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  • Audio CD (26 Feb 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • ASIN: B00000855I
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,379 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Spanish Cloak 1:33£0.69
Listen  2. Come By The Hills 4:07£0.69
Listen  3. The Mountain Of The Women (Sliabhna Mban) 2:46£0.69
Listen  4. Dainty Davy 3:12£0.69
Listen  5. Tattered Jack Welch 1:36£0.69
Listen  6. The Flowers In The Valley 4:30£0.69
Listen  7. Pigeon On The Gate (Reel) 1:12£0.69
Listen  8. Leezy Lindsay 3:51£0.69
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Listen10. The Curragh Of Kildare 4:47£0.69
Listen11. Piper In The Meadow Straying (Set Dance) 1:50£0.69
Listen12. Ned Of The Hill 3:45£0.69
Listen13. This Town Is Not Your Own 3:53£0.69
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Listen17. Let Me Go To The Mountains 3:52£0.69
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Listen20. Lonesome Boatman 3:15£0.69
Listen21. Carron Lough Bay 2:29£0.69
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4.0 out of 5 stars MOST OF THE BEST, BUT NOT ALL, 31 May 2001
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Subtitled "The Spanish Cloak" (after the rousing instrumental on the opening track), this 1996 compilation does not quite live up to the claim in its main title because of three glaring omissions. But it is a fine reminder of the boys' original repertoire of pure, unadulterated Irish traditional music, before Finbar starting crooning the likes of "Beautiful Dreamer" and "Scarlet Ribbons" with orchestral backing, thus making the brothers household names way beyond the folk clubs.

And it's a reminder that in those old, pre-fame-and-fortune days, Eddie did the singing. His 12 vocals here include the classics "Come By The Hills" and "The Town Is Not Your Own", the enchanting "Leezy Lindsay" and one I'd never heard before - "Let Me Go To The Mountains", a plaintive song about an American Indian longing for his freedom with the telling refrain, "White man, let me go".

It's also a feast for admirers of the band's virtuosity on banjo, flute and uilleann pipes (the other 12 of the 24 tracks are all instrumental). The haunting flute melodies "Ned Of The Hill" and "The Lonesome Boatman" contrast nicely with hearty jigs and reels like "Tattered Jack Welch" and "Pigeon On The Gate".

And what might the "three glaring omissions" be? Surely their chart hit (but a folk song nonetheless) "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"? Surely Eric Bogle's powerful "Green Fields Of France" (originally entitled "No Man's Land"), about the carnage of the First World War? And surely Ralph McTell's hymn to homesickness, "From Clare To Here"? The Fureys made this one their own, speeding it up and even changing the tune.

But you do get 24 tracks and 78 minutes of vintage Fureys. You can't have everything!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pete J G is spot on, 19 Jan 2006
Everything Pete from Leicester said is correct. This is Proper, vintage Fureys. Beautifully performed traditional tunes - with loads of Pipes, whistles and flutes. Eddies singing is sublime. Wonderful, Original Fureys at their best. Get this and forget about the later embarassing stuff - e.g. Until The 12th of Never et al. (25th anniversary album, most of it is dreadful)
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