VARIOUS: OLDTIME RECORDS VOL. 1 - US RECORDINGS - TRADITIONAL IRISH RECORDINGS FROM THE 1920'S AND 1930'S
An excellent new collection of 22 recordings reissued for the first time from 78rpm records originally released in the US during the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the "big names" are here, James Morrison, Paddy Killoran, the Flanagan Brothers, John McKenna, etc, and there are several tracks by bands like the Philadelphia-based Four Provinces Orchestra or O'Leary's Irish Minstrels from Boston. Three of the recordings, by P.J. Conlon, Tom Ennis, and the Flanagans respectively, were made acoustically, i.e., before the introduction of the microphone (1925), and while the difference in fidelity with the other tracks will be noticed, the instruments used, accordion and uilleann pipes, recorded quite well under those conditions. There are substantial liner notes providing much information on the performers and the history of Irish music on early recordings. The colorful cover art reproduces three of the rarest Irish labels from that period.
Rating: ****
Price: $19.99
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