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Planxty
Planxty
Shanachie
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Raggle Taggle Gypsy Tabhair Dom Do Lamh- Arthur Mcbride
- Planxty Irwin
- Sweet Thames Flow Softly
- Junior Crehan's Favourite Corney Is Coming
- West Coast of Claire
- Jolly Beggar-Reel
- Only Our Rivers
- Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór
- Follow Me up to Carlow
- Si Bheag, Si Mhor
- Blacksmith
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true to history and best rendition
Truly Irish music at it's most classic. Not your pretentious symphonia stuff; not your bar room brawl undecipherable vocals; just real stories from times gone by brought magically to life by instruments used in the time period and sung with heartfelt sincerity and respect for the era and genre.
The tremdous Irish classic!
I'm no historian or authority, but from my understanding this started a new generation of Irish recorded music. This is my favorite Planxty album and an incredible Irish music album. Although I find the Bothys even better.
Planxty - start of the Irish folk music revival
I first heard Planxty when they performed in Edinburgh in 1975 as the warm-up act for Steeleye Span. Their music sparked my love of Irish folk music just as it did for so many others.
For the leader of the band, Christie Moore, who went on to become the leading icon of the Irish music revival, Planxty was the springboard to fame.
Although this was just their first album the tracks could have been assembled years later as a "Best of..."
This is the album for anybody who wants just one Planxty album in their collection.
As good as it gets, EVER!
Its hard to add any more superlatives to the other reviews of this album, but it must be done. This is one of the greatest albums of any musical style that I've heard. It was the third album of Irish music that I bought and after it I was hooked for good. Every track is a highlight, don't think about it buy it, you'll never regret it.
The best (to my ears)
As you can see from the reviews here, there cannot be enough praise for this masterpiece of Celtic culture. This album is an amazingly passionate and detailed journey akin to a superb novel. There are great Irish albums - and then there are a few magical one's such as Planxty's s/t.
If I had to choose one Irish album to take to the obligatory desert island, this one is it without hesitation. Please don't miss _The Well Below the Valley_ and _Cold Blow and the Rainy Night_ as well, as they are similarly excellent, yet just a wee notch below this amazing debut, but quite honestly that is splitting hairs...
The ballad "Only Our Rivers" will just tear at your heartstrings, and the opener "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" will simply amaze you.
An artistic masterpiece of the highest order.