One of my all time favourites. Probably offends some purists but the talent and amazing sounds they produced were twenty to forty years ahead of its time.Paddy Glackin played the fiddle and Jolyon Jackson played everything else. Amazing that twenty years after I first heard this I am still not tired of listening.
The good thing about this album is that although the accompaniment includes evertyhing but the kitchen sink:synthesizers, piano, electric and bass guitars, cello, recorder and something resembling beer bottles being played under water, the tunes are played by Paddy Glackin on fiddle in a purely traditional manner without any jazzing up at all. It sounds weird to begin with but it grows on you with every listening. Sadly Jolyon Jackson is no longer with us.
This classic must be overdue for reissue on CD.
Paddy Glackin is my favourite fiddle player but this album is just terrible as far as I'm concerned. It has great tunes but it just sounds so dated with all the dodgy synths and such. I'm not a purist by any means, but this is just very dated in my mind. I have it on a cassette. Don't know if its worth reissuing on CD. I wouldn't be surprised if Glackin is preventing its re-release!
Sorry, it's not the tenth track, but track #9. And there is another mistake at track #4: the complete title is "The Japanese Hornpipes" (but it's a slip jig
What's amazing with this disc is the number of instruments used by Jolyon Jackson!
Cracking album - never tire of playing along with it - or I would if I could find a new LP - my old cassette recording is wearing very thin. Anyone know where to dig for this gold? PLEASE, whoever has a handle on these things, produce a CD!
Hidden Ground
One of my all time favourites. Probably offends some purists but the talent and amazing sounds they produced were twenty to forty years ahead of its time.Paddy Glackin played the fiddle and Jolyon Jackson played everything else. Amazing that twenty years after I first heard this I am still not tired of listening.
# Posted on January 6th 2003 by Greenwiggle
Ahead of its Time
The good thing about this album is that although the accompaniment includes evertyhing but the kitchen sink:synthesizers, piano, electric and bass guitars, cello, recorder and something resembling beer bottles being played under water, the tunes are played by Paddy Glackin on fiddle in a purely traditional manner without any jazzing up at all. It sounds weird to begin with but it grows on you with every listening. Sadly Jolyon Jackson is no longer with us.
This classic must be overdue for reissue on CD.
# Posted on January 8th 2003 by milesnagopaleen
Hidden Ground
Oisin MacDiarmada's favourite album too.. ..apparently..
I'd buy an LP player to be able to play this one!
# Posted on May 16th 2004 by Jamie
Baffles Me!
Paddy Glackin is my favourite fiddle player but this album is just terrible as far as I'm concerned. It has great tunes but it just sounds so dated with all the dodgy synths and such. I'm not a purist by any means, but this is just very dated in my mind. I have it on a cassette. Don't know if its worth reissuing on CD. I wouldn't be surprised if Glackin is preventing its re-release!
# Posted on June 27th 2004 by Bored with thesession.org
Correction!
Unfortunately you missed the following track in the list:
10. The Butterfly (Single Jig)
# Posted on August 16th 2004 by yvan
Oops...
Sorry, it's not the tenth track, but track #9. And there is another mistake at track #4: the complete title is "The Japanese Hornpipes" (but it's a slip jig
What's amazing with this disc is the number of instruments used by Jolyon Jackson!
# Posted on August 16th 2004 by yvan
Japanese hornpipe
The Japanese hornpipe is a hornpipe - check it out in Bulmer and Sharpley.
# Posted on September 10th 2005 by robinlew
Hidden Ground
Cracking album - never tire of playing along with it - or I would if I could find a new LP - my old cassette recording is wearing very thin. Anyone know where to dig for this gold? PLEASE, whoever has a handle on these things, produce a CD!
# Posted on March 8th 2006 by manxmick
Japanese Hornpipe
Thank you Robin. I had better to write: "It sounds like a slip jig to my lazy ears".
# Posted on March 11th 2006 by yvan
It did at least make "The Butterfly" flit, as opposed to lumber along like a pterodactyl, as one so often hears it played..!
# Posted on September 3rd 2006 by nicholas