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music recordings released between the 1970s to the early 2000s. As at 2018, the company still exists but its last release of original music was in 2007.

History

Celtic Music began as a publishing outlet for four books of Irish session tunes compiled by Dave Bulmer and Neil Sharpley in the 1970s, with the term first appearing on "Music from Ireland Volume 2" from 1976. It evolved into a record distribution company (CM Distribution) for other labels and then into a recording and record production operation from 1978 to around 2007 that was owned by Dave Bulmer in

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in Yorkshire, England. As well as issuing its own recordings, Celtic Music also acquired the back catalogue of other folk music record labels when the latter were on-sold, including

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, Trailer, Rubber Records, Black Crow, Dambuster, Highway, Sweet Folk and Country, Greenwich Village, Mulligan, Broadside, Folk Heritage, and Making Waves, the majority of which, however, have not been re-issued. The first release on Celtic Music was the eponymous album by the band Iona in 1978, while the last was Tich Frier's ''Shanghaied'' in 2007. For many years, the registered company address was in

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, Lincolnshire.

Discography

The following list includes all releases credited to "Celtic Music" about which information is presently available. Item numbers marked "??" are presently untraced and may never have been issued.

Albums

* CM 001 Iona: ''Iona'' 1978 (note: this band featured Dave Bulmer, George Ormiston, Gordon Tyrrall and Tony Wilson; a different Celtic band also called "Iona" has been active from 1990 onwards, led by vocalist

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) * CM 002 Tom Napper & Alistair Russell: ''Tripping Upstairs'' 1978 * CM 003 Norman Stewart & Janice Clark: ''Iolair - Music And Song From Scotland'' 1980 * CM 004

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: ''Now I'm Easy'' 1980 (UK release of Larrikin Records (Australia) LRF 041); also on CD CMCD 004 * CM 005 Shegui: ''Around The World For Sport (Irish And Scottish Music)'' 1980 * CM 006 Brian Miller & Charlie Soane: ''The Favourite Dram'' 1981 * CM 007

Archie Fisher Archie Macdonald Fisher (born 23 October 1939) is a Scottish folk singer and songwriter. He has released several solo albums since his first, eponymous album, in 1968. Fisher composed the song "The Final Trawl", recorded on the album ''Windwa ...

: ''Archie Fisher'' 1982 (re-release of XTRA 1070, 1968); also on CD CMCD 007 * CM 008 Tim Wood: ''Getting Your Own Back'' 1982 * CM 009 Hom Bru: ''Obadeea - Music From Shetland And Beyond'' 1982 * CM 010 Willie Hunter: ''1982 - Fiddle music from Shetland and Scotland'' 1982 * CM 011 Adam Amos & Noel Rocks: ''Adam Amos - Noel Rocks'' 1983 * CM 012 Kieran Halpin: ''The Man Who Lives In Bottles'' 1983 * CM 013 Ragged Heroes: ''Annual'' 1983 * CM 014 Tich Frier: ''Going Straight'' 1983 * CM 015 Hokum Hotshots: ''Maybe It's the Blues'' 198? * CM 016 Gordon Tyrrall: ''How Can I Live At The Top Of A Mountain?'' 1983 * CM 017

Dick Gaughan Richard Peter Gaughan (born 17 May 1948) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, particularly of folk and social protest songs. He is regarded as one of Scotland's leading singer-songwriters. Early years Gaughan was born in Glasgow's Ro ...

: ''A Different Kind Of Love Song'' 1983 also on CD CMCD 017 * CM 018 Lochan: ''Lochan'' 1983 * CM 019 Chris Simpson: ''Listen To The Man'' 1984 * CM 020 Bernie Parry: ''Playing With Words'' 1984 * CM 021 Kieran Halpin: ''Live And Kicking'' 1985 * CM 022

Alan Stivell Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a Breton people, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specif ...

: ''Legend - Mojenn - Légende'' 1984 (?re-release) * CM 024

Vin Garbutt Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as Troubles, "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland (''Welcome ...

: ''Shy Tot Pommie'' 1985 * CM 025 Dab Hand: ''High Rock And Low Glen'' 1985 * CM 026 Adam Amos & Noel Rocks: ''Casual On The Balcony'' 1985 * CM 027 Bob Carpenter: ''Silent Passage'' 1984 also on CD CMCD 027 * CM 028

: ''Orfeo'' 1985 (re-release) * CM 029

Barbara Dickson Barbara Ruth Dickson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include " I Know Him So Well" (a chart-topping duet with Elaine Paige), " Answer Me" and " January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK ...

: ''From The Beggar's Mantle......Fringed With Gold'' 1985 (re-release) * CM 030

: ''Live In Edinburgh'' 1985 also on CD CMCD 030 * CM 031

: ''Thro' The Recent Years'' 1986 * CM 032 ?? * CM 033 Rua: ''Scottish Music'' 1986 * CM 034

Clannad Clannad () were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings , and (Moya) (in English, Brennan) and their twin uncles Noel and (Duggan). They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history. Beginn ...

: ''Ring Of Gold'' 1986 also on CD CMCD 034 * CM 035 Spirit Of The West: ''Tripping Up The Stairs'' 1987 also on CD CMCD 035 * CM 036 Norman Stewart & Elspeth MacGillivray: ''Twilight To Dawning - Scottish Ceilidh Music & Song'' 1987 * CM 037 ?? * CM 038 Various Artists: ''First Irish Folk Festival, Live 1974'' 198? * CM 039 Various Artists: ''The 2nd Irish Folk Festival on Tour'' (?2xLP, also on 2xCD) 1988 (?re-release of Intercord 26 499-4 Z/1-2, 1975) * CM 040 Various Artists: ''The Third Irish Folk Festival'' 1992 * CM 041

: ''Call It Freedom'' 1988 also on CD CMCD 041 * CM 042

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with

Chris Baines John Christopher Baines (born 4 May 1947) is an English naturalist, one of the UK's leading independent environmentalists.Sean McGuire (as Sean Maguire): ''60 Years Of Irish Fiddle Music'' 1988 (remastered 78s from the 1950s) (reissue of "Sean McGuire", EMI Ireland / Talisman STAL (1) 1016, 196?) * CM 044 ?? * CM 045 Tom McConville: ''Straight From the Shoulder'' 1988 * CM 046 Davy Steele: ''Summerlee'' 1990 * CM 047 Rua: ''The Caves Of The Sun'' 1988 * CM 048 Sean McGuire (as Sean Maguire) ''Portraid'' 1990 * CM 049 ?? * CM 050

: ''When The Tide Turns'' 1989 * CM 051-053 ?? * CM 054

Liam O'Flynn Liam O'Flynn, Óg Flynn (, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) was an Irish people, Irish Uilleann pipes, uilleann piper and Folk music of Ireland, Irish traditional musician. In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn re ...

: ''The Fine Art Of Piping'' 1991 * CM 055 Sherwood, Duncan & Swan: ''From The Heart'' 1990 * CM 056 Gordon Tyrrall: ''Not Far from Land'' 1990 * CMCD 057

De Dannan De Dannan (originally ''Dé Danann'') is an Irish folk music group. It was formed in 1975 by Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki), Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán) and Charlie Piggott ( banjo) as a result of sessions in ...

: ''1/2 Set In Harlem'' 1991 * CMCD 058 Jean-Pierre Rasle: ''Cornemusiques'' 1993 * CMCD 059 ?? * CMCD 060 Phil & June Colclough: ''Players From A Drama'' 1991 * CMCD 061 ?? * CMCD 062 Various Artists: ''Maiden Voyage (Traditional Irish Music Session From Pepper's Bar, Feakle, Co. Clare)'' 1995? * CMCD 063 Noreen Cullen & Adrian Burns: ''Bow Bridges'' 1991 * CMCD 064 Mary Custy & Eoin O'Neill: ''The Best Of Irish Music'' 1991 * CMCD 065 Mary Custy & Eoin O'Neill: ''The Ways of the World'' 1991 * CMCD 066

: ''A Jacket of Batteries'' 199? (reissue of Harmac HM 48, 1988) * CMCD 067 Afterhours: ''Hung Up And Dry'' 1992 * CMCD 068 ?? * CMCD 069 Afterhours: ''Up To Here'' 1994 * CMCD 070 Ian Campbell: ''And Another Thing'' 1993 * CMCD 071-072 ?? * CMCD 073 Wolfstone: ''Wolfstone II'' 1994 * CMCD 074 Wolfstone: ''Wolfstone'' 1994 * CMCD 075-076 ?? * CMCD 077

Micho Russell Micho Russell (25 March 1915 – 19 February 1994) was an Irish musician and author best known for his expert tin whistle performance. He also played the simple-system flute and was a collector of traditional music and folklore. Biography Ru ...

: ''Traditional Irish Music from County Clare'' 1997 (?reissue of Free Reed FRR 004, 1976) * CMCD 078 Tich Frier: ''Man O' Independent Mind'' 1998 * CMCD 079 Josephine Keegan: ''Lifeswork: The Compositions of Josephine Keegan'' 2001 (double CD) * CMCD 080 Mick Coyne: ''Both Sides of the Coyne'' 2004? * CMCD 081 Tich Frier: ''You are Here'' (compilation) 2001 * CMCD 082-088 ?? * CMCD 089 Tich Frier: ''Shanghaied'' 2007

Singles

* CMS 100 Bernie Parry: "A To Z Of London" / "Green Peaceful Ocean" (7") 1981 * CMS 200 Tim Wood: "The Dole" / "Vulture" (7") 1982 * CMS 300

: " The Games People Play" / "A Different Kind Of Lovesong" (7") 1984 * CMS 400 Kieran Halpin: "Believing" / "Too Long Away" (7") 1984 * CMS 500

Shaun Davey Shaun Davey (born 18 January 1948) is an Irish composer. Early years Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948 and attended Rockport School in County Down. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a ...

Rita Connolly Rita Connolly is a singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called '' Granuaile'' based on the 16th-century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as ...

: "Samson" / "Sailing To Armorica" (7") 1984 * CMS 600 ?? * CMS 700 Aiden Forde: "Dublin Ye're Breakin My Heart" / "Not To Worry" (7") 1988 * CMT 041

: "Call It Freedom" (12") 1987

Other

* CMBCD 001: The Furey's & Bob Stewart: ''Tomorrow We Part'' 2007 (reissue of Broadside BRO133 1976, also Crescent Records ARS 110 1979; credited to Bob Stewart & Finbar Furey on some releases) * CMBCD 002: The High Level Ranters &

Martyn Wyndham-Read Arnold Martyn Wyndham-Read (born 23 August 1942, Crawley, Sussex, England) is an English folk singer, who was a collector and singer of Australian folk music. He lived and worked in Australia from 1958 to 1967 and was subsequently a regular vis ...

: ''English Sporting Ballads'' (reissue of Broadside Records BRO 128, 1977)

References

External links

* Official website
Celtic Music
* List of releases on the label "Celtic Music" as available a
www.discogs.com
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