Recorded Fall 1972 Producer Alan O'Duffy, Horslips Artist Horslips Label Wounded Bird Records | Length 44:45 Happy to Meet - Sorry to Part
(1972) The Táin
(1973) Release date 1972 | |
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Released 1972 (Ireland)
1973 (UK, Europe and U.S.) Studio Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in Ireland Genres Celtic rock, Progressive rock Horslips albums The Táin, Dancehall Sweethearts, The Book of Invasions, Tracks From the Vaults, Roll Back | ||
Happy to Meet – Sorry to Part is an album by Irish rock band Horslips. It was first released in Ireland by the end of 1972 as their début album. Before this, they had released the same year three singles: Johnny's Wedding/Flower amang Them All and Green Gravel/Fairy King in Ireland and The High Reel/Furniture overseas. Happy to Meet – Sorry to Part was also released the following year in United Kingdom, Germany, France and United States. In 1978, the LP was re-released in UK together with The High Reel, added as the last track.
Contents
This is widely considered to be the first Celtic rock album ever recorded. With this, Horslips took the lead in Irish music of the time and created an original mixture from traditional Irish tunes and rock music. The album's name itself is that of an Irish jig.
The original vinyl release was enclosed in an octagonal album cover.
Track listing
- "Happy to Meet" (instrumental) – 0:48
- "Hall of Mirrors" – 5:29
- "The Clergy's Lamentation" (instrumental) – 4:39
- "An Bratach Bán" – 2:04
- "The Shamrock Shore" – 4:34
- "Flower Amang Them All" (instrumental) – 2:04
- "Bím Istigh Ag Ól" – 3:43
- "Furniture" – 5:13
- "Ace and Deuce" (instrumental) – 3:35
- "Dance to Yer Daddy" – 4:37
- "Scalloway Ripoff" (instrumental) – 1:54
- "The Musical Priest" (instrumental) – 4:33
- "Sorry to Part" (instrumental) – 1:32
- "The High Reel" (instrumental) – 2:43
Personnel
Songs
1Happy to Meet0:48
2Hall of Mirrors5:30
3The Clergy's Lamentation4:39