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BBC Radio One: The Bothy Band Live In Concert

The Bothy Band

Green Linnet

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1. Martin Wynne's
   The Longford Tinker
2. Rosie Finn's Favourite
   Sean Bui
   The Kid On The Mountain
3. Patsy Geary's
   Coleman Cross
4. Sixteen Come Next Sunday
5. Michael Gorman's
   The Frieze Breeches
   The Road To Lisdoonvarna
   Joe Cooley's
6. Lucy Campbell
   The Laurel Tree
7. Fionnghuala
8. Farwell To Erin
9. The Kesh Jig
   Give Us A Drink Of Water
   The Flower Of The Flock
   Famous Ballymote
10. The Tar Road To Sligo
    Paddy Clancy's
11. The Maids Of Mitchelstown
12. I Wish My Love Was A Red Red Rose
13. Piping Solo: Garret Barry's
    The Bucks Of Oranmore
14. The Morning Star
    The Fisherman's Lilt
    The Drunken Landlady
15. Do You Love An Apple?
16. The Jig And Five Reels: The Leitrim Fancy
    Around The World For Sport
    Rip The Calico...

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A terrific record...

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THE Bothy Band Album

I have to disagree with several other reviews of this album- this is, for me, the best example of the masterful Bothy Band in full flight. The live setting removes the frequent over-production of great Irish musicians & almost every set on this record is excellent (a feat that 'After Hours', for example, cannot claim)

The combination of full-on jigs & reels (the opening 'Martin Wynne's' set being a good example), poignant & funny songs and pensive instrumentals (eg 'The Maids of Mitchelstown') is unmatched in any other Irish folk record which I have yet heard.

Paddy Keenan's 'Bucks of Oranmore' is indeed a highlight, but the whole set offers more than the rest of the Bothy's back catalogue. This is one of THE irish masterpieces and is a perfect demonstration of exciting music which doesn't rely on production effects - just legendary musicians playing fine tunes. This is one of the best records made in any genre.

Beautiful

I bought this album on a whim, after a hard-working day. I already had a couple of their albums, but still wasn't quite prepared for this collection (from 2 different concerts, 2 different dates). What an alternately warm, rocking(!), moving and energetic set. Calling them the "Irish Beatles" is perhaps a bit silly, but it can't be denied that this is some of the finest Celtic/trad. Irish music ever recorded.

Traditional Irish at its best

The Bothy band is amazing...plain and simple. This album is everything the trad irish music lover could ever want. There are jigs, reels, laments...EVERYTHING. Grab your Guinness and put on your dancing shoes because this album will have you out of your chair and stepping all over the place!

No surprises, just good music

If you've heard the rest of the Bothy Band's albums, you've heard most of this one -- it's a good recording of a live performance, so it captures both the band's verve and (alas) the whooping yahoos in the audience. However, the wonderful uillean pipe rendition of "The Bucks of Oranmore" is almost worth the price of the whole album. Worth owning, but don't start your Bothy Band collection with this one.