No problem - I generally have a browse around at least once in the week and you never know what might turn up on the boxes.
Anne the Pleater
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed." -- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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The box set of Chieftains 1-4 arrived today. I shall try hard to hold onto this one, pretty sure the others rolled out the door at my last place of employment, something that happened to some surprising items. Anyway, mission complete.
Listening to these discs brings home what a pool of talent the Chieftains represented, centred around piper Paddy Maloney but with other geniuses of tradition instruments such as Derek Bell on the Irish harp. I fear their like will never be seen again and pray Claddagh Records will hold on to and preserve those master tapes.
I used to slightly annoy a young Irish woman of my acquaintance by saying that the Chieftains' early recordings were a musical preservation of the Celtic bronze age, a statement that wasn't completely accurate and yet somehow completely true as well.
Last edited by Lallans; 27th August 22 at 12:14 PM.
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