Artist: 
James Morrissey

Real To Reel: Garech Browne And Claddagh Records

LP + Hardcover Book
€98,99

Release date: 29 September 2023

Article Number: 504504000

228-pp Hardcover Book, Compilation LP, Poster & Download Card in Timeless Rigid Slipcase, 17 remastered tracks, physical only release

Fans of folk music and Irish culture need no introduction to Garech Browne, heir to the Guinness dynasty, founder of the legendary label Claddagh Records and personal friend of Bono, Mick Jagger, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Picasso, Samuel Beckett and other greats of contemporary history. Author James Morrissey has now summarized his fascinating life and life's work in the impressive book "Real To Reel - Garech Browne and Claddagh Records". The 228-page, 12" hardcover book is housed in a sturdy slipcase along with an LP and a poster. The LP features 17 remastered highlights from the label and a previously unreleased poetry reading by Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon.

Tracklist;

SIDE A
1. TOMMY POTTS - The Drunken Sailor
2. THE CHIEFTAINS - ’Round The House And Mind The Dresser
3. JOHN MONTAGUE - Luggala
4. DOLORES KEANE - Seven Yellow Gypsies
5. THOMAS KINSELLA - Dick King
6. RONAN BROWNE - Port Na bPúcaí
7. SEAMUS HEANEY - Digging
8. DEREK BELL - Sídh Bheag Agus Sídh Mhór  

SIDE B
1. JULIA CLIFFORD AND DENIS MURPHY - Caoine Uí Dhomhnaill
2. DOLLY MacMAHON - Lord Gregory
3. MÁIRE MHAC AN tSAOI - An Dá Thráigh
4. LEO ROWSOME - The Fox Chase
5. AUSTIN CLARKE - Mount Parnassus
6. WILLIE CLANCY - Jenny Picking Cockles / My Love Is In America
7. PATRICK KAVANAGH - Epic
8. SEAMUS ENNIS - The Rocky Road To Dublin
9. PAUL MULDOON - Dancers At The Moy

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Format Album
Release Date 2023
Speed 33 RPM
Size 12"