Christy Moore | The Early Years 1969-81 (2CD/DVD)

Release date: November 20, 2020

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Christy Moore is an Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter. Besides an impressive solo career, he was a member of the band Planxty for a time, starting in 1972.

Much of his music has political overtones: the environment, social injustices, and poverty; his lifelong struggle with alcohol is also a frequent theme in his songs. On his albums, he frequently collaborates with other Irish artists like Mary Black, The Dubliners, and Sinead O'Connor. Early in his career, he also frequently performed with his younger brother Barry—who later became known as Luka Bloom.

This first retrospective focuses on his solo career from 1969 to 1981. Album tracks and live recordings are featured. Many of these are being released for the first time on these releases; others were only available on rare vinyl releases.

This 2CD/DVD edition features 38 remastered tracks, 14 of which have never before been released on CD or digital formats. It also includes 23 previously unreleased live recordings from the RTÉ and BBC archives. A total of over three hours of music.

TRACKLIST:

CD 1

1. Home By Bearna*
2. Lanigan's Ball*
3. Limerick Rake*
4. Johnny Jump Up
5. Tippin' It Up To Nancy*
6. Rambling Robin
7. Little Musgrave
8. Nancy Spain*
9. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
10. Wave Up To The Shore*
11. What Put The Blood*
12. John O'Dreams
13. Trip To Jerusalem
14. Sacco & Vanzetti*
15. The Ballad Of Tim Evans
16. I Wish I Was In England
17. Joe McCann
18. Hey Sandy
19. The Crack Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man
20. The Cliffs of Dooneen

CD 2

1. One Last Cold Kiss; Trip To Roscoff*
2. The Raggle Taggle Gypsy; Tabhair Dom Do Lámh
3. The Moving-On-Song (Go! Move! Shift!)*
4. Spancilhill
5. The Foxy Devil
6. Clyde's Bonnie Banks
7. January Man*
8. The Sun Is Burning
9. House Down In Carne (The Ballad Of Nuke Power)
10. 90 Miles To Dublin
11. The Dark Eyed Sailor
12. Boys Of Mullabawn*
13. Bogey's Bonnie Belle
14. Galtee Mountain Boy*
15. Dalesman's Litany*
16. Cricketwood
17. The Ballad of James Larkin
18. Paddy On The Road
19. The Cliffs of Dooneen

DVD

1. The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
2. The Moving-On-Song
3. The Pages That I Read Make Me Sadder
4. The Dark Eyed Sailor
5. The Ballad Of Tim Evans
6. 1913 Massacre
7. The Sun Is Burning
8. Saint Patrick Was A Gentleman
9. House Down In Carne (The Ballad Of Nuke Power)
10. I Wish I Was In England
11. Wave Up To The Shore*
12. One Last Cold Kiss
13. Galtee Mountain Boy*
14. Lanigan's Ball*
15. January Man*
16. Trip To Jerusalem
17. John O'Dreams
18. Bogey's Bonnie Belle
19. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
20. Cricketwood
21. The Workers Are Being Used Again
22. Avondale
23. The Ballad Of James Larkin