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steve tilston

singer songwriter & guitarist

The Music of O’Carolan

The Music of O’Carolan
Steve Tilston, Seth Austen, Angelo Eleuteri, Duck Baker

Shanachie Records 95009 (LP, USA, 1987)
Shanachie Records 97023 (CD, USA, 1992)

LP Tracks

Side 1

  1. [ST, TH, MB] Planxty Irvin (4.37)
  2. [SA] Thomas Leixlip the Proud (2.22)
  3. [SA, MMacN] Planxty Eleanor Plunkett (2.05)
  4. [AE] Carolan’s Ramble to Cashel (2.40)
  5. [ST, TH, MB] O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music(3.57)
  6. [AE] Blind Mary (2.40)
  7. [DB, AA] Bridget Cruise (2.24)
Side 2
  1. [DB, AA] O’Hara’s Cup (2.44)
  2. [SA, MMacN] O’Carolan’s Concerto (1.46)
  3. [AE] Squire Wood’s Lamentation on the Refusal of His Half Pence (5.15)
  4. [ST, TH] Princess Royal (2.15)
  5. [SA] Planxty George Brabazon (1.55)
  6. [DB, AA] Hewlett (2.21)
  7. [AE] Carolan’s Welcome (3.05)
 

Musicians

Steve Tilston, guitar [1, 5, 11];
Tony Hinnigan, cello [1, 5, 11];
Maggie Boyle, flute [1, 5];
Seth Austen, guitar [2-3, 9, 12];
Madeline MacNeil, hammered dulcimer [3, 9];
Duck Baker, guitar [7-8, 13];
Alistair Anderson, concertina [7-8, 13];
Angelo Eleuteri, guitar [4, 6, 10, 14]

 

[1, 5, 11] recorded at Heartbeat Sound, London, England, engineered by Michael Klein;
[2-3, 9, 12] recorded at Bias Studio, Springfield, VA, engineered by Bill McElroy;
[4, 6, 10, 14] recorded at Studio TM, Rome, Italy, engineered by Paolo Antonini;
[7-8, 13] recorded at Craighall Recording Studio, Edinburgh, Scotland, engineered by George Veal;
Produced by Stefan Grossman;
Front cover design and hand-lettering by Anita Karl;
Cover illustration: The Granger Collection, New York