Great tunes on this album, and you can hear the early seeds of Dervish's development. For that reason it's more interesting as a record of how things developed than as an album you'd want to listen to on your stereo the whole time. They just haven't quite got it together yet on this one. I'm struck by how "ropily" put together the sets are, how bad the sound quality is on some of the tracks, and how the band hasn't quite meshed rhythmically yet, especially Michael to Brian in the rhythm section. Later though, they'd mesh perfectly and create Harmony Hill, which is one of the best trad albums that has ever been produced by anyone.
Debut recording from Dervish(minus Cathy Jordan).
# Posted on December 24th 2002 by Celtic1234
The Donegal Set
The first tune in 'The Donegal Set' is called "Paddy's trip to Scotland" ( http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1303 )
The second is "The newrigged ship" ( http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/880 ),
and the last is "Larry Redican's bow" ( http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4707 )
# Posted on February 25th 2006 by BD-
Fiddler
This album had Martin McGinley on Fiddle, as opposed to Shane McAleer who played on some of the other earlier albums.
# Posted on December 11th 2006 by Why Bother?
I really like early albums from Dervish (well, judging by this one and Harmony Hill). Great Christmas present for me!
# Posted on December 25th 2006 by 52Paddy
Great tunes on this album, and you can hear the early seeds of Dervish's development. For that reason it's more interesting as a record of how things developed than as an album you'd want to listen to on your stereo the whole time. They just haven't quite got it together yet on this one. I'm struck by how "ropily" put together the sets are, how bad the sound quality is on some of the tracks, and how the band hasn't quite meshed rhythmically yet, especially Michael to Brian in the rhythm section. Later though, they'd mesh perfectly and create Harmony Hill, which is one of the best trad albums that has ever been produced by anyone.
# Posted on December 26th 2006 by Dr. Dow
Tommy People's reel
The second tune of track #11 is Scartaglen Road: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/900
# Posted on November 12th 2007 by s.g.