Horslips – Happy To Meet… Sorry To Part
Жанр: Folk Rock, Prog Rock, Progressive-Folk
Носитель: LP
Год выпуска: 1972 (Issue 1973)
Лейбл: Atco Records/SD 7030
Страна-производитель: 1st US Press
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Формат записи: 24/96
Формат раздачи: 24/96
Продолжительность: 45:01
Треклист:
A1 Happy To Meet
A2 Hall Of Mirrors
A3 The Clergy’s Lamentation
A4 An Bratach Ban
A5 The Shamrock Shore
A6 Flower Amang Them All
A7 Bim Istigh Ag Ol
B1 Furniture
B2 Ace And Deuce
B3 Dance To Yer Daddy
B4 High Reel
B5 Scalloway Ripoff
B6 The Musical Priest
B7 Sorry To Part
Источник оцифровки: LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
Код класса состояния винила: Ex++
Устройство воспроизведения: Technics SL-1200MK2 Quartz
Головка звукоснимателя: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Предварительный усилитель: Marantz 2252
АЦП: E-MU 0404
Обработка: DeClick with iZotope RX5: Only Manual (Click per click)
Спектр
АЧХ
Уровень записи
DR13
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Analyzed folder: /Horslips - Happy To Meet… Sorry To Part (LP)
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR15 -1.80 dB -20.97 dB 01 Horslips - LADO 1- Happy To Meet.wav
DR14 -0.70 dB -18.20 dB 02 Horslips - Hall Of Mirrors.wav
DR12 -2.61 dB -18.58 dB 03 Horslips - The Clergy's Lamentation.wav
DR15 -1.09 dB -17.46 dB 04 Horslips - An Bratach Ban.wav
DR12 -4.53 dB -19.45 dB 05 Horslips - The Shamrock Shore.wav
DR9 -6.61 dB -18.30 dB 06 Horslips - Flower Amang Them All.wav
DR13 -1.18 dB -16.72 dB 07 Horslips - Bim Istigh Ag Ol.wav
DR13 -0.43 dB -16.45 dB 08 Horslips - LADO 2- Furniture.wav
DR13 -3.01 dB -18.56 dB 09 Horslips - Ace And Deuce.wav
DR12 -2.56 dB -18.12 dB 10 Horslips - Dance To Yer Daddy.wav
DR13 -0.12 dB -14.63 dB 11 Horslips - High Reel.wav
DR12 -0.82 dB -14.71 dB 12 Horslips - Scalloway Ripoff.wav
DR13 -0.84 dB -16.34 dB 13 Horslips - The Musical Priest.wav
DR13 -7.84 dB -23.08 dB 14 Horslips - Sorry To Part.wav
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Number of files: 14
Official DR value: DR13
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Personel
Artwork, Typography, Graphics [Lettering], Artwork [Retouching] – Eric “I’ll Buy That” Bannister*, Michael Bolger (2), Sean Redmond (3)
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Barry Devlin
Composed By [All Compostions By] – Horslips
Crew [Roadie] – Joe O’Neill, Robbie McGrath
Design [Cover] – Charles O’Connor
Drums, Bodhran – Eamon Carr
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Johnny Fean*
Engineer [Assistant] – Jeremy Gee
Fiddle [Electric], Fiddle [Acoustic], Mandolin [Electric], Mandolin [Acoustic], Concertina, Vocals – Charles O’Connor
Keyboards, Whistle [Generation], Flute [Concert], Vocals – Jim Lockhart
Management – Michael Deeny
Photography By – Ian Finlay (2)
Producer – Alan O’Duffy, Horslips
About
Entry into the exclusive club of “professional musicians” is often a gradual and painful process. Based on recorded documents, such was not the case with Horslips, who came to the game fully formed and ready to rock n reel. I’m sure they paid their dues in a live setting for years, even if that included weddings, funerals, and christenings, as off the cuff performing is often part and parcel of Irish culture. Whatever the case, “Happy to Meet…Sorry to Part” is a landmark celtic rock recording and a stunning debut, and this applies whether you are a celtic music fan, a progressive fan, a rocker, or any combination thereof.
Firstly, for celtophiles we have a number of spirited songs and instrumentals that transcend the sameness of a lot of traditional interpretation, and do not require visuals to work. The opening and closing title tunes herald and wrap up the effort, while “An Bratach Ban”, “Flower Amang Them All”, and “Ace and Deuce” all hold up that end of the bargain nicely. “Hall of Mirrors” and “Furniture” are full on progressive songs utilizing inventive drumming, organs and jammy lead guitars along with strong vocals. Then we have a host of tunes that blends the two styles, largely through the use of proggy time changes and instrumentation resting upon traditional structures, such as “The Clergy’s Lamentation”, “Bim Istigh Ag Ol”, and “The Musical Priest”.
While Horslips reached several career pinnacles after this debut, it is curious that they never really followed the formula proposed herein, which had perhaps only been so effectively implemented by early Alan Stivell albums. “Happy to Meet…Sorry to Part” simply glows with ethnic authenticity and a progressive sheen from a band happily occupying several musical worlds, whom you should meet and from whom you might never part.
Review by kenethlevine, progarchives.com