Compendium: The Best of Patrick Street

by Patrick Street

Overview

After seven albums of top-notch reels, jigs, ballads, and polkas, Celtic supergroup Patrick Street have earned themselves a "greatest-hits" collection. Compendium: The Best of Patrick Street is a serviceable slice from an awfully big pie. For fans who have followed closely the careers of Andy Irvine, Kevin Burke, Arty McGlynn, and Jackie Daly, this anthology offers nothing new. For the uninitiated, however, it serves as a cohesive sampler of what these talented gentlemen are capable of. Although it features a fine balance of songs -- "William Taylor" -- and instrumentals -- "Loftus Jones" -- the exclusion of Gerry O'Beirne's "Strokestown" and "Land of the Patagarang," and the inclusion of the dynamically challenged live version of their peerless studio recording of Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Music for a Found Harmonium"- makes this Best Of a "rest of". ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	01/30/2001
Label:	Green Linnet
UPC:	0048248120722
Rank:	102958

Tracks

1. Walsh's Polka
2. Jenny Picking Cockles/An Gabhr¿¿n/Jack Keane's Reel
3. Dream/Indiana
4. White Petticoat/Kerry Jig/Katy Is Waiting
5. Stewball and the Monoghan Grey Mare
6. Rainbow 'Mid the Willows
7. Newmarket Polkas
8. William Taylor
9. Set/La Cardeuse
10. Brackagh Hill
11. Killanin's Fancy/The Dash to Portobello/Anna Maculeen
12. Lintheads/Lawrence Common
13. Loftus Jones
14. Music for a Found Harmonium

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Patrick Street   Primary Artist
Bill Whelan   Guest Artist,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Kevin Burke   Fiddle,Vocals (Background)
Jackie Daly   Accordion,Vocals (Background)
James Kelly   Fiddle
Donal Lunny   Bodhran,Keyboards
Andy Irvine   Vocals,Mandola,Bouzouki,Mandolin,Harmonica,Hurdygurdy
Ged Foley   Fiddle,Guitar,Vocals (Background),Northumbrian Smallpipes
Declan Masterson   Keyboards,Low Whistle,Uillean Pipes
Arty McGlynn   Guitar
Gerry O'Beirne   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Ged Foley   Compilation Producer,Mixing
Bernie Nau   Engineer,Mixing,Mastering
Turlough O'Carolan   Composer
Bill Whelan   Producer
Kevin Burke   Notes Editing
Tom Boyer   Mixing Engineer
Donal Lunny   Engineer,Producer,Remixing
Tim O'Brien   Liner Notes
Andrew Boland   Remixing
Andy Irvine   Composer
Simon Jeffes   Composer
Pearse Dunne   Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Patrick Street   Arranger,Producer
Enda Walsh   Engineer
Gerry O'Beirne   Producer
Rod Ferrell   Engineer
Sarah McCann   Assistant Engineer
Andy Mitchell   Composer
Josh Pulman   Photography
Brad Wrolstad   Design