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Released
  
1974

Cold Blow and the Rainy Night (1974)
  
After The Break (1979)

Release date
  
1974

Label
  
Polydor Records

Length
  
45:44

Artist
  
Planxty

Producer
  
Phil Coulter

Genre
  
Folk music of Ireland

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Recorded
  
August, 1974, at Sarm Studios, Whitechapel, UK

Similar
  
Planxty albums, Folk music of Ireland albums, Other albums

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Cold Blow and the Rainy Night is the third album by the Irish folk group Planxty. It was recorded in Sarm Studios, Whitechapel, London during August 1974 and released the same year. It takes its title from the third song on the album, Cold Blow and the Rainy Night.

Contents

Track listing

All titles are traditional arranged by Planxty, except where indicated.

  1. "Johnny Cope" (song & hornpipe) – 5:16
  2. "Dennis Murphy's Polka"/"The 42-Pound Cheque"/"John Ryan's Polka" (polkas) – 3:07
  3. "Cold Blow And The Rainy Night" (song) – 2:40
  4. "'P' Stands For Paddy, I Suppose" (song) – 4:36
  5. "The Old Torn Petticoat"/"The Dublin Reel"/"The Wind That Shakes The Barley" (reels) – 3:46
  6. "Băneasă's Green Glade"/"Mominsko Horo" (song/Balkan dance) – 5:48
    (Andy Irvine)/(Trad., Arr. Irvine-Lunny)
  7. "The Little Drummer" (song) – 3:16
  8. "The Lakes Of Pontchartrain" (song) – 5:48
  9. "The Hare In The Corn"/"The Frost Is All Over"/"The Gander In The Pratie Hole" (jigs) – 4:22
  10. "The Green Fields Of Canada" (song) – 6:55

Personnel

  • Christy Moore - vocals, guitar, bodhrán, harmonium
  • Andy Irvine - vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica, hurdy-gurdy, dulcimer
  • Dónal Lunny - guitar, bouzouki, portative organ, bodhrán
  • Johnny Moynihan - vocals, bouzouki, fiddle, tin whistle
  • Liam O'Flynn - uilleann pipes, tin whistle
  • Songs

    1Johnny Cope5:18
    2Dennis Murphy's Polka / The £42 Cheque / John Ryan's Polka3:10
    3Cold Blow and the Rainy Night2:43

    References

    Cold Blow and the Rainy Night Wikipedia