Happy to Meet - Sorry to Part
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| Studio album by Horslips | ||
| Released | 1972 (Ireland), 1973 (UK, Europe and U.S.) | |
| Recorded | Longfield House, County Tipperary, autumn of 1972 | |
| Genre | Celtic rock, Progressive rock | |
| Length | 44:45 | |
| Label | LP - Oats (Ireland), RCA (UK), Atco (U.S.).
CD - Edsel (UK). |
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| Producer(s) | Alan O'Duffy, Horslips | |
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| Horslips chronology | ||
| Happy to Meet - Sorry to Part (1972) |
The Táin (1973) |
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Happy to Meet - Sorry to Part is the name of an album by Irish rock band Horslips. It was first released in Ireland by the end of 1972 as their debut album. Before this, they had released the same year three singles: Johnny's Wedding/Flower amang Them All and Green Gravel/Fairy King in Ireland and The High Reel/Furniture overseas. Happy to Meet - Sorry to Part was also released the following year in United Kingdom, Germany, France and United States. In 1978, the LP was re-released in UK together with The High Reel, added as the last track.
This is widely considered to be the first celtic rock album ever recorded. With this, Horslips took the lead in Irish music of the time and created an original mixture from traditional Irish tunes and rock music. The album's name itself is that of an Irish jig.
[edit] Track listing
- "Happy to Meet" (instrumental) – 0:48
- "Hall of Mirrors" – 5:29
- "The Clergy's Lamentation" (instrumental) – 4:39
- "An Bratach Bán" – 2:04
- "The Shamrock Shore" – 4:34
- "Flower Amang Them All" (instrumental) – 2:04
- "Bím Istigh Ag Ól" – 3:43
- "Furniture" – 5:13
- "Ace and Deuce" (instrumental) – 3:35
- "Dance to Yer Daddy" – 4:37
- "Scalloway Ripoff" – 1:54
- "The Musical Priest" (instrumental) – 4:33
- "Sorry to Part" (instrumental) – 1:32
- "The High Reel" (instrumental) – 2:43
- NOTE: The last track appears with the 1978 release only (LP).
[edit] The line-up
- Jim Lockhart - organ, concert flute, piano, celesta, Uilleann pipes, pipe organ, tin whistles, backing vocals
- Johnny Fean - guitars, banjo, vocals
- Charles O'Connor - vocals, fiddle, mandolin, concertina, Northumbrian smallpipe
- Barry Devlin - bass guitar, vocals
- Eamon Carr - drums, backing vocals
