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Altan (album)
''Altan'' is the second (studio) album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (future founders of the Irish band Altan), originally released in 1987 by Green Linnet Records. The musicians appearing on this album are substantially those that became the early incarnation of the band Altan. The band later (retroactively) called ''Altan'' their debut album. Track listing # "The Highlandman/The Cliffs of Glencolumbkille/Old Cuffe Street" – 3:12 # "An tSeanchailleach Gallda/Dermot Byrne's" – 3:04 # "Tá Mo Cleamhnas a Dhéanamh" – 5:15 # "The Cat That Ate The Candle/Over the Water to Bessie" – 3:10 # "Ceol A'Phíobaire" – 3:50 # "Tommy Peoples'/Loch Altan/Danny Meehan's" – 3:28 # "Rogha an Ghabha/Charlie O'Donnell's" – 2:40 # "The Sunset" – 3:38 # "Thug Mé Rúide" – 4:25 # "Humours of Whiskey/The Fairy Jig/Humours of Whiskey" – 3:18 # "Jimmy Lyons'/Leslie's Reel" – 2:21 # "Cití na gCumann" – 3:57 # "Con Cassidy's Highland/Neilly O'Boyle's Highland & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disappeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
