High Kings of Tara is a compilation album from Tara Music, showcasing tracks previously released by some of its artists: Shaun Davey, Oisín, Jolyon Jackson, Paddy Glackin, Paddy Keenan, Stockton's Wing and Christy Moore.[2]

High Kings of Tara
Compilation album (Sampler)
Released1980
GenreIrish folk music
LabelTara Music TARA 3003
ProducerVarious
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

This album also included five previously unreleased tracks by Planxty, Moore and Andy Irvine. Two of these, Irvine's "The Bonny Light Horseman"[3]: 50–51  and a set of reels by Planxty, "Lord McDonald/The Chattering Magpie", were added later on to the CD version of After The Break.[4]

The remaining three tracks were:[2]

This song was never re-released on CD.
  • "First Slip/Hardyman The Fiddler A&B/The Yellow Wattle", a set of jigs by Planxty, including Matt Molloy; this was never re-released either.
  • "John of Dreams", a ballad by Moore, which was later re-released on the CD version of The Iron Behind the Velvet under the slightly different title of "John O'Dreams".

Track listing

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Side One

  1. "The Bonny Light Horseman" – Planxty
  2. "Pride of the Herd"[5] – Shaun Davey (courtesy of CBS Records)
  3. "General Monroe" – Andy Irvine
  4. "First Slip/Hardyman The Fiddler A&B/The Yellow Wattle" – Planxty
  5. "The Next Market Day" – Oisín (from the album Over the Moor to Maggie, TARA 2012)

Side Two

  1. "The Long Note" – Paddy Glackin and Jolyon Jackson (from the album Hidden Ground, TARA 2009)
  2. "John of Dreams" – Christy Moore
  3. "The Boyne Hunt/Toss the Feathers" – Paddy Glackin & Paddy Keenan (from the album Doublin, TARA 2007)
  4. "Maid Behind the Bar" – Stockton's Wing (from the album Stockton's Wing, TARA 2004)
  5. "The Sun is Burning" – Christy Moore (from the album The Iron Behind the Velvet, TARA 2002)
  6. "Lord McDonald/The Chattering Magpie" – Planxty

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b Sleeve notes from The High Kings of Tara, Tara Records TARA 3003, 1980.
  3. ^ a b Irvine, Andy (1988). Aiming for the Heart. Germany: Heupferd Musik Verlag GmbH. ISBN 39-2344-501-6.
  4. ^ Planxty – After The Break CD, Tara Records Ltd, TARACD 3001, 1992.
  5. ^ "The Pride Of The Herd" EP at discogs website Retrieved on 11 March 2015.
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