ANDY IRVINE & PAUL BRADY – Andy Irvine / Paul Brady (Special Edition) – CD

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CD – 8-panel Digipak with 44pg booklet. Remastered from the analog tapes.

“Andy Irvine and Paul Brady (former Planxty members) team up for one of the greatest albums ever of traditional Irish songs. Their unique sound will stay with you long after the music has stopped. AllMusic

Compass Records Groupis announcing theSPECIAL EDITIONrelease of theMulligan RecordsclassicANDY IRVINE / PAUL BRADY. Long thought of as one of the seminal releases in the Irish music cannon, the album has been praised by artists such as Bob Dylan (who recordedPaul Bradys arrangement of Arthur McBride And The Sergeant), Bono, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Liam OMaonlai (Hothouse Flowers), and Radie Peat and Daragh Lynch (both of Lankum).

In 1976,Andy Irvineand Paul Brady, fresh from the demise of the Irish supergroup Planxty, entered legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales with mystic producer/bouzouki playerDnal Lunnyand fiddlerKevin Burketo record what has become an Irish Music classic.ANDY IRVINE / PAUL BRADYpropelled them to be viewed as one of the most accomplished Irish traditional duos that have ever recorded. All these years later perhaps no record more pointedly reflects the time and the spirit of innovation within one genre of music.

This Special Edition marks the first time the vinyl album has been pressed since the 70s. For this ultimate version, the ten track album was remastered from the original analog tapes, which were transferred at 192k/32 bit to maintain the highest resolution, mastered with the best combination of classic analog and state of the art digital equipment, and packaged both as a gatefold LP and tri-fold CD wallet. Both formats include a 12,000 word essay by noted music journalistGareth Murphy(Cowboys and Indies The Epic History of the Record IndustryandSiren Song: My Life in Music [with Seymour Stein]), and include interviews with Andy Irvine, Paul Brady, Dnal Lunny and Kevin Burke, as well as testimonials from artists includingGlen Hansard,Liam OMaonlai,Brian MacGloinnof Ye Vagabonds,Daragh Lynchof Lankum,Consuelo Nerea BreschiandLucie Azconagaof Varo,PJ Curtisand more.

Tracklist:

1. The Plains Of Kildare
2. Lough Erne Shore
3. Fred Finn’s Reel / Sailing Into Walpole’s Marsh
4. Bonny Woodhall
5. Arthur McBride And The Sergeant
6. The Jolly Soldier
7. The Blarney Pilgrim
8. Autumn Gold
9. Mary And The Soldier
10. The Streets Of Derry
11. Martinmas Time
12. The Little Stack Of Wheat