Horslips - Dancehall Sweethearts (1974)

26/04/2013 13:07

Оцифровку и обработку выполнил: Fran Solo

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Название: Dancehall Sweethearts
Исполнитель: Horslips
Жанр: Folk Rock, Prog Rock
Год выпуска: 19хх
Количество композиций: 10
Количество пластинок: 1
Фирма: RCA Victor (Made in USA)
Номер по каталогу: CPL1-0709

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Формат: mp3 + flac
Качество: cbr 320 kbps + lossless 24 bit/96 kHz
Размер файла: 103 + 902 Мб (3% на восстановление)

Предпрослушка: mp3 cbr 320 kbps

Список композиций:
Side 1
1. Nighttown Boy (5:07)
2. The Blind Can’t Lead the Blind (5:20)
3. Stars (5:02)
4. We Bring the Summer With Us (2:31)
5. Sunburst (4:39)
Side 2
6. Mad Pat (6:17)
7. Blindman (3:32)
8. King of the Fairies (3:30)
9. Lonely Hearts (5:33)
10. The Best Years of My Life (1:48)

Музыканты:
Bass, Vocals – Barry Devlin
Drums, Percussion, Bodhr?n – Eamon Carr
Guitar, Banjo, Vocals – Johnny Fean
Keyboards, Flute, Whistle [Tin], Vocals – Jim Lockhart
Mandolin, Fiddle, Concertina, Vocals – Charles O'Connor
Producer – Fritz Fryer

Thugamar fein an samhradh linn has a haunting melody which has never left me. To hear it in We Bring the summer with us was moving.
There is a stangre raw beauty to this album which transcends The Tain and stands in stark contrast to the polished feel of the seminal Book of Celtic Invasions.
As I’ve said before this is neither Planxty nor the Bothy Band but the Horslips filled an enormous void in irish music. this was 1974 there may have been mayhem on the streets in the north but: Thin Lizzy had already brought out Vagabonds and Nightlife; Rory Gallagher was touring; the nadir of politically sentimal folk would not been reached for a good few years (Moving Hearts).
Dancehall Sweethearts was an irish answer to Jethro Tull. Steeped in folk but breaking away from the shackles of traditional and introducing a 70s rock feel.
An essential for any folky prog types. progarchives