The Chieftains - The Chieftains 5 (1975) Original DE Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

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The Chieftains - The Chieftains 5
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: Polydor/2310426 | Released: 1975 | Genre: Irish-Folk

A1 The Timpán Reel
A2 Tabhair Dom Do Lámh (Give Me Your Hand)
A3 Three Kerry Polkas
A4 Ceol Bhriotánach (Breton Music)
A5 The Chieftains’ Knock On The Door
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B1 The Robber’s Glen
B2 An Ghé Agus Grá Geal (The Goose And Bright Love)
B3 The Humours Of Carolan
B4 Samhradh, Samhradh (Summertime, Summertime)
B5 Kerry Slides


Phonographic Copyright (p) – Claddagh Records Ltd. – 1975
Credits
Bagpipes [Uilleann Pipes], Tin Whistle – Paddy Moloney
Bodhrán, Bones – Peadar Mercier
Bones – Ronnie McShane
Fiddle – Martin Fay (2), Sean Keane
Flute, Concertina, Tin Whistle – Michael Tubridy
Harp, Oboe, Timpani – Derek Bell
Tin Whistle – Seán Potts
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side 1): 2310 426 S1 320 A 1 1
Matrix / Runout (Side 2): 2310 426 S2 320 F 1
Rights Society: GEMA







This Rip: 2016
Cleaning: RCM Moth MkII Pro Vinyl
Direct Drive Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK2 Quartz
Cartridge: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Amplifier: Marantz 2252
ADC: E-MU 0404
DeClick with iZotope RX5: Only Manual (Click per click)
Vinyl Condition: NM-
This LP: From personal collection
LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
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The fifth album by the Chieftains was also their best, and their first one to cross over, at least in America — where it was originally issued by the Island label — to progressive rock audiences.
It was also the group’s most pronouncedly lyrical album up to that time, with newest member Derek Bell’s harp providing the album’s intro and Paddy Moloney’s pipes, Michael Tubridy’s and Sean Potts’ tin whistle sharing the spotlight, percussionists Peador Mercier and Ronnie McShane, by contrast, show amazing restraint across this recording, which gives most of the material on Chieftains 5 a much more poignant, haunting tone, at least until the fourth cut, “Ceol Bhriotanach (Breton Music),” where the familiar bodhran and bones come in — and the group crosses over into territory more familiar to fans of Alan Stivell. But even here, the addition of Bell’s harp, and its thorough integration to the group’s sound, opens up a vast, rich palette of sound not in evidence as fully on their prior work. Seán Keane’s and Martin Fay’s fiddles come to the fore on “The Robber’s Glen,” and from there the music blooms in several directions at once across the remainder of the album, ending on the bracing “Kerry Slides.” This was the Chieftains’ flash point among college-age listeners in America (beyond the ranks of those of Irish descent or majoring in Irish studies), as the album got airplay on radio stations such as WNEW-FM in New York.
Review by Bruce Eder, allmusic.com
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