BOYS OF THE LOUGH – FAREWELL AND REMEMBER ME LP – Nr MINT UK 1987 FOLK

Boys Of The Lough – Farewell And Remember Me
(Lough Records  1987   LOUGH002)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– still in original shrinkwrap

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

The Boys of the Lough is a Scottish-Irish Celtic music band active since the 1970s.

Farewell and Remember Me is an album by The Boys of the Lough, released in 1987.

1. “Sean But/ Tommy People’s/ The Lark in the Morning” (jigs) (All traditional)
2. “The Leitrim Queen” (song) (Ian Burns)
3. “Lucky Can Du Link Ony/ Pottinger’s/ Billy Nicholson” (reels) (Trad/ Tom Anderson/ Trad)
4. “Farewell and Remember Me” (song) (J Chalmers)
5. “Angus Polka no 1/ Angus Polka No 2/ Donegal Barn Dance” (All trad)
6. “An Spailpin Fanach (sung in Gaelic)/ The One-Horned Buck” (reel) (Trad/ Trad)
7. “Valentia Harbour (air)/ The Jug of Punch (reel)/ MacArthur Road” (reel) (All trad)
8. “Lovely Ann” (unaccompanied song) (Trad)
9. “The Holly Bush/ The New Ships Are Sailing” (reels) (All trad)
10. “The Waterford Waltz/ The Stronsay Waltz” (Trad/ Trad)

• Aly Bain – fiddle
• Cathal McConnell – flute, whistle, vocals
• Dave Richardson – concertina, mandolin, cittern
• Christy O’Leary – uilleann pipes, whistle, vocals
• John Coakley – guitar, piano, bodhran, mandoline, fiddle
• Guest: Ron Shaw – cello on “Farewell and Remember Me”
• Engineered by Alistair George