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- 12 August 1972 ; 18 February 1975 (Creation)
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Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1–27;
singing in English A6;
whistling A21(?);
speech in English, throughout;
[unidentified performer, Joe], lilting A1–11;
speech in English A1–11;
Breathnach, Breandán, speech in English, throughout;
Munnelly, Tom, speech in English, throughout;
[unidentified performers], speech in English A1–11
Running Order:
1. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756–9, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10; Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of my Life (version of? DMI, # 79)]
2. Reels: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.11 (where this recording is referenced); 5075.12–.16 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell], An Bhean Tinceara [CICD 5750.11–.12 (from this recording); 2686.11, 4028–30 (none from this recording)]
3. Jig: The Four Posts of the Bed [CICD 1349.12–.13 (none from this recording), 1349.14–.15 (where this recording is referenced)]
4. Air: An Drucht Geal Ceo / The Foggy Dew [Not in CICD]
5. Jig: Come into the Town, My Lady-O [CICD 987.11–.12 (from this recording)]
6. Song, Reel: Untitled (short; unfinished), Sean sa Cheo [CICD 3976.11–.12, 5649 (none from this recording), 3976.13–.14 (where this recording is referenced)]
7. Reel: The Boy in the Gap (old version) [CICD 2920.11 (where this recording is referenced); 2920, 2921–.11 (none from this recording); distinct from the standard version of this tune, which MR also plays.]
8. Reel: Boil the Kittle Early [CICD 5498.11 from this recording; Breandan Breathnach adds note: Mixture of 'Repeal of the Union' and 'Boy in the Gap'; Boil the Kettle Early]
9. Reels: The Green Groves of Erin [CICD 2913.11 (where this recording is referenced)], The Ivy Leaf [3622.11 (where this recording is referenced)]
10. Speech, Polka: The White Cockade [words sung to the tune], The White Cockade [CICD 6475.11 (where this recording is referenced); CRE 2, # 115]
11. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6506.11 (where this recording is referenced), 6507.12 (not from this recording); repeated at track 18]
12. Jig, Speech: Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots [CICD 1251.11 (where this recording is referenced); 1252 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 17], Untitled [Information about the tune Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots]
13. Jig / Single Jig / Slide: Untitled [CICD 2323.11 (Not from this recording), 2325.11 (where this recording is referenced)]
14. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.12 (where this recording is referenced); 1809–.11, 1809–.13 (none from this recording)]
15. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4684.11–.12 (where this recording is referenced); 4684.13, 4978–.12 (none from this recording); partly composed by MR; commonly known as Micho Russell's; as Carty's Reel from MR in CRE 2, # 294]
16. Reel: Rafferty's Reel [CICD 3316.11–.12 (from this recording); 3317.11 (not from this recording; where Breandan Breathnach says it is a version of The Rising Sun); The Old Blackthorn (version)]
17. Polka: The Bog Down in the Valley [CICD 6283.11 (where this recording is referenced); 6285 (not from this recording); The British Grenadiers (title supplied by Breandan Breathnach)]
18. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6506.11 (where this recording is referenced); 6507.12 (not from this recording); repeated at track 11]
19. Reel: The Banshee / An Bhean Si [CICD 4864.11 (where this recording is referenced); 4864.12–.13, 5384.11 (none from this recording); tune is featured on the Flanagan Brothers 78 rpm disc titled 'The Flanagans Chase the Banshee']
20. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.13 (where this recording is referenced, though reference is crossed out); 3988.11–.12, 3988.14, 3989 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281] [END OF BAND ONE ?]
21. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5703.11 (where this recording is referenced); 5703.12 (not from this recording)]
22. Air / March, Speech: Untitled [Not in CICD], Untitled [about John White, flute player]
23. Jig / March: Brian Boru's March [CICD 1326.14–.15 (from this recording)]
24. Fling and Reel, Speech: The Keel Row [CICD 6533 (from this recording); played in fling time and then faster], Untitled [background to the tune; accompanying dance; words to the tune by MR and Breandan Breathnach]
25. Speech and Song, Dance Tune: The Verse of Vienna [background to tune, and sung version], do. [CICD 6544 (from this recording?); Father Halpin's Top Coat; Varsovienne]
26. Barn Dance / Fling, Speech: The Barn Dance / Moneymusk [CICD 6540 (from this recording?); 6538–39 (none from this recording)], Untitled [MR's reminiscences of people dancing the barn dance]
27. Jig / Dance Tune: The Handkerchief Dance [CICD 1196.12 (where this recording is referenced); 1196.11, 1197 (none from this recording); An Bothar o thuaidh go dti Arainn (from CICD 1197); CRE 2, # 65 from MR] [END OF BAND TWO]
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- Irish
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References to CICD cards contain information only about sound recordings from Micho Russell.
Digitised and catalogued by Jackie Small, January 2004.
Dubbed to DAT Nov 1997
Imported from Reeldubs July 2013
ARDI: 12 August 1972, A1–11 -- 18 February 1975, A12–27
Copy Notes from Inmagic: CopyNumber 2, 3 -- CopyLocation Non-Commercial Sound Recordings Room / box ITMA DAT Tapes 568-709 / 608-ITMA-REEL/DAT (0.18.20 - 0.50.10) (band one) ; Non-Commercial Sound Recordings Room / box ITMA DAT Tapes 568-709 / 608-ITMA-REEL/DAT (0.50.15 - 1.07.50) (band two), Commercial Sound Recordings Room. CD Cabinets / Non-commercial sound recordings / 133a-ITMA-REEL/CDR -- CopyAccessionNo 30804-13, 30805-13 -- CopyAccessionDate 21 June 2013, 21 June 2013 -- CopyAccessionedBy Dubbed in ITMA, 1997, Dubbed for ITMA, 2004 ; Jackie Small -- CopyMaterialType DAT, CDR
Documentation:
Spoken information on tape ; See related ephemera ; Carton: ; Label on top of spine: ; In red: 'R Browne / M O'Brien' ; In green, over the material in red: 'MR / 11' [with the letters M and R joined] ; Label at bottom of spine: 'Front Line / Pirates / Tape 9' ; Circular insert in tape: ; In BB's hand: 'MR 11' [later addition; with the letters M and R joined] Then follows a detailed list of contents for the tape in Finbar Boyle's hand (sound technician in the Folk Music Section, UCD at Earlsfort Terrace) with copious notes added in BB's hand. The list is headed 'Miko Russell'. Dates are given as '12.8.1972' for the first part of the tape, and '18.2.75' for the second part. At the end of the list, in BB's hand: 'from Earlsfort Terrace' ; CICD cards written from this tape ; CICD: All the music cards for this tape seem to stem from the time after BB's retirement. The only tape ID on them is BB's 'logo' for MR (with the letters M and R joined)
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- English