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THE CHIEFTAINS

Members: Paddy Moloney, Seán Keane, Kevin Conneff, Matt Molloy
Genres: Celtic music, Irish folk music

basic information

release date	1995 Jan, 23 [1,3], 1995 Jan. 24 [2,4]
country of manufacture	Germany [1,3], USA [2¤,4]
label	RCA [1,3], RCA Victor [2,4]
catalog no.	74321 25167 4 [3], 09026-62702-4 [4] {Cass.}, 74321 25167 2 [1], 09026-62702-2 [2] {CD}
format	Cass. [3,4], CD [1,2]
note of registration	(P)1995 ©1995 BMG Music [1-4]
recording	Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin by Brian Masterson assisted by Alistair McMillan
mixing	Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin by Brian Masterson assisted by Alistair McMillan
mastering	n/a
production	Paddy Moloney
credits	n/a

musicians

*Mark Knopfler*	guitar, vocals
Paul Brady 5)	guitar
Martin Fay	fiddle 1)
Seán Keane 5)	fiddle 1)
Kevin Conneff	bodhrán, vocals 1)
Matt Molloy	flute 1)
Paddy Moloney	uillean pipes, tin whistle 1)
Derek Bell	harp, tiompán, keyboards 1)

tracks [CD]

6	Lily of the west, the (5:10)

notes

1) Which additional musicians play in this song is not clear from the accompanying material of the album.

Mark Knopfler and Paddy Moloney

taken from the booklet:
I first heard this song back in the 1960s, when traditionel ballad singing was undergoiing somethig of a renaissance. Orginally an English street ballad of "boadside", I believe it became very popular in America in the 19th Century. The original air can be found in Sing out - The Folk Song Magazine, Vol. 7 and Colm O'Louchlann's Iriush Street Ballade. This air is very similar to another ballad. The Lakes of Pontchartrain, as recorded By Paul Brady, and it was this version that Mark preferred to use.

also available

source Golden Guide [C]

	year	country of manufacture	format	label	catalog no.	note of registration
	2004	USA	CD	mobile fidelity sound lab / BMG	UDCD 762	(C) + (P) 1995 BMG Music / (C) 2004 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.