Altan – The First Album

1987
Altan: The First Album
  1. The Highlandman / The Cliffs of Glencolumbkille / Old Cuffe Street
  2. An tSeanchailleach Gallda / Dermot Byrne’s
  3. Tá Mo Chleamhnas á Dhéanamh
  4. The Cat that Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie
  5. Ceol a’ Phíobaire
  6. Tommy Peoples’ / Loch Altan / Danny Meehans’s
  7. Rogha An Ghabha / Charlie O’Donnell’s
  8. The Sunset
  9. Thug Mé Rúide
  10. The Humours of Whiskey / The Fairy Jig / The Humours of Whiskey
  11. Jimmy Lyons’ / Leslie’s Reel
  12. Cití na gCumann
  13. Con Cassidy’s Highland / Neilly O’Boyle’s Highland and Reel
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All titles are traditional, except the following:
The Sunset – composed by Cathal McConnell and Seamus Quinn
Loch Altan – composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Tracks 1,2,5,6,7,9,11,12,13 arranged by Kennedy, Ní Mhaonaigh, Kelly, Curran.
Tracks 3,4,8.10 arranged by Kennedy, Ní Mhaonaigh, Kelly, Curran, Lunny.

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Track 8: The Sunset

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh · Vocals, Fiddle
Frankie Kennedy · Flute
Ciarán Curran · Bouzouki
Mark Kelly · Guitar
Dónal Lunny · Bodhrán, Keyboards
Anna Ní Mhaonaigh · Additional Vocals

Dónal Lunny – Producer, Engineer
Lolly Kupec – Design

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