I took my minidisc recorder to the local session a while back, and recorded a few hours of music. Unfortunately, I’ve got about 1/3 of it still un-identified, and would be very interested in any help I could get identifying them.
The sound quality is pretty poor, because I was recording in a noisy bar about 8 feet away from the nearest musician. The files are between 1 and 2 megs in size each. I’m not the whistler playing on the recordings.
The tune I would most like identified is the polka at the beginning of this 2-polka set (I’m pretty sure the 2nd one is John Ryans):http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/28.mp3
The next one I’m interested in is:http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/29.mp3
The rest I only have a vague interest in currently, but list them just in case someone has the urge to give them a listen and help me out.
http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/01.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/02.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/03.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/08.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/11.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/13.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/14.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/15.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/17.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/18.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/21.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/22.mp3 http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/23.mp3
Stan
September 3, 2002, 2:05am
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That first polka sounds like “O’Sullivans”
NancyF
September 3, 2002, 2:19am
3
I agree, Bill Sullivan’s.
11 has Langstrom’s Pony for the second one, the one that sounds like someone is falling down a flight of stairs. Can’t play that one myself yet.
21 starts with Blackthorn Stick.
If I get more I’ll edit this message again.
[ This Message was edited by: avanutria on 2002-09-02 23:03 ]
Stan
September 3, 2002, 3:19am
5
Greg, the second one (#29 ) sure sounds like
Thanks folks! I appreciate it tons
colomon
September 3, 2002, 5:34pm
7
#01 is Miss McLeod’s followed by Sally Gardens#02 I’ve heard but don’t know
Still waiting on #29 to download, may try a few others in the meantime.
colomon
September 3, 2002, 5:50pm
8
On #08 , I don’t recognize the first one at all, but the second is the Otter’s Holt.
Teri-K
September 3, 2002, 5:51pm
9
On 2002-09-03 13:50, colomon wrote:#08 , I don’t recognize the first one at all, but the second is the Otter’s Holt.
The first part of #8 is Tommy Coen’s
Teri
colomon
September 3, 2002, 6:07pm
10
#03: The Musical Priest#14: Mountain Road/Farewell to Erin
A number of my downloads seem to have hungup halfway through. Sigh…
colomon
September 3, 2002, 6:16pm
11
#29 is Pinch of Snuff (all the way through – it’s got five parts or so)
[ This Message was edited by: colomon on 2002-09-03 14:16 ]
colomon
September 3, 2002, 9:39pm
13
#18 is either Stack of Wheat or Stack of Barley – I can never remember which is which.
#22 is the set from track 3 of Lunasa’s Otherworld. With the right names (but perhaps not correct spelling), it’s The Roaring Barmaid/Sliabh Russel/The Cock and the Hen.
colomon
September 3, 2002, 10:15pm
14
Second tune of #13 is the Cliffs of Moher.
D’oh! I knew that
On 2002-09-03 18:15, colomon wrote:#13 is the Cliffs of Moher.
NancyF
September 4, 2002, 12:17am
16
Greg, could you post a summary of what you have so far?
colomon
September 4, 2002, 4:07am
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On 2002-09-03 23:38, Wandering_Whistler wrote:11](http://www.tinwhistler.com/misc/unknown/11.mp3%22%3E11) > - unknown/langstrom’s pony/unknown
Actually, this one ends with the Langstrom Pony – it’s a four-part jig.
Ah..that’d explain why it sounded like 2 tunes to my ears
On 2002-09-04 00:07, colomon wrote:
here’s what you guys have identified so far: