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Monday,
April 5, 1999 - updated
Yet More Clannad Best Of Collections and Details on a CD Single -
"Magic Elements - The Best Of Clannad" (Issued August 1998),
"Clannad: The Collection" (Re-issued),
Plus More Information on "Christmas Angels"
Jörg Kubitza from Germany informs us of yet another Clannad Best Of Collection CD
called "Magic Elements". The tracks on this CD are from 1982-1998 with many of Clannad's
'softer songs' included. Ed Plekkenpol from the Netherlands points out the release date for
this CD was around July or August 1998.
Jörg describes the CD artwork, "The cover shows a sort of mystical picture, an
imaginative subject. Inside the booklet there is a picture of Clannad
in (the woods) where Máire wears a long, white dress with a rather plunging
neckline. It looks nice."
However Jörg Kubitza points out a flaw, "...there is a big mistake in the information of the CD insert.
There is actually written: 'Die eingeheiratete Sängerin Máire Brennan
kam 1976 dazu.' (which) means the singer Máire Brennan who was married
into the group joined in 1976." (Clannad fans will know that Máire Brennan
did not 'marry into the group'. She is, of course, the sister of Ciaran Brennan
and the Duggans are Ciaran and Máire's uncles.)
Here is the track list of "Magic Elements - The
Best Of Clannad":
Theme From Harry's Game
Newgrange
Caisleán Óir
A Bridge (That Carries Us Over)
Something To Believe In
Seanchas
Closer To Your Heart
Let Me See
I Will Find You
Robin (The Hooded Man)
Rí Na Cruinne
There For You
In A Lifetime
The Other Side
Fadó
Loch Na Caillí
This compilation (is available on) BMG Ariola Hamburg GmbH, 1998. (c) 1998 BMG
Entertainment International UK & Ireland Ltd. The CD number is
74321 62182 2.
Jörg Kubitza provides more information on a re-issue, "There was a re-release of Clannad's 'The Collection'
as picture disc in K-Tel's series 'Celtic Collections'. I have another version of that
picture disc with some other tracks. The second CD is also part of the
'Celtic Collections' series. It is called 'Clannad' and 'The Celtic
Voice'. The CD number is 62742. (P) & (C) 1997 Celtic Collections Ltd.
30-32 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland."
The tracks on the re-issued CD according to Jörg are:
Dúlamán (Seaweed)
Éirigh Suas A Stóirín (Rise Up My Love)
By Chance It Was
Fairly Shot Of Her
Rince Briotánach (Brittany Dance)
Eleanor Plunkett
Teidhir Abhaile Riú (Come Back Honey)
dTigeas A Damhsa (Children's Dance Song)
Siúil A Rún
Two Sisters
Mon Mháire
Éirigh Is Cuir Ort Do Chuid Éadaigh (Arise And Dress Yourself)
Coinleach Ghlas an Fhómair (The Autumn Stubble)
Cucanandy / The Jug of Brown Ale
Lastly, Jörg provides us details on a rare CD single originally released in October 1997 (also
available on a charity compilation CD "Forgotten Angels" released in October 1998),
"I have a CD single
called 'Christmas Angels'. The second track on that
picture disc is 'A Bridge (That Carries Us Over)'. The CD is (P) BMG
Entertainment International UK & Ireland Ltd. 1997 and has the number
74321 55387 2."
Ed Plekkenpol
points out one of the few places where this CD single can still be ordered,
"The single can still be ordered at Cheap Or What (COW cd's) at
http://www.cow.co.uk/"
David McKinlay tells us that another source for the "Christmas Angels" CD is
the Interactive Music Video Shop at "http://www.imvs.co.uk".
Thanks go to Jörg Kubitza for passing along the above information and to Ed Plekkenpol and David McKinlay for
updating us.
Clannad's "Mhaire Bruineall" on RTE's Irish Language Learning Show - "Cogar"
This week's musical
spotlight on the weekly RTE Radio 1 Irish Language Learning program "Cogar" discusses
the Clannad song "Mhaire Bruineall". You can listen to the entire "Cogar" show
HERE or just listen to the segment about "Mhaire Bruineall"
HERE. The sound file
is in the RealAudio format and requires at least the RealAudio 3.0 player (16kbps mono stream).
The radio program "Cogar" is available weekly on RTE Radio 1 early Monday mornings
(Irish Time) at 5:00 am.
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