ANDY IRVINE PAUL BRADY LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 IRISH 1976 FOLK PLANXTY

Andy Irvine  Paul Brady
(Mulligan Records  1976   LUN008)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – Irish Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some light ringwear and sticker in top right corner

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Andrew Kennedy Irvine (born 14 June 1942), known professionally as Andy Irvine, is an Irish folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of Sweeney’s Men, Planxty, Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD and Usher’s Island. He also featured in duos, with Dónal Lunny, Paul Brady, Mick Hanly, Dick Gaughan, Rens van der Zalm, and Luke Plumb. Irvine plays the mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, harmonica, and hurdy-gurdy.

Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician from Strabane, Northern Ireland. His work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age.

Andy Irvine/Paul Brady is an album recorded by Andy Irvine and Paul Brady when they formed a duo, after Planxty broke up on 5 December 1975. For this recording, they were joined by Dónal Lunny and Kevin Burke.

1. “Plains of Kildare” (Words: Traditional; Music: Irvine) – 4.16
2. “Lough Erne Shore” (Traditional; arranged by Brady) – 3:43
3. “Fred Finn’s Reel”/”Sailing into Walpole’s Marsh” (Traditional; arranged by Brady, Irvine, Lunny and Burke) – 2:34
4. “Bonny Woodhall” (Words: Traditional; Music: Irvine) – 5:14
5. “Arthur McBride” (Brady, adapted & arranged with new lyrics from traditional) – 7.05
6. “The Jolly Soldier” (Traditional; arranged with additional lyrics by Brady) / “The Blarney Pilgrim” (Traditional; arranged by Brady, Irvine and Burke) – 5:37
7. “Autumn Gold” (Andy Irvine) – 3:48
8. “Mary and the Soldier” (Traditional; arranged with additional lyrics by Brady) – 4:45
9. “The Streets of Derry” (Traditional; arranged by Irvine) – 3.51
10. “Martinmas Time” (Traditional; arranged by Irvine) / “The Little Stack of Wheat” (Traditional; arranged by Brady, Lunny and Burke) – 6:01

• Andy Irvine – vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, mandola, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica. (All tracks, except 5 and 10b).
• Paul Brady – vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, tin whistle, cittern, harmonium, backing vocals. (All tracks, except 7).
• Dónal Lunny – guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán, backing vocals. (All tracks, except 2, 5 and 9).
• Kevin Burke – fiddle on tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 and 10.