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The Chieftains ‎- The Chieftains 7 (1977) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

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The Chieftains ‎- The Chieftains 7 (1977) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

The Chieftains ‎- The Chieftains 7
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Label: Columbia/PC 35612 | Released: 1977 | This Issue: 1978 | Genre: Irish-Folk

A1 Away We Go Again
A2 Dochas
A3 Hedigan's Fancy
A4 John O'Connor And The Ode To Whiskey
A5 Friel's Kitchen
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B1 No. 6 The Coombe
B2 O'Sullivan's March
B3 The Ace And Deuce Of Pipering
B4 The Fairies' Lamentation And Dance
B5 Oh! The Breeches Full Of Stitches


Bagpipes [Uillean Pipes], Tin Whistle – Paddy Moloney
Bodhrán – Kevin Conneff
Design – Elena Pavlov
Engineer [Mixing] – Victor Gramm
Engineer [Recording] – John Wood
Fiddle, Other [Bones] – Martin Fay
Fiddle, Tin Whistle – Sean Keane
Flute, Concertina, Tin Whistle – Michael Tubridy
Harp [Neo Irish Harp, Medieval Harps], Dulcimer [Tiompàn], Oboe – Derek Bell
Illustration – James Grashow
Producer – Paddy Moloney
Tin Whistle, Other [Bones] – Seán Potts
Notes
Recorded in Dublin Sound Studios, Ireland


The Chieftains ‎- The Chieftains 7 (1977) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

The Chieftains ‎- The Chieftains 7 (1977) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

The Chieftains ‎- The Chieftains 7 (1977) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz



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7 was the first Chieftains album released in the States by Columbia, though the group had been playing together and recording in some form since the early '60s. (Actually, 7 was first released in Ireland on the Claddagh label, and issued in America the subsequent year.) Truth be told, Chieftains albums don't vary enormously from one to the other. But this is one is, as expected, Irish traditional music of a high standard, and more varied within its LP-length program than many other such albums of the genre are. What makes the group stand out from many other Irish folk ensembles is the insistent percussive beats of their more up-tempo numbers, the rhythms held by bodhran and bones. More subtly, there's a gentleness and pastoral sensitivity to their treatments that eludes the brusquer, more in-your-face Irish combos. All those qualities are in force on this set, the percussive thrust coming to the fore on the opening "Away We Go Again," Derek Bell's beautiful harp highlighting the wistful "Dochas (Hope)" and the Carolan tunes "John Connor and the Ode to Whiskey." Elsewhere, the pace varies between jigs, reels, and slower selections, everyone in the band getting a chance to both take the spotlight and play as part of a team effort.
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