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“Call The Set - II”
Cork Folk Publishing - CD & book
CFP 0002 / KSUL 1099 / Tape No. 2 (cassette tape)
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Presented by The Red Abbey Group
Pat O’Sullivan - box
Vince Milne - fiddle
Bríd Cranitch - piano
Caller: Timmy ‘The Brit’ McCarthy
Music & calls for the following sets of quadrilles:
The Jenny Ling Set ~ tracks 1 - 11
The Borlin Polka Set ~ tracks 12 - 18
The Ballyvourney Jig (slides) Set ~ tracks 19 - 21 (non-stop)
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For the moment this contribution is using the track names and spellings from the recording, which are in need of correction and updating - later…
“Call The Set - II” ~ the musicians - notes from this recording
Pat O‘Sullivan ~ A native of Rathpeacon, County Cork, Pat has been playing for dancing for many years now. His lively style of box playing has made him a firm favourite with set dancers in Cork. Pat is also a member of the traditional group ’Kowloon Bridge’, whose first cassette was released in 1989.
Vince Milne ~ Vince hails from Clonakilty, County Cork. His fiddle playing encompasses both traditional and bluegrass styles. He plays in ‘Kowloon Bridge’ with Pat and is also a mmeber of the Cork group ‘Bone Idol’.
Bríd Cranitch ~ A native of Cork, Bríd is a pianist of wide ranging musical experience. In recent years she has played piano accompaniment for many traditional musicians, including the great Séan Maguire. Bríd is also a member of ‘Kowloon Bridge’.
Correction: Cork Folk Publishing - ‘Cassette’ & book
Call the Set - I & III
Track 1
Track 1 actually has a third jig, so I have added it to the list here (it wasn’t named on the cassette notes either, it just says ‘jig’. From 2:48, after The Cobbler’s, it’s Health To The Ladies. See
https://thesession.org/tunes/327
and setting X:4 (grateful acknowledgements to ceolachan) seems closest to the setting played here.
Have also redirected The Cobbler’s from the polka to the jig, The Cobbler (Dan The Cobbler).
Re: Call The Set - II
Nicely done Rover, and much appreciated - - - having forgotten to return to the recording and here and update things since Jeremy made that possible… 😏
1st track first tune
Thanks, and I only just noticed the first tune in the set was going through to a polka rather than the setting of Jackson’s Jig you submitted for the same musicians in Call The Set Vol III (I haven’t got that one, or Vol I), but it’s the same tune:
https://thesession.org/tunes/1610
Setting 5
Have now re-linked it. Of course there are still loads of other titles here and elsewhere going to the wrong tunes, but it’d hardly be reasonable to expect people to revisit all the recordings they’ve submitted and edit them!
Sadly not many people will have heard these Call The Set cassettes, or CD, anyway.
Track 3 tune 1, and track 9
Track 3 tune 1 and track 9 were also on the cassette as just ‘jig’, but both are Willie Coleman’s, now updated (tracks 7, 8, 9 and 10 rehash some of the tunes played in tracks 1-3 but with voice-over instructions for dancers).
CD: The Set - Three: Music for Five Complete Sets = Call The Set - I & II
The Sliabh Luachra Polka Set
The Jenny Ling Jig Set
The Ballyvourney Reel Set
The Ballyvourney Jig Set
The Borlin Polka Set
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CDs: The Set - One / Two / Three / Four: Music for ~ Sets
Sadly these recordings (4), with booklets that give the dance description for each set, lack tune lists. I had plans to remedy that with close listening, along with at least half a dozen other recordings like this, but I haven’t yet - numerous distractions good & bad, including currently being computerless… 🙁 I accept some of the fault, in part procrastinating over building a new PC…
The Set - One - OSSCD 126
The Set - Two - OSSCD 127
The Set - Three - OSSCD 128
The Set - Four - OSSCD 129
https://thesession.org/recordings/5718
Ossian Publications Ltd., 2002