- Prosperous (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Prosperous
Type = studio
Artist =Christy Moore
Released = 1972
Recorded = Prosperous, Co. Kildare
Genre = Folk
Length = 38:56
Label = Tara
Producer =Bill Leader
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2zhqoa9ayijn~T1 link]
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Next album ="Prosperous" is the second album by Irish folk
musician Christy Moore , released in1972 . His first album, "Paddy On The Road" was recorded byDominic Behan in1969 and has long been out of print. In addition to Moore's guitar and voice, "Prosperous" featured musicians Andy Irvine (mandolin ,mouth organ ), Liam Óg O'Flynn (uilleann pipes ,tin whistle ), andDonal Lunny (guitar ,bouzouki ). These four musicians later gave themselves the name,Planxty , making this album something of the first Planxty album in all but name. Other musicians includedKevin Conneff (later ofThe Chieftains ) onbodhrán , Clive Collins onfiddle , and Dave Bland onconcertina . The album takes its name from the town of Prosperous,County Kildare , where it was recorded by producerBill Leader .The majority of the songs on the album are traditional, with the exception of "James Connolly" by established folk singer
Patrick Galvin , "Tribute to Woody" (aboutWoody Guthrie ) byBob Dylan (originally titled "Song to Woody "), "The Ludlow Massacre", by Guthrie, "A Letter to Syracuse" by English folksingersDave Cartwright andBill Caddick , and "I Wish I Was In England", an early composition by Moore, who would go on to establish himself as a significant songwriter of Irish music. The album opens with a medley of the traditional song "The Raggle Taggle Gipsies" and the piping tune "Tabhair Dom Do Lámh", which would be the opening track of Planxty's self-titled album released the following year.LP track listing
ide one
#"The Raggle Taggle Gipsies"/"Tabhair Dom Do Lámh" (traditional)
#"The Dark Eyed Sailor" (traditional)
#"I Wish I Was in England" (Christy Moore )
#"Lock Hospital" (traditional)
#"James Connolly" (Patrick Glavin )
#"The Hackler From Grouse Hall" (traditional)ide two
#"Tribute to Woody" (
Bob Dylan )
#"The Ludlow Massacre" (Woody Guthrie )
#"A Letter to Syracuse" (Dave Cartwright ,Bill Caddick )
#"Spancill Hill " (traditional)
#"The Cliffs of Dooneen" (traditional)
#"Rambling Robin" (traditional)
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