Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective

Between the Jigs and the Reels:
A Retrospective
Compilation album by Planxty
Released 28 October 2016
Recorded Command Studios, London (1972)
Escape Studios, Kent, UK (1973)
Sarm Studios, London (1974)
Windmill Lane Studios (1979)
Windmill Lane Studios (1980)
Windmill Lane Studios (1983)
Genre Irish folk
Length 77:08
Label Universal Music Ireland
Producer
Planxty chronology
Live 2004
(2004)
Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective (2016)

Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective is a two-disc anthology by the Irish folk band Planxty. It includes a 17-tracks CD and a 36-tracks DVD with over two hours of previously unreleased footage (1972-1982) from RTÉ archives.

Overview

CD

All but two tracks are re-released from the following albums:[1]

Two tracks are re-released from the 1981 single: "Nancy Spain" (track 16), and Timedance a three-part suite recorded with full orchestra and rhythm section (track 17). The latter was also performed during the interval of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin on 4 April 1981, and was the genesis of the work Bill Whelan would later compose for Riverdance.[2]:296–299

DVD

The DVD features footage recorded during the following live performances:[1]

Critical review

Between the Jigs and the Reels:A Retrospective received positive reviews from folk music critics.

In her review of the compilation for The Irish Times (28 October 2016), Siobhan Long stated:[3]

In his review of the compilation for The Irish Examiner (26 October 2016), Ed Power added:[4]

In his review of the compilation (5 October 2016), Roddie Cleere (of Roddie Cleere’s Irish Music Show (IMS)) stated:[5]

CD Track listing

All titles credited as "Traditional" and arranged by: "Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Christy Moore, Liam O'Flynn", except where indicated.[1]

  1. "True Love Knows No Season (Billy Gray)" (song) 5:29 (Norman Blake)
  2. "Pat Reilly" (song) 3:15
  3. "Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór" (waltz) 3:33 (Turlough O'Carolan)
  4. "Follow Me Up to Carlow" (song) 2:20
  5. "Băneasă's Green Glade"/"Mominsko Horo" (song/Bulgarian dance) 5:48 (Andy Irvine)/(Trad., Arr. A. Irvine, D. Lunny)
  6. "Aconry Lasses"/"The Old Wheels Of The World"/"The Spike Island Lasses" (reels) 3:32
  7. "The Pursuit Of Farmer Michael Hayes" (song) 6:10
  8. "Accidentals"/"Aragon Mill" (instrumental/song) 6:02 (Andy Irvine)/(Si Kahn)
  9. "The Irish Marche" (Irish clan march) 3:37 (Traditional/William Byrd, Arr. Liam O'Flynn, Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan)
  10. "The Rambling Siúler" (song) 4:19
  11. "The Well Below the Valley" (song) 5:30
  12. "Junior Crehan's Favourite/Corney is Coming" (reels) 2:36
  13. "Roger O'Hehir" (song) 5:33
  14. "Smeceno Horo" (Bulgarian dance) 4:32
  15. "The West Coast of Clare" (song) 5:30 (Traditional, Arr. Andy Irvine)
  16. "Nancy Spain" (song) 3:32
  17. Timedance:
    a. "The Humours of Barrack Street" (reel) 1:30 (Trad., Arr. Liam O'Flynn, Dónal Lunny, Christy Moore, Bill Whelan)
    b. "Isercleran" (slow air/waltz) 2:35 (Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan)
    c. "Ballymun Regatta" (slip jig) 2:25 (Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan)
Personnel (CD)

DVD Track listing

All titles credited as "Traditional" and arranged by: "Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Christy Moore, Liam O'Flynn", except where indicated.[1]

  1. "The Blacksmith"/"Blacksmithereens" (song/Bulgarian dance) (Trad., Arr. Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny)
  2. "Three Drunken Maidens"/"The Foxhunter's Reel" (song/reel)
  3. "When First Unto This Country" (song)
  4. "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" (song) (Ewan MacColl)
  5. "The Gold Ring" (jig)
  6. "Hey! Sandy" (song) (Harvey Andrews)
  7. "Kitty Gone A Milkiing/Music Of The Forge" (reels)
  8. "Only Our Rivers" (song) (Mickey MacConnell)
  9. "Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair Dom Do Lámh" (song/slow air)
  10. "Three Drunken Maidens"/"The Foxhunter's Reel" (song/reel) (Reprise)
  11. "The Good Ship Kangaroo" (song)
  12. "Ride A Mile/Hardiman The Fillder/The Yellow Wattle" (jigs)
  13. "The Hackler From Grouse Hall" (song)
  14. "An Bonnán Buí/The West Wind" (reel)
  15. "The Jolly Beggar/The Wise Maid" (song/reel)
  16. "Sally Brown" (sea shanty)
  17. "Bean Pháidin"/"Rakish Paddy" (song)
  18. "Little Musgrave" (song)
  19. "East At Glendart/Brian O'Lynn/Pay The Reckoning" (double jigs)
  20. "The Lady On The Island/The Gatehouse Maid/The Virginia/Callaghan's" (reels)
  21. "As I Roved Out (Andy)" (song)
  22. "Smeceno Horo" (Bulgarian dance)
  23. "Johnny of Brady's Lea" (song)
  24. "The Pullet/The Ladies Pantalettes" (reels)
  25. "I Pity The Poor Immigrant" (song) (Bob Dylan)
  26. "Arthur McBride" (song)
  27. "True Love Knows No Season (Billy Gray)" (song) (Norman Blake)
  28. Timedance:
    a. "The Humours of Barrack Street" (reel) (Traditional, Arr. Liam O'Flynn, Dónal Lunny, Christy Moore, Bill Whelan)
    b. "Isercleran" (slow air/waltz) (Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan)
    c. "Ballymun Regatta" (slip jig) (Dónal Lunny, Bill Whelan)
  29. "You Rambling Boys Of Pleasure" (song)
  30. "The Good Ship Kangaroo" (song)
  31. "Táimse Im' Chodladh" (slow air)
  32. "Thousands Are Sailing" (song)
  33. "Queen Of The Rushes"/"Paddy Fay's" (jigs)
  34. "Little Musgrave" (song)
  35. "The Scholar/The Chattering Magpie/Lord McDonald's/The Virginia/Callaghan's" (reels)
  36. "Cliffs of Dooneen" (song)
Personnel (DVD)

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[6] 10

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sleeve notes from Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective, Universal Music Ireland, CD/DVD LC01846, 2016.
  2. O'Toole, Leagues (2006). The Humours of Planxty. Ireland: Hodder Headline. ISBN 0-340-83796-9.
  3. Long, Siobhan (28 October 2016). "Planxty - Between the Jigs and the Reels album review: Four decades of bursting trad's boundaries". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  4. Power, Ed (26 October 2016). "Album Review: Planxty - Between the Jigs and the Reels". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. Cleere, Roddie (5 October 2016). "Planxty - Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective CD/DVD". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  6. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 44, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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