''Restless Night'' is the debut album by Irish musician

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. It was released in Summer 1975 in Ireland by EMI Ireland and produced by Leo O'Kelly.

Track listing

Personnel

– guitars, vocals *

Paul Barrett Paul Franklyn "Legs" Barrett (14 December 1940 – 20 January 2019) was a UK agent and manager of 1950s style rock and roll artists, an author and previously a singer, songwriter and film actor. Barrett was the discoverer, mentor and first man ...

– keyboards, bass guitar,

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Sonny Condell Sonny Condell (born 1 July 1949, in Newtownmountkennedy, Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Graphic arts, graphic artist. He is mainly known as a member of the Irish bands Tír na nÓg (band), Tír na nÓg and S ...

– guitars, backing vocals * Brian Dunning –

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s * Leo O'Kelly – guitars,

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, backing vocals * Philip King – harmonica on "Restless Night" *Desi Reynolds – drums,

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest ...

s *Bridget & Siobhan Hefferman, Pat Armstrong – backing vocals ;Production * Leo O'Kelly – production * Paul Barrett – arrangements *Walter Samuel, Keith Manfield –

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*Ronnie Norton – cover

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& photography

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1975 debut albums EMI Records albums Albums produced by Leo O'Kelly