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Cold Blow and the Rainy Night

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Download links and information about Cold Blow and the Rainy Night by Planxty. This album was released in 1974 and it belongs to Rock, World Music, Celtic genres. It contains 10 tracks with total duration of 45:38 minutes.

Artist: Planxty
Release date: 1974
Genre: Rock, World Music, Celtic
Tracks: 10
Duration: 45:38
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Johnny Cope 5:15
2. Polkas: Dennis Murphy's Polka; the 42 Pound Cheque 3:06
3. Cold Blow and the Rainy Night 2:39
4. 'P' Stands For Paddy, I Suppose 4:36
5. Reels: The Old Torn Petticoat; the Dublin Reel; Th Wind That Shakes the Barley 3:46
6. Baneasa's Green Glade 5:57
7. Mominsko Horo 3:16
8. The Lakes of Pontchartrain 1 5:47
9. Jigs: The Hare In the Corn; the Frost Is All Over; the Gander In the Pratie Hole 4:21
10. The Green Fields of America 6:55

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Irish stalwarts Planxty begin Cold Blow and the Rainy Night — their third record for Shanachie — with a rousing version of the Scottish battlefield classic "Johnnie Cope." It's a fitting opening to a record that essentially rounded out their recording heyday as the members splintered off to form equally influential Celtic acts like the Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, and De Danann. Co-founder Dónal Lunny, despite contributing instrumentally to a few tracks and taking a seat in the production chair, left the group, allowing newest member Johnny Moynihan to take over bouzouki and — along with Andy Irvine and Christy Moore — vocal duties. The title track is one of the finest of their career, utilizing Liam O'Flynn's expert uillean pipes and the band's peerless harmonizing to a tee. Moore's gorgeous "Lakes of Pontchartrain" and Irvine's moving closer, "Green Fields of Canada," showcase the group's timeless mastery of balladry, a style that would greatly inform their later solo works. Cold Blow and the Rainy Night, along with The Well Below the Valley, and their legendary debut, are essential listening for those in love with, or merely intrigued with, the genre.