Altan - The Best Of

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Tommy Peoples/The Windmill/Fintan McManus's	3:14
1-1a	Tommy Peoples Written-By – Traditional
1-1b	The Windmill Written-By – Ciarán Tourish*
1-1c	Fintan McManus's Written-By – Fintan McManus
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1-2	Moll Dubh A' Ghleanna Written-By – Traditional	3:31
Jimmy Lyon's/The Teelin/The Red Crow/The Broken Bridge	4:42
1-3a	Jimmy Lyon's Written-By – Traditional
1-3b	The Teelin Written-By – Traditional
1-3c	The Red Crow Written-By – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
1-3d	The Broken Bridge Written-By – Traditional
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1-4	The Sunset Written-By – Cathal McConnell, Séamus Quinn	3:38
1-5	Glory Reel/The Heathery Cruach Written-By – Traditional	2:54
1-6	The Flower Of Magherally Written-By – Traditional	4:19
1-7	Mazurka Written-By – Traditional	2:42
1-8	A Bhean Udai Thall Written-By – Traditional	3:28
1-9	King Of The Pipers Written-By – Traditional	3:08
1-10	'Si Do Mhaimeo I Written-By – Traditional	2:50
1-11	The Jug Of Punch Written-By – Traditional	3:29
1-12	The Emyvale/Ril Gan Ainm/The Three Merry Sisters Of Fate Written-By – Traditional	3:05
1-13	An Mhaighdean Mhara Written-By – Traditional	2:52
1-14	Dulaman Written-By – Traditional	3:42
Drowsy Maggie/Rakish Paddy/Harvest Storm	3:01
1-15a	Drowsy Maggie Written-By – Traditional
1-15b	Rakish Paddy Written-By – Traditional
1-15c	Harvest Storm Written-By – Frankie Kennedy, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
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1-16	An Feochan Written-By – Tommy Peoples	4:45
2-1	Con Cassidy's/Neil Gow's Highland/Moll And Tiarna/McSweeney's	4:17
2-2	The Yellow Tinker/Lady Montgomery	1:46
2-3	Thug Me Ruide	2:35
2-4	Ta Mo Chleamhnas A Dheanamh	5:03
2-5	The Curlew/McDermott's/Three Scones Of Boxty/Unnamed Reel	4:16
2-6	Tuirse Mo Chroi	3:56
2-7	Paddy's Trip To Scotland/Dinky's/The Shetland Fiddler	4:46
2-8	Johnny's Wedding/Rogue's Reel/The Gravel Walk	4:36

Credits

• Accordion – Dermot Byrne (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-7)
• Arranged By – Altan, P.J. Curtis* (tracks: 1-3)
• Backing Vocals – Anna Ní Mhaonaigh (tracks: 1-14), Ciarán Tourish* (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15), Dáithí Sproule (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14), Frankie Kennedy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15), Mark Kelly (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15)
• Bass [Fretless] – Steve Cooney (tracks: 1-11, 1-14)
• Bodhrán – Colin Murphy (tracks: 1-8, 1-16), Dónal Lunny* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-14), Tommy Hayes (tracks: 1-5, 1-9, 1-10, 1-15)
• Bodhrán [Bass] – Dónal Lunny* (tracks: 1-8, 1-16), Tommy Hayes (tracks: 1-9, 1-10, 1-15)
• Bouzouki – Ciarán Curran*
• Bouzouki [Bouzouki-guitar] – Ciarán Curran* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9 to 1-15)
• Compiled By – Thomas Rota
• Design – Brian Wittman
• Double Bass – Garvan Gallagher (tracks: 1-2)
• Edited By – Christian Scholze (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8), Jan Reichow (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8), Jean Trouillet (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8)
• Engineer – Brian Masterson (tracks: 1-1, 1-7, 1-5, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15), Dan Fitzgerald (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-12, 1-16), Dónal Lunny* (tracks: 1-4)
• Fiddle – Ciarán Tourish* (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15), Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Paul O'Shaughnessy (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-10, 1-12, 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-8)
• Flute – Frankie Kennedy
• Guitar – Dáithí Sproule (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14), Mark Kelly
• Guitar [High Strung] – Mark Kelly (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-12)
• Jew's Harp – Tommy Hayes (tracks: 1-9, 1-10, 1-15)
• Keyboards – Dónal Lunny* (tracks: 1-4, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-15), Phil Cunningham (tracks: 1-8, 1-16)
• Liner Notes – Earle Hitchner
• Low Whistle – Frankie Kennedy (tracks: 1-1, 1-5,.1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14)
• Mastered By – Christian Scholze (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8), Dieter Wegner (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8)
• Percussion – Steve White (tracks: 1-8, 1-16), Tommy Hayes (tracks: 1-9, 1-10, 1-14, 1-15)
• Photography By – Colm Henry, Kevin Yatarola
• Piano – Marie Askin (tracks: 1-6), Séamus Quinn (tracks: 1-3)
• Producer – Altan (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14), Brian Masterson (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14), Dónal Lunny* (tracks: 1-4), P.J. Curtis* (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12, 1-15), Phil Cunningham (tracks: 1-8, 1-16)
• Remastered By – Brian Masterson (tracks: 1-1, 1-7, 1-15c), Dónal Lunny* (tracks: 1-1, 1-7, 1-15c, 1-16)
• Shaker – Tommy Hayes (tracks: 1-11)
• Translated By – Proinsias Ó Maonaigh
• Vocals – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-16, 2-1 to 2-8)
• Whistle – Ciarán Tourish* (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-15), Frankie Kennedy (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12, 1-15), Phil Cunningham (tracks: 1-8, 1-16)

Notes

The Best of Altan (GLCD1177) packaged together with an exclusive, Limited Edition Bonus CD (Altan recorded live at the Museum Bochum (Bochum, Germany) in January 15, 1989).

Track 1-4 from the CD Altan (GLCD 1078) and recorded in Aigle Studios, Dublin, Ireland.

Tracks 1-8, 1-16 from the CD Horse With A Heart (GLCD 1095) and recorded at Lansdowne Studio in Dublin, Ireland in July 1988. Track 1-16 remastered 1995.

Tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-12 from the CD The Red Crow (GLCD 1109) and recorded at Westland Studios, Sublin, Ireland, June 1990.

Tracks 1-9, 1-10, 1-15 from the CD Harvest Storm (GLCD 1117) recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dunlin, Ireland, September/October 1991.

Tracks 1-1, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-5 from the CD Island Angel (GLCD 1137) recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland, July 1993. Tracks 1-1, 1-7 remastered 1995.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 048248117722

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