chief.

01. MacAllistrum's March-Máirseail Alasdroim (3:00)

02. Tribute to Bunting (8:02)

03. The Parting of Friends-Kerry Fling (4:40)

04. Planxty Bunting (4:45)

05. Madame Cole (2:43)

06. The Blackbird (4:27)

07. Táimsa 'im Chodladh (3:48)

08. Sonny Brogan's mazurkas (2:58)

09. The Wild Geese (6:45)

10. The Green Fields of America (6:00)

11. Corolan's Concerto (3:15)

12. The Lament for Limerick (5:24)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

Well, we got bagpipes, whistles, braying male voices, and a full orchestra.  Perhaps the dulcimer-sounding things are Celtic harps?!?!

This is definitely a case of like or leave it.  I’m gonna leave it here in case some of you like it.

See you Monday!

  

Happy Spiritual St Pat's Day!

01. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (3:00)

02. Morning Has Broken (2:19)

03. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (3:26)

04. St. Patrick's Breastplate (2:46)

05. 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus / Redeemed (4:00)

06. Whiter Than Snow / Come All Ye Christians, Be Committed (3:21)

07. Irish Hymn Medley: St. Columbia, Daniel, Clonmel, St. Sechnall (3:18)

08. What Wondrous Love Is This / Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (3:00)

09. Jesus Loves Even Me (2:30)

10. Be Thou My Vision (3:55)

11. Jesus Shall Reign / How Firm a Foundation (3:24)

12. Londonderry Aire (4:23)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

I was ready to look down on this as a sentimental, hypocritical milking of the Christian market. Instead I heard a sometimes romping, sometimes meditative conglomeration of tunes, some of which are only debatably Irish. Some are done in a looping fashion, which makes them more interesting than the packaging might suggest.

  

See you on Thursday, friends!

  

Lullaby for Wet Rocks

It's a 1990 cassette.

01. Spancil Hill (3:36)

02. Foggy Dew (4:22)

03. The Halting March / Knocknagow Jig (5:11)

04. Captain O'Kane / Down the Brae (7:25)

05. Killarney Boys of Pleasure / Bag of Spuds / The Sailor's Return (4:14)

06. Galician Waltz (5:20)

07. MacKinnon Brook / The MacDonald's March (4:39)

08. The Black Mare of Fanad / Boil the Breakfast Early (4:04)

09. The Mist-Covered Mountains of Home (6:23)

10. Jezebel Carol / Avenging and Bright (5:20)

11. Down by the Sally Gardens (2:57)

12. Maid at the Spinning Wheel / The Ballykeal Jig (2:48)

13. New Rigged Ship / Shelder Geo / Sleep Soond Ida Moarnin' (3:36)

Judging by Tracks 1-2, the folks who produced this music were sleepwalking.  In the middle of Track 3, somebody wakes up, and we stumble along amiably for the better part of an hour.  This music is definitely background fun, not foreground.  But who needs a world full of drum or guitar solos?

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

  

See you on Monday for a spiritual selection for St Paddy's Day!

  

I Dare Ya!

It's a 1985 cassette.

01. Square Dance Medley: Yellow Rose of Texas / Petronella / Over the Waterfall / Angeline the Baker / Mississippi Sawyer (7:29)

02. Slow Clog: Tennessee Wagoner (4:22)

03. Fast Clog: Cluck Old Hen (2:46)

04. Square Dance Medley: West Fork Gals / Dog Catch a 'Bacca Worm / Ragtime Annie / Golden Slippers (8:09)

05. Reel: Musical Priest (3:38)

06. Set Dance: The Black Nag (3:43)

07. Jigs: Haste to the Wedding / Morrison's Jig (3:26)

08. Waltz: Sheebeg Shemore (4:43)

09. Round Dance: La Bastringue / St. Anne's Reel (5:26)

10. Polka: Jesusito en Chihuahua (3:24)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

A fun bit o' tunes.  The vocals in a couple of numbers make them less fun.  This was an OKC group, according to the notes.

See you on Thursday, me hearties!

  

Just a Lark

From Scotland, Ireland, and all over the place ...

01. Le Chat Blanc (1:45)

02. High Road to Gareloch / The Nameless Jig (3:53)

03. The Mary Suite: Mary Hamilton / Lady Mary (4:25)

04. Song for Polly (4:04)

05. Scarborough Fair (5:05)

06. Skewbald / Lovely Joan (2:29)

07. Cradle Song / Farewell (5:11)

08. Le Chat Blanc (avec les quatre petits chats) (2:26)

09. Green Rocky Road (2:24)

10. Wondrous Love (5:55)

11. The Back O' Bennachie / The Duck (2:02)

12. Geordie (1:19)

13. The Winding Banks of Erne (2:06)

14. Bank and Braes of Bonnie Doon (1:59)

15. La Belle de Charenton (2:55)

16. Lark in the Twilight (4:53)

17. Deep Like a River (6:18)

A 1998 release.  It’s by turn rousing and comforting.  

Some of the arrangements reminded me of Steeleye Span.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you on Monday!

  

Don't Stray Too Far

Or else you'll miss a lot of fun music this month!

Not every selection this month is strictly "Irish" music, but it's all got that Celtic/Gaelic bump.  To wit:

01. The Dream (2:43)

02. The Strayaway Child (3:04)

03. Martin Wynne's / The Pigeon on the Gate (2:38)

04. Midnight on the Water / Star of the County Down (2:57)

05. The Dancing Dog / The Blarney Pilgrim (3:19)

06. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (3:40)

07. Lord Inchquin (2:43)

08. The Butterfly / Swallowtail Jig (3:39)

09. Castle Kelly (2:37)

10. The Southwind (2:29)

11. Kesh Jig / The Kid on the Mountain (3:37)

12. Somewhere Over the Rainbow / The Dream (4:19)

Charming for those who like tinkles.  The business card was in the cassette, don’t hold ye olde posting entity responsible for wrong turns!

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

Listen to the tinkles and get a little bouncy!  See you Thursday.

  

He da Man!

The RAGTIME man, that is!

For our last installment of Things I Love, here is some socko, boffo ragtime fun!

01. Rose Leaf Rag (5:36)

02. The Cannon Ball (2:27)

03. Ragtime Nightingale (4:19)

04. Dill Pickles (2:20)

05. The Entertainer (5:08)

06. Hilarity Rag (3:15)

07. Search-Light Rag (4:06)

08. Grace And Beauty (3:32)

09. Grizzly Bear Rag (3:03)

10. Wild Cherries Rag (3:00)

11. American Beauty (4:06)

12. Fig Leaf Rag (5:04)

Cripple Creek, a Ragtime Suite for Piano

13. The Imperial Rag (2:44)

14. The Anchoria Leland (5:31)

15. The Vindicator (2:35)

16. Dr. Jackpot (2:33)

17. Poverty Gulch (3:13)

18. Old Mortality (4:57)

It's a 1986 release.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you on Monday, we're gonna spend the month of March harkening back to one o' my ancestral homegrounds.  Can ya guess which one?

  

Spring to the Rite!

After enduring negative Fahrenheits in OKC last week, this week we will have seventies.  If that don't make you think of Springtime, then you're too chill for me!

1. First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: Intro  

2. First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: The Augurs Of Spring/Dances Of The Young Girls  

3. First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of Abduction  

4. First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: Spring Rounds  

5. First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of The River Tribes  

6. First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: Procession Of The Saga  

7. First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: The Sage  

8. First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: Dances Of The Earth  

9. Second Part: The Sacrifice: Intro  

10. Second Part: The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls  

11. Second Part: The Sacrifice: Glorification Of The Chosen One  

12. Second Part: The Sacrifice: Evocation Of The Ancestors  

13. Second Part: The Sacrifice: Ritual Actions Of The Ancestors  

14. Second Part: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)  

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

This is a magnificent performance of magnificent music.  You'll love it too!  See you Thursday for the final installment of this year's "Thing I Love" on the Record Round-Up!

Three Exclamation Points !!!

It's a 1966 album of James Bond themes.

01. Goldfinger Theme (2:28)

02. Violence! (3:08)

03. From Russia with Love (3:22)

04. Blues for Dr. No (3:04)

05. Pussy Galore Meets Bond (2:57)

06. James Bond Theme (2:57)

07. "M" Joins the Hunt (4:09)

08. A Gilded Corpse (3:15)

09. Warm and Deadly (3:46)

10. Death of Goldfinger (2:35)

Doubtless the "Zero Zero Seven" moniker is a group of studio performers.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

But you can still have fun!  See you Monday.

  

Twisted -- Just Like We Like It!

From the usual gang of idiots?

01. High School Basketball Game (2:31)

02. Nose Job (2:17)

03. Please, Betty Jane (2:36)

04. Somebody Else's Dandruff (2:38)

05. Blind Date (1:59)

06. Agnes (2:28)

07. Pretzel (2:12)

08. I'll Always Remember Being Young (3:15)

09. Pimples Turned to Dimples (2:08)

10. Serious Teenager in Love (2:10)

11. My Johnny's Hub Cap (2:24)

12. Boys' Bathroom Wall (2:16)

Actually, the performing group is the Dellwoods.

If you've got a single smart-aleck bone in your body, you'll empathize with my love for stuff like this.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See ya Thursday, Mad Folks!

  

Talk About a Round-Up!

This is an album of such fun!

01. Harry Jackson - Morning Grub Holler (0:18)

02. Harry Jackson - Round-up Cook (0:49)

03. Tex-I-An Boys - Chisholm Trail (3:00)

04. Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little dog (3:02)

05. Cisco Houston - Little Joe the Wrangler (2:39)

06. Harry Jackson - Little Joe the Wrangler's Sister Nell (3:28)

07. Harry K. McClintock - Utah Carl (1:31)

08. Tex-I-An Boys - Put Your Little Foot (1:26)

09. Peter LaFarge - Trail to Mexico (2:28)

10. Peter Hurd - Las Chapparreras (1:22)

11. Woody Guthrie - Buffalo Skinners (3:15)

12. Ray Reed - Zebra Dun (3:52)

13. Harry Jackson - Some Cowboy Brag Talk (1:35)

14. Roger Welsh - Horse Wrangler (3:08)

15. Harry Jackson - Strawberry Roan (4:55)

16. John A. Lomax - Texian Boys (1:53)

17. Leadbelly - Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Ya (1:33)

18. Woody Guthrie - Jesse James (Leadbelly's version) (3:00)

19. Pete Seeger - Home on the Range (1:52)

20. Rosalie Sorrels - Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight (2:13)

21. Leadbelly - Springime in the Rockies (3:04)

22. Dave Fredrickson - Lone Star Trail (2:54)

23. Peter LaFarge - Rodeo Hand (1:48)

24. Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - Philadelphia Lawyer (2:31)

25. Cisco Houston - The Dying Cowboy (3:02)

26. Hermes Nye - The Devil Made Texas (2:08)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

You can have yer "new country," give me these closer-to-real songs any day!

See you on Monday.  Happy Valentine's Day!

  

Classic Thrillers

I was a thrilled kid of 15 or 16 when I watched the TV movies The Night Stalker and its follow-up The Night Strangler.

Part of the fun and thrill was the music of Robert Cobert.  But as you will hear, he wrote other music for eerie things!

01. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Suite (1968) - Robert Cobert (11:40)

02. Dead of Night - A Darkness at Blaseidon Suite (1969) - Robert Cobert (3:00)

03. The Night Stalker Suite (1972) - Robert Cobert (4:00)

04. The Night Strangler Suite (1973) - Robert Cobert (5:33)

05. Dracula Suite (1974) - Robert Cobert (8:10)

06. Trilogy of Terror Suite (1975) - Robert Cobert (6:10)

07. Burnt Offerings Suite (1976) - Robert Cobert (8:40)

08. Dead of Night Suite (1977) - Robert Cobert (13:33)

09. Curse of the Black Widow Suite (1977) - Robert Cobert (7:10)

10. Dark Shadows Suite (1991) - Robert Cobert (8:44)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

Happy hauntings, fellow fearmongers!  Hope you fall in love too!  See you Thursday.

  

Give 'em the Finger!

... Because a deformed ring finger was one of the ways to detect AN INVADER.

This is a bootleg from who knows where.

Disc 1 - 38 Tracks, 40 minutes

Disc 2 - 56 Tracks, 52 minutes

The 1967-68 was instrumental in making a bunch of us Sixties kids distrustful of the Space Brother scenarios promulgated by the likes of George Adamski or Truman Bethurum.  What if the aliens weren't here to help ... they were just HUNGRY!?!?!?

This 2-disc file of Dominic Frontiere's atmospheric music is in one big file.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See ya Monday!

  

I Love 'em!

... That's how I picked the topics to share in February, the month of love as they say.

A few years ago I went through all available releases of this great score to assemble my own.  None of the commercial releases has "everything," as evidenced by the ten-second segment I pulled from the film, "Superspeed Letter."

DISC ONE:

01. Main Title and Argo City (3:20)

02. Argo City Mall (1:01)

03. The Butterfly (1:41)

04. The Journey Begins (1:17)

05. Arrival on Earth / Flying Ballet (5:42)

06. Chicago Lights / Street Attack (2:28)

07. A New School (2:18)

08. Superspeed Letter (0:10)

09. The Superman Poster (Goldsmith / Williams) (0:56)

10. The Map (1:15)

11.  Ethan Spellbound (2:18)

12. The Monster Tractor (7:39)

13. First Kiss / The Monster Storm (4:35)

14. The Bracelet (2:02)

15. Where Is She? / The Monster Bumper Cars (3:02)

16. The Flying Bumper Car (1:31)

17. Where's Linda? (1:26)

18. Black Magic (4:13)

19. The Phantom Zone (3:47)

20. The Vortex / The End of Zaltar (5:55)

21. Final Showdown and Victory / End Title (short version) (12:12)

DISC TWO:

01. Overture (6:14)

02. Main Title and Argo City (Alternate) (3:16)

03. Flying Ballet (Alternate) (2:18)

04. The Map (Alternate) (1:18)

05. The Monster Bumper Cars (Film Version) (1:47)

06. First Kiss / The Monster Storm (4:40)

07. Final Showdown and Victory / End Title (long version) (Alternate) (13:33)

08. What Is Love? (Howard Jones) (6:35)

09. New Song (Howard Jones) (4:20)

10. Final Showdown and Victory / End Title (long version) (13:44)

(Both discs): THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

Disc One PERMANENT LINK.

Disc Two PERMANENT LINK.

See you on Thursday!

  

Come Wizz Mee...

... on a trip to zee fahr-aweh play-zez!

It's a 1986 cassette.

01. Traveler's Tales (15:34)

02. Solar Wind (4:30)

03. Dream Shades (4:57)

04. Ocean of Dreams (4:12)

05. After the Rain (8:22)

06. The Unfolding (2:23)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

Don't forget to come back home!  See you Monday.

  

Round the Pole!

This is a 1997 release.

01. Co Ja Mysle (1:59)

02. Ges Woda (2:24)

03. Tango Goralskie (2:17)

04. Kukuleczka (2:40)

05. Szumi Jawor (1:39)

06. Kedy Ty Jasku (1:45)

07. Nasza Muzyka (2:56)

08. Pije Kuba (2:46)

09. Zachodzi (2:45)

10. Maciek Sloneczko (1:46)

11. Cyt Cyt (3:17)

12. Nasza Wiazanka (6:18)

Whether you understand the lingo or not, this is a lot of fun to listen to.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you on Thursday!

  

Soundless Sounds

It's a 1999 cassette of semi-cosmic music.

01. Music of Light Part A (19:37)

02. Music of Light Part B (8:49)

03. Light Medium (27:47)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS,

PERMANENT LINK.

Have fun zoning out.  See you Monday!

  

Welcome to ... Ze Inner Sanctum!

Well, if you thought you were in for a scary story, you guessed wrong.

It's a 1982 cassette.

01. Heart Flame (8:41)

02. Fly into Light (11:57)

03. Twin Flames Rising (11:49)

04. Universal Consciousness (7:21)

No, it's New Age ramblings, not a scary radio show.  However, in some selections, the vocalizations are off-putting, almost creepy ...

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

We're posting on Sunday because I'll be under the knife for a while on Monday.  See you on the flip side!