Barley Corn [Import]

Johnstons//Barley Corn [Import]

Track Listings

1. They'll Never Get Their M

2. The Tunnel Tigers

3. Fhir A Bhata

4. O Carolan's Concerto

5. The Lark In The Morning

6. The Whistling Thief

7. The Rounding Of Cape Horn

8. The Dublin Jack Of All Tr

9. The Apprentice's Song

10. Caillerch An Airgid

11. Reels (Hand Me Down The T

12. The Lambs On The Green Hi

13. The Frog's Wedding

14. Ye Jacobites By Name

15. The Coleraine Regatta

16. The Newry Highwayman

17. Joseph's Fancy/ A Trip To

18. What Put The Blood

19. The Fenians From Cahirciv

20. The Barleycorn

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

GIVE A DAMN
YOU KEEP GOING YOUR WAY
URGE FOR GOING
PORT OF AMSTERDAM
FUNNY IN A SAD, SAD WAY
HEY THAT'S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE
BOTH SIDES NOW
JULIE
SWEET THAMES FLOW SOFTLY
I LOVED
I DON'T MIND THE RAIN ON MONDAY
WALKING OUT ON FOGGY MORNINGS
JESUS WAS A CARPENTER
THE GYPSY
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELLENDER
FIDDLER'S GREEN
THE STORY OF ISAAC
BITTER GREEN
THE PENNY WAGER
MARCIE
THE SPANISH LADY
THE STREETS OF LONDON

Customer Reviews:

The Johnstons.......2007-04-20

These tracks are incorrect.
These are not from The Johnstons/Barley Corn but another of The Johnstons albums so there is no way to review them!
Can this be sorted out as it is misleading?

Average customer rating:

Long ago
timeless classics of irish folk
Celtic Twilight

The Johnstons/The Barley Corn
The Johnstons
Manufacturer: Transatlantic, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000861V
Release Date: 1969-01-01

Tracks:

They'll Never Get Their Man
Tunnel Tigers
'Fhir A' Bhata
O'Carolan's Concerto
Lark in the Morning
Whistling Thief
Rounding of Cape Horn
Dublin Jack of All Trades
Apprentice's Song
Caillerch an Airgid
Reels (Hand Me Down to the Tackle & Jenny's Welcome to Charlie)
Lambs on the Green Hills
Frog's Wedding
Ye Jacobites by Name
Coleraine Regatta
Newry Highwayman
Joseph's Fancy/A Trip to Durrow
What Put the Blood?
Fenians from Cahirciveen
Barleycorn
Sorry the Day I Was Married
Flower of Northumberland
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Fuigfidh Mise 'N Baile Seo

Customer Reviews:

Long ago.......2002-06-22

Back in 1968 I was a 16 year old happily taking his girlfriend to hear a folk group called the Johnstons at his English grammer school. That evening this music's beauty and power made me forget everything (including the girlfriend) and in the intervening 34 odd years I hunted from time to time for any recording of that group. It was not until a year ago when I got these cd's from Amazon at quite considerable expense (NZ dollar being worth peanuts) put them on and learnt that the search was still worth every penny. Loved this trad irish music then and still do!

timeless classics of irish folk.......2002-05-15

If you like Celtic or Irish folk music, this cd is the real deal. I knew almost nothing about the Johnstons before I bought it a year ago. Now they've become one of my all-time favorites of the genre, along with the Dubliners, the Bothy Band, and (early) De Danann. The late 1960's group on this cd consisted of sisters Luci & Adrienne Johnston, banjo virtuoso Mick Moloney, and a very young Paul Brady, who seems to bring magic to every Irish folk recording he's ever been involved with. The Johnstons were primarily a vocal group with minimal accompaniment (by Brady and Moloney) on guitar, mandolin and banjo. Their special innovation as an Irish folk group was to include both male and female singers, taking turns on lead vocals and joining together on background and group vocals. While this style of folk singing was already popular with English and American groups of the 1960's like the Watersons, the Ian Campbell Folk Group, and Peter, Paul & Mary, it had never, to my knowledge, been attempted successfully in Ireland's more conservative trad. music scene. All the popular Irish folk groups before the Johnstons were strictly men, like the Clancy Bros. and the Dubliners. But once the Johnstons broke out of this stodgy tradition and adapted the new style to a wide range of Irish & Scottish folk songs, it caught on quickly and became almost the new standard for later Irish folk legends like Clannad, De Danann, and the Bothy Band. But the Johnstons were not just noteworthy trailblazers. They were wonderful singers and musicians as well. Their music has an untypical freshness, vibrancy, passion, subtlety, taste, beauty, soul, depth, variety, and a consistent musicality. It makes most of today's Celtic music sound insipid, noisy or formulaic by comparison. On top of all this, the cd is a bargain, containing 79 minutes of material (2 albums). It definitely deserves to find a wider audience among discerning fans of Celtic and Irish folk music. And one last note: the Johnstons' version of "The Frog's Wedding" has to be the best children's song ever recorded!

Celtic Twilight.......2001-09-21

It is hard to say what could have happened with Iris folk music if The Johnstons hadn't happened. They are far from Dubliners and maybe even Chieftains - they tried to give shape to something as vague as Irish music before Bothy Band. They are still at the crossroad of hardcore folk (read: drinking songs) and something I'd rather call ethno (read: ballads). They were among rare performers to have any interest in Gaelic and these two albums are fine examples of their efforts. Also, their aspirations to create a good Celtic sound and not just Irish folk music is obvious in adopting some old Scottish highlights like Ye Jacobites by Name or Fhir a' Bhata, later on performed by Capercaillie. They really had interest in exploring the treasuries of folklore and this is something on which the whole mass of performers like Clannad, Altan, Deanta, Dervish, The Rankins and even Capercaillie now spread their wide branches. If your aspirations are of the same kind, The Johnstons should be your teachers. And this double album your workbook.

Average customer rating:

too good
An Old Recording but Wonderful

The Johnstons/The Barley Corn
The Johnstons
Manufacturer: Castle - Old Numbers
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000DETEP
Release Date: 2002-07-23

Tracks:

THEY'LL NEVER GET THEIR MAN
THE TUNNEL TIGERS
FHIR A' BHATA
O' CAROLAN'S CONCERTO
THE LARK IN THE MORNING
THE WHISTLING THIEF
THE ROUNDING OF CAPE HORN
THE DUBLIN JACK OF ALL TRADES
THE APPRENTICE'S SONG
CAILLERCH AN AIRGID
REELS (HAND ME DOWN THE TACKLE & JENNY'S WELCOME TO CHARLIE)
THE LAMBS ON THE GREEN HILLS
THE FROG'S WEDDING
YE JACOBOITES BY NAME
THE COLERAINE REGATTA
THE NEWRY HIGHWAYMAN
JOSEPH'S FANCY/ A TRIP TO DURROW
WHAT PUT THE BLOOD?
THE FENIANS FROM CAHIRCIVEEN
THE BARLEYCORN
SORRY THE DAY I WAS MARRIED
THE FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND
PADDY'S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE
FUIGFIDH MISE 'N BAILE SEO
Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

too good.......2004-09-20

This record inspired me to learn the tenor banjo. If a record is good enough to drive a person to learn an instrument (lots of work!), it has got to be good. And it is - it is some of the best irish music from that era that I have ever heard and has probably my favorite Irish song of all time (coleraine regatta) on it.

An Old Recording but Wonderful.......2004-03-23

I'm surprised no one has posted a review of these to recordings before. The Johnstons were a traditional Irish group from the 60s and early 70s. A key member of the group was Paul Brady. His rendition of The Colraine Regatta stands out in my memory. I actually still have the 2 LPs but am buying the CD so I can once again listen to this excellent compilation of traditional music.

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