01	Cunla						03:58
	02	Pat Reilly						03:18
	03	Slip Jigs: A) The Kid on on the Mountain / B) An Phis Fhliuch						03:52
	04	As I Roved Out (Andy)						05:21
	05	Reels: A) The Dogs Among the Bushes / B) Jenny's Wedding						02:40
	06	The Well Below The Valley						05:35
	07	Hewlett						02:34
	08	Bean Phaidin						03:46
	09	Hornpipes: A) Fisherman's Lilt / B) Cronin's Hornpipe						03:18
	10	As I Roved Out						03:52
	11	Solo Jig: Humours Of Ballyloughlin						02:14
	12	Time Will Cure Me						05:26

All Titles except no. 6 are Traditional, Arranged Planxty.

Produced by: PHIL COULTER.
Recorded at: ESCAPE STUDIOS, KENT, ENGLAND
Mixed at: MAYFAIR SOUND STUDIOS
Engineers: TONY TAVERNER, JOHN HUDSON, BARRY AINSWORTH
Digital Mastering: BILL GIOLANDO, CMS DIGITAL
Art Direction: VINCENT McEVOY
Design Illustration: JIM FITZPATRICK
Special Thanks to: NICY RYAN, RAI UHLEMANN and FRANCES DRAKE

We start with a song from Connemara called "CUNLA" which Seamus Ennis from the Irish some years ago. We heard it first from Kevin Conneff, a fine singer who runs the Tradition Club in Dublin.

Silver-tongued recruiting sergeant meets callow youth, inveigles him into public house and offers him the King's shilling. Youth awakes next day on the parade ground - bemoans lot and blames all on feckless father. We learned this one - "PAT REILLY" - from Sam Henry's fine North of Ireland collection - "Songs of the People".

Two slip jigs follow, "THE KID ON THE MOUNTAIN" and "AN PHIS FHLIUCH". The first of these is a particularly fine version which we learned from Seamus Ennis. Seamus tells us that this is exactly as his father used to play it on the pipes. "AN PHIS FHLIUCH" comes originally from Willie Clancy's father who was a fine flute player.

"AS I ROVED OUT" - We learned this sad and beautiful song from the singing of Paddy Tunney who lives in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. He has described it as dating back to the days of the famine, when any bit of property at all was enough to tempt a man to jilt his true love in favour of the "lassie with the land".

Next come two Reels called "THE DOGS AMONG THE BUSHES" and "JENNY'S WEDDING".
"THE WELL BELOW THE VALLEY" had never been collected from oral tradition in Britain or Ireland until Tom Munnelly heard John Reilly of Boyle, Co. Roscommon sing it. Other versions of the song appear in Child's Collection (No. 21). From these it is apparent that the song is based on the story of Jesus at the Well. Tom Munnelly tells us that many older singers refuse to sing the song because of its sinister, incestuous overtones.

"HEWLETT" is an old harp tune of which nothing is really known. It is presumed to have been composed by the blind harper Carolan.

"BEAN PHAIDiN" (The Woman of Paiden). A song from the West Coast of Ireland, learnt from the singing Sean Mac Donncadh. The best way to understand this song would be to learn Irish, the next best thing is a translation. This one is not altogether literal, but follows the meaning fairly closely.

BEAN PHAlDiN or The Woman of Paidin.
Oh, 'tis pity that I am not, that I am not, that I am not the woman of Paidin.
'Tis pity that I am not his woman, the woman he has, gone from him.
Oh, I went down by the shingles and round by Beal Ath na Boige.
Looking in through people's windows, to search out the woman of Paidin.
And I went down Toin a'Roisin, and back up by Barr a't Sailin,
And called in to Matthew O'Casey's, to search out the woman of Paidin.
Oh, I'd go to Galway, to Galway, to Galway I'd travel with Paidin.
Oh, I'd go to Galway, to Galway, to be in his boat with him returning.
I wish that your legs they were broken, a curse on you, woman of Paidin.
I wish that your legs they were broken, your legs and your bones to be broken.

The first of the two hornpipes we believe to be a version of "THE FISHERMAN'S HORNPIPE", the second one - "CRONIN'S HORNPIPE" - comes from the Kerry fiddling tradition through Padraic O'Keeffe and Denis Murphy.
Although the next song has the same title as one on the first side, the resemblance ends there -it is a completely different song. This version was learned from Andy Rynne of Prosperous, Co. Kildare.

The next tune is a double jig which was heard from the late Willie Clancy. Willic himself felt this to be one of the finest and probably one of the oldest jigs in existence. He called it "THE HUMOURS OF BALLYLOUGHLIN".

Finally, a song of Andy's called "TIME WILL CURE ME", which he hopes is self-explanatory. Suffice it to say that the girl was Israeli, that "Sabra" is the name of a particularly hardy cactus that grows in the Negev Desert and that, time did cure him.




Planxty

Group Members Andy Irvine Donal Lunny Matt Molloy Christy Moore Paul Brady Nollaig Casey Johnny Moynihan Liam O'Flynn Eoghan O'Neill Bill Whelan

Along with groups like the Bothy Band, Planxty helped to usher in a new era for modern Celtic music. While their sound remained rooted to traditional music, the band's virtuosic musicianship and high-energy delivery reflected modern influences, while their unique vocal harmonies and instrumental counterpoint was unprecedented in Irish music.
The founding members of Planxty - Christy Moore, Donal Lunny, Liam Og O'Flynn, and Andy Irvine - initially came together to provide instrumental accompaniment for Irish singer/songwriter Christy Moore's 1973 album, Prosperous. The sessions proved so inspiring that the musicians agreed to continue working together. With the release of their debut single, "Cliffs of Dooneen," the new band attracted international attention. An equally memorable, self-titled album, affectionately known as the Black Album, followed shortly afterwards.

Despite its success, Planxty was plagued by a series of personnel changes. Following the release of the band's second album, After the Break, Lunny departed for the Bothy Band and was replaced by Johnny Moynihan, who had previously played with Irvine in the Sweeney Men. Moore followed, after the release of the band's third album, Cold Blow and the Rainy Night, to resume his solo career and was replaced by singer/songwriter Paul Brady. The loss of Moore and Lunny was devastating and, shortly after releasing their fourth album, The Woman I Loved So Well, Planxty disbanded in 1975.

The seeds for Planxty's resurrection were planted in late 1978. In addition to the original members, the reformed group featured ex-Bothy Band and future Chieftains flute player Matt Molloy and keyboardist and future Riverdance producer Bill Whelan. Fiddlers James Kelly and Noelle Casey were added for the first album by the reunited group, Words and Music. The renewed energy petered out quickly. By 1983, Lunny and Moore had gone off to form a more electric trad-rock group, Moving Hearts. - Craig Harris



1973 Planxty Shanachie
1973 The Well Below the Valley Shanachie
1974 Cold Blow and the Rainy Night Shanachie
1979 After the Break Tara
1980 The Woman I Loved So Well Tara
1983 Words & Music Shanachie
1984 AMS Polydor