Unidad documental simple BBR-18712/1/258822 - Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 55 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo A1–12, 14–17;
speech in English A13 and throughout;
Breathnach, Breandan, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1604, 1605 (both from this recording?); 724.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 53 (from this recording); The Lark's March]
2. Music Demonstration: Untitled [MR demonstrates ornamentation for BB; tune used is that played on track 1]
3. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.14 (from this recording); 1809.12–.13 (not from this recording); minor key, tonic note B; for MR's version of this tune with tonic note A, see CICD 1809 and 1809.11); not the same tune as that at track 1; this track was originally recorded at half the speed of most other tracks on this tape – perhaps as a demonstration of ornamentation]
4. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [CICD 2089 (from this recording; where BB suggests that Percy French used this tune for his song Come Back, Paddy Reilly); 2091.11 (not from this recording); Sweet Biddy Daly (DMI, # 278); the original reel-to-reel version of this track has a change of speed in mid-tune – the version here contains a preliminary edit that eliminates the speed change. The original versions of this track played at each of the speeds involved are given at tracks 16 and 17]
5. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [Repeat of tune on previous track; recorded at standard speed for this tape]
6. Reel: Matt the Thresher [CICD 5359 (from this recording); 5359.11 (not from this recording); The Holly Bush; repeated at track 12]
7. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2923 (from this recording); 2924–.11, 4033.11 (none from this recording)]
8. Jig: Willie Cronin's Jig / Willie Coleman's [CICD 1401 (from this recording; on which title is given as Willie Cronin's – error by MR?); 1406.12 (not from this recording); composed by Martin Wynne?]
9. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814 (from this recording); 1814.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
10. Polka / March: The Battle of Aughrim [CICD 6448–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 118 (from MR)]
11. Music Demonstration: Untitled [MR demonstrates ornamentation for BB; tune used is the first part of the following reel: The Maid that Left the County [CICD 4286, 4288.11–.14, 4289 (none from this recording); The Honeymoon (DMI, # 791); Lady O'Brien's Reel (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, # 96)]
12. Reel: Matt the Thresher [CICD 5359 (from this recording); 5359.11 (not from this recording); The Holly Bush; repeat of tune at track 6]
13. Speech: Untitled [The figures that constitute the Plain and Caledonian Sets; the Christmas figure in the Plain Set, for which a jig is played; The Boyne Water played for the last figure of the Plain Set; polka (for example, The White Cockade) played for the last figure of the Plain Set]
14. Polka, Speech: The White Cockade [CICD 6475.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 115 (from MR)], Untitled [Polka danced in MR's local area only as part of a set, never as a couple dance; words sung to The White Cockade]
15. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.12 (where this recording is referenced); 1162.11, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
16. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [The original reel-to-reel version of this track begins at 1 7/8ips and changes to 3 3/4ips in mid-track. This track reproduces the original tape version played at 1 7/8ips. For a reproduction at 3 3/4ips, see track For an edited version of the track that eliminates the speed change, see track For tune information, see track 4]
17. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [The original reel-to-reel version of this track begins at 1 7/8ips and changes to 3 3/4ips in mid-track. This track reproduces the original tape version played at 3 3/4ips. For a reproduction in its correct speed of the section at 1 7/8ips, see track For an edited version of the track that eliminates the speed change, see track For tune information, see track 4]