stories by Seamus Ennis?

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Just a question about Séamus Ennis.
I have an old album called “Forty Years of Irish Piping” and on it there is a cut where Seamus tells a story… short one called “First You Must Learn The Grip”. He is a wonderful storyteller and I sure would like to find more stories that he may have recorded.
Does anyone here know a source I could go to, or would anyone here want to list some records or CDs where I might hear him telling stories.
He is not a bad piper either is he…heh heh.
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There was a CD released last year called Ceol, Amhrain, scealta (Irish for music, songs and stories). It contains several stories. However, everything is in Irish. The inlay card contains translations of the stories - almost word for word. It's quite good.
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There are spoken stories on several of Ennis' albums. IIRC check out The Bonnie Bunch of Roses, The Fairy Piper, Music at the Gates.

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If you have a tape player you could snatch this up from an Amazon seller
http://www.amazon.com/Feidlim-Tonn-Cast ... B000XA14ZC

I have the LP version...it's Ennis telling a long folk tale with musical interludes.

I also have one copy of Bonny Bunch of Roses in stock at
http://www.bagpipediscs.travelingpiper. ... cts_id=527

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I was also going to recommennd "Feidlim Tonn Ri's Castle" which is more story than music, and as a bonus has on the cover the most accurate known picture of the great master himself:

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That's a good one. It looks like he's saying, "first you must learn the grip..."
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I don't think that there are stories on the Bonny Bunch of Roses album. There are a few humorous songs, some piping tunes and some whistle tunes, but no stories (IIRC).
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There's an out-of-print album Seamus Ennis made for Leader Records in about 1969 in the Masters of Irish Music series they put out. On this album, every tune is preceded by a story associated with the tune. It includes gems such as the story behind The Gold Ring, The Pinch of Snuff, and The Lark's March /Lark in the Morning. If you can find a copy, buy it.

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I want to say thanks for all the responses. Sorry I didn't get back sooner but I just had a DSL line installed and I have been off the air. I am still working on it but you guys have come up with a lot of sources. I always felt that ITM is not just playing session music but it is also sitting around the fire with other musicians and sometime inbetween sets hearing a story.
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