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kenny wrote:The original title of this tune is still a mystery to me, 37 years after the recording was made. One of the best flute tunes I ever heard -
refer to video caption.

I would love to hear a clean recording of this tune -- all the noise on this makes my ear interpret it as just random flute-y sounds instead of a tune.

FWIW, Kenny, I agree with Orlaith that it's a version of Belhavel Lough, moved down into G. Joe Liddy composed most of the tunes in his 1981 collection quite a bit before it was published (going back to the 50s at least, if I remember right), so I'd think his version came first. I wouldn't be surprised if Liddy played it more major (even the published version has some G#s in it), and maybe the flute playing brothers moved it from Amaj to Gmaj as flute players do.

I'm posting this because "Danu"'s first CD is not a common recording, and this needs to be heard more - Tom Doorley's solo of "The Independence Hornpipe / Colonel Fraser" :
https://youtu.be/-jCOjzgwr4Q

Cathal McConnell - Aberdeen Folk Club 1983 -
1 - Donegal Highland, played on 2 whistles at the same time.
2 - Cathal's variations on the jig "Dr. O'Neill"
https://youtu.be/txlm4FhMBPg

Mick Woods : "Boil The Breakfast Early / Trim The Velvet" :
https://youtu.be/8vyv4WZOHHE

PADDY TAYLOR : a setting of the slow air, "Lord Mayo" :
https://youtu.be/1wfwFxfhV7s

Fred Finn and Peter Horan : "The Ebb Tide / The Morning Dew" :
https://youtu.be/AF-CShcdop8

2 favourite Kerry polkas played by 2 of my favourite Kerry musicians, the sisters Maire and Siobhan O'Keeffe, recorded from a performance at the Lorient "Interceltique" Festival in 1983 :
https://youtu.be/BMo0JI3yr6M

Cathal McConnell's variations on "The Morning Dew" from a solo performance at Aberdeen Folk Club in 1983 :
https://youtu.be/zTtYDom2sW8

2 reels by Cathal McConnell from 1980 [ from "Regrouped" by "The Boys Of The Lough" ] :

https://youtu.be/lm3QDcE57_Y

Fintan Vallely and Tim Lyons : "Lucy Farr's" polkas and "Lucy Farr's" slides - Aberdeen Folk Club late 1980s [ I think ]

https://youtu.be/MgU7W18K5gs

https://youtu.be/QxESNmnEDSc

"The Cuckoo's Nest" - marcus hernon :

https://youtu.be/-8KcvjOqdhQ

3 slides from the London / Irish band "Shegui" from their first LP, "Around The World For Sport", released in 1980. John Skelton on flute.

https://youtu.be/LFDxOWhHBGE

"The Maid Of Mount Cisco / John Naughton's" - played on flute with guitar and bodhran, by the trio "Calua". An "own-label" CD released in 1997. Playing is a bit fast for my liking, but he's playing all the notes.
https://youtu.be/5YN6PsXmXG0

3 slides from the London / Irish band "Shegui" from their first LP, "Around The World For Sport", released in 1980. John Skelton on flute.

That takes me back, I used to see them regularly on a Sunday night in the Victoria (pub) in Holloway Road (London), still have the LP.

Thanks