The Bothy Band – 1975 (CD)

Recorded in Dublin in October 1975, the debut catches the original lineup at full tilt: Paddy Keenan's pipes, Matt Molloy's flute and Tommy Peoples' fiddle out front, with Dónal Lunny, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill driving underneath on bouzouki, guitar and clavinet. This is Peoples' only studio record with the band, and you can hear why people still talk about it. The reel sets hit like a rhythm section that happens to be playing trad, while Tríona's singing on Do You Love an Apple gives the record its still centre. 

Tracklist:

1. The Kesh Jig / Give Us a Drink of Water / The Flower of the Flock / Famous Ballymote
2. The Green Groves of Erin / The Flowers of Red Hill
3. Do You Love an Apple
4. Julia Delaney
5. Patsy Geary's / Coleman's Cross
6. Is Trua Nach Bhfuil Mé in Éirinn
7. The Navvy on the Line / The Rainy Day
8. The Tar Road to Sligo / Paddy Clancy's
9. Martin Wynne's / The Longford Tinker
10. Pretty Peg / Craig's Pipes
11. Hector the Hero / The Laird of Drumblaire
12. The Traveller / The Humours of Lissadell
13. The Butterfly
14. The Salamanca / The Banshee / The Sailor's Bonnet