TIR NA NOG A Tear And A Smile LP CHRYSALIS 1972 ITALY original+gatefold TONY COX
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TIR NA NOGSONNY CONDELL, LEO O'KELLY
with LARRY STEELE bass & BARRY DE SOUZA drums
This Dublin band were at the forefront of the revival in Irish folk music in the early seventies.
Although their music didn't really have that strong an Irish flavour,
it was very much in the mould of gentle folky progressive rock
that was so popular among underground audiences
"A TEAR AND A SMILE"
Produced by TERRY COX
1972 LP CHRYSALIS RECORDS CHR 1006
MADE IN ITALY ORIGINAL COPY GATEFOLD SLEEVE
This version: The vinyl of this Italian early pressing is housed in a UK sleeve printed by the E.J.Day Group
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: CHRYSALIS - GREEN LABEL/CHRYSALIS LOGO IN DARK PINK - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: CHR 1006
Catalog on labels: 040 1006 (CHR 1006-1 / CHR 1006.2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): ??040 1006 ?1=1 * 520 120572
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ??040 1006 ?2=1 * 520 120572
On labels: The rim text reads 'Stereo Manufactured And Distributed By Phonogram S.P.A. Milan'
Made in Italy
? 1972 (on both labels at 9 o'clock)
Ed. Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Rights Society: S.I.A.E.
On Back Sleeve: Arrangements by Nick Harrison
Photography and cover design by Visualeyes
Chrysalis Records Ltd 388/396 Oxford Street, London W1
Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford.
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: COME AND SEE THE SHOW - DOWN DAY - WHEN I CAME DOWN
THE SAME THING HAPPENING - BLUEBOTTLE STEW
Side B: SO FREELY - HEMISPHERE - LADY OCEAN
GOODBYE MY LOVE - TWO WHITE HORSES
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RECORD NEAR EX (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX (please, see pictures and read above description)
Tir Na Nog expanded their horizons on their 1972 sophomore release by adding drums (Barry DeSouza)
and bass (Larry Steele), as well as some effective string arrangements.
Produced by the legendary Tony Cox (Caravan, Françoise Hardy, Family), A Tear and a Smile retained
all of Sonny Condell and Leo O'Kelly's offbeat phrasing, playful melodic deviations, and pastoral balladry,
while subtly turning an eye to the prospects of a little commercial appeal.
The easy folk-rock of O'Kelly''s "When I Came Down" and "The Same Thing Happening" wouldn't have
sounded out of place on the country-rock-heavy airwaves of U.S. radio, and even though Condell's
lighthearted Noël Coward imitation on the bouncy "Bluebottle Stew" is like listening to a half-baked Monty Python skit,
it works because -- like everything on A Tear and a Smile -- it's executed so sincerely.
Tir Na Nog were more than mediocre, but a few songs shy of great, and fans of Ralph McTell,
the Dransfields, and Cat Stevens will find common ground and much to love here...(AllMusic)
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