The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135287   Message #3085136
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
30-Jan-11 - 06:11 AM
Thread Name: Raglan Road, Sydney band.
Subject: RE: Raglan Road, Sydney band.
folk in New South Wales we have
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I went to the launch of Martin's CD 'Many Roads at The Harp in Tempe in 2004 - he was great, so too the support band, but many of the younger members of the audience seemed to be there only to TALK & drink Guinness.

In a slightly inaccessable place I have a tape marked "Raglan Road". I copied it from a friend's record years (decades?) ago & have no idea if it was Martin's record or an Irish LP.

time passes - sandra returns leaving chaos around the slightly inaccessable spot ...

"Raglan Road 30/03/96. copied from 1970s Sony tape - orig copied from record"

It might have been an early 80's Sony tape, my old (folkie) friend & source of old folk records moved away from Sydney then.

tracks

Coal Tattoo
Rambling Irishman
We're Alive
Church St
Blackrock Polka
Fear en bhata
Lachlan Tigers (must be Australian!)
Broom o' Cowden Knowes
A Piper's Prayer
Blackleg miner
The Town I Loved so Well
Sally Free & Easy
Anathea

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tracks on Martin's 2004 CD

1. Ludlow Massacre
2. Shearers on the Wallaby
3. Many Roads
4. When I Dream
5. All the years
6. Don't ask me questions
7. My song for you
8. There were roses
9. Someone to love me
10. The coal tattoo
11. They couldn't take the music from your soul
12. Which side are you on?

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I've just listed to a scratchy version of Coal Tattoo & am now listening to the CD version - it's probably Martin singing on the tape.

sandra (heading off to fix the chaos)