Uilleann pipe records on ebay

Uilleann Pipes
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There are some interesting uilleann pipe albums on ebay. I did`nt know felix doran ever made a record.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58618&item=4011316866

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Felix Doran’s “Last of the travelling pipers” is a fine LP, definitely worth having as it hasn’t been reissued as a CD as of yet. Fine piping. Felix also did some sides for Copley back in the day. Felix’s grandson, Mickey Doran is carrying on the tradition, only one tune left on the site now unfortunately:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/onyourstreet/msmikey1.shtml

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Not bad for a 12 year old boy

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Yes, Mickey will be interesting to hear say in 6-7 years time if he keeps on playing and doesn’t get sidetracked or lose interest. There used to be 20-25 minutes of Mickey playing on the site, but seems like they have just the one tune these days. Whatever happened to Michael O’Connor? I think that was his name. A young man, resembled Elvis Presley and played very fast on a Cillian O’Briain full set. He was at a Johnny Doran weekend a couple of years ago and I heard him play in Ennis once. Is he still piping?

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I can’t listen to the tune! Can anyone help me?

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Michael O’Connell,
Yep, he’s playing as good as ever!

Tommy.

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You need a recent (?) version of RealPlayer on your computer. Shouldn’t be anything tricky to install. :slight_smile:
Which browser you’re using?

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Well … they whole set of tunes is still there. You just need to change something in the settings of the .ram file.

  1. Go to the page
  2. Right-click on the “Listen” and safe it to your harddisk (should be named “woysmikey.ram”)
  3. Open it in a text-editor
  4. Change the “end” argument to something else than it is right now. I haven’t tried the full length yet (9 minutes ???). With 9 minutes playing time it might look as:

rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/radio3/woysmikey.rm?start=“00:00”&end=“09:00”

  1. Safe the file with the changes you made
  2. Double-click or open it directly with RealPlayer and enjoy! :party:
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There are two reels out there. You do not need to accept the offered update to RealPlayer to play it.

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I believe, and I could be mistaken, that the update is mostly so RP can stick you with more advertising and insist on your “donating” money.

Dionys

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I believe, and I could be mistaken, that the update is mostly so RP can stick you with more advertising and insist on your “donating” money.

Dionys

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Thanx, but it was just my Zone Labs Security program which had made the problems. The tune is very good.

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Very good for less than a years playing. It must be in the blood.