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B I O G R a P H Y B I O G R a P H Y B I O G R A P H Y B I O G R A P H Y T H E A S I D E S 1 The High Reel 2.43 2 Dearg Doom 3.06 3 More Than You Can Chew* 3.09 4 Nighttown Boy** 3.10 5 King Of The Fairies 3.21 6 (If That’s What You Want) That’s What You Get** 4.56 7 Warm Sweet Breath Of Love 3.27 8 The Power And The Glory* 4.00 9 Speed The Plough 3.32 10 The Man Who Built America 3.39 11 Loneliness 4.19 T H E B S I D E S 12 Furniture 5.13 13 The Shamrock Shore 4.35 14 Faster Than The Hound 5.39 15 We Bring The Summer With Us 2.30 16 Sunburst 4.37 17 The Snakes’ Farewell To The Emerald Isle 5.32 18 King Of Morning, Queen Of Day 4.32 19 Sir Festus Burke 2.18 20 Bridge From Heart To Heart 2.50 21 Red River Rock (live) 1.49 22 Long Weekend 3.39 23 Homesick 4.05 3 & 8 are original single remixes * 4 & 6 are original single edits ** 3, 4, 8, 19, 20 & 21 previously unreleased on CD 2 One of the greatest and most important bands ever to come out of Ireland, Horslips pioneered a whole new style of music: Celtic Rock, a fusion of traditional music and powerful, electric rock’n’roll, packed with melodic hooks and virtuosity. Founded in 1970, Horslips released 12 genre-dening albums and toured relentlessly through out Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America over their original 10 year career. Back home, Eamon Carr, Barry Devlin, Johnny Fean, Jim Lockhart and Charles O’Connor took provincial Irish dancehalls by storm, creating a new rock music circuit and infusing the country’s disenfranchised youth with a new sense of cultural pride. In doing so, they paved the way for a new generation of bands, including The Undertones, The Radiators From Space and U2. ‘The longest tea break in rock’n’roll’ preceded Horslips’ surprise live reunion at the opening of the ‘History Of Horslips’ exhibition in Derry in 2004. At the time, however, there was no indication of the full-on comeback that was to follow ve years later. Since then they have been wowing fans, old and new, with triumphant arena, theatre and festival appearances, and epic performances with symphony orchestras. So here we are in 2013 — precisely 40 years on from the release of The Táin, arguably Horslips’ nest 42 minutes and 18 seconds — with Biography, a brand new 23-track compilation that focuses purely on the A and B sides of Horslips’ UK singles, and for the rst time on an ocial CD the highly sought-after ‘Bridge From Heart To Heart’ (an outtake from the Aliens album sessions) and their rousing version of Johnny & The Hurricanes’ 1959 instrumental hit, ‘Red River Rock’, recorded live in Cleveland, Ohio. Play loud! Mark Cunningham Author, ‘Tall Tales: The Ocial Biography of Horslips’ 3 The High Reel / Furniture Nighttown Boy / RCA/Oats OAT 1 • July 20 1973 We Bring The Summer With Us RCA Victor 2452 • August 9 1974 Dearg Doom / The Shamrock Shore RCA/Oats OAT 2 • October 19 1973 King Of The Fairies / Sunburst RCA Victor 2505 • January 24 1975 More Than You Can Chew / Faster Than The Hound (If That’s What You Want) That’s What You Get RCA/Oats OAT 3 • March 29 1974 / The Snakes’ Farewell To The Emerald Isle RCA Victor 2564 • July 13 1975 4 Warm Sweet Breath Of Love / The Man Who Built America / King Of Morning, Queen Of Day Long Weekend DJM DJS 10754 • February 25 1977 DJM DJS 10888 • February 16 1979 The Power And The Glory / Loneliness / Homesick Sir Festus Burke DJM DJS 10916 • June 2 1979 DJM DJS 10792 • July 25 1977 DJM DJT 15001 Speed The Plough / Bridge From Heart To (shamrock 12”) • June 9 1979 Heart / Red River Rock (live) DJM DJS 10859 • June 23 1978 5 Tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18 & 20 produced by Alan O’Duy & Horslips. Track 3 produced by Alan O’Duy and Horslips; remixed by Fritz Fryer. Tracks 4, 5, 6, 15, 16 & 17 produced by Fritz Fryer. Tracks 10, 11, 22 & 23 produced by Steve Katz. Track 19 produced by Horslips. Track 21 produced by Alan McKenzie and Horslips. All tracks Carr/Devlin/Fean/Lockhart/O’Connor (Crashed Music), except track 21: King/Mack/Mendelsohn (Burlington Music). Remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Peter Mew and Horslips from the original tapes. Original photography: Ian Finlay Memorabilia: Paul Callaghan, Mark Cunningham, Stephen Ferris, Steve Matthews, Myles Lally Album design: Mark Cunningham & Charles O’Connor Artwork: Chris Ellis Management: Shay Hennessy www.horslips.ie Celtic Airs is an IML Irish Music Licensing Ltd label. IML, 162 Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3, Ireland. Manufactured in the EU by IML Irish Music Licensing Ltd under license from Horslips Records. 6 7 Complete your collection today with titles from the remastered digipak series of original Horslips albums, the superb DVD documentary ‘The Return Of The Dancehall Sweethearts’, ‘The Road To The O2’ DVD (covering the 2009 reunion shows) and the new, long-awaited hardback, ‘Tall Tales: The Official Biography of Horslips’ by Mark Cunningham. Available now from the online merchandise store at horslips.ie and from all good retail outlets. 78.
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