Horslips The Tain

Horslips - The Táin (1973) UK Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz  Vinyl & HR

Posted by Fran Solo at Jan. 14, 2020
Horslips - The Táin (1973) UK Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

Horslips ‎- The Táin
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: DJM Records/DJF 20543 | Released: 1973 | This Issue: 1976 | Genre: Progressive-Folk

Essential: a masterpiece of prog-folk music
It is almost impossible to provide an objective review of one of the theme tunes of my childhood. This accompanied Thomas Kinsella and Louis le Brocquy's (I'm sure I misspelled that) fabulous transaltion& brush drawings of the The Tain (which was compulsory study at school).
Horslips - Albums Collection 1972-1976 (4CD) Japanese Reissue 2008

Horslips - Albums Collection 1972-1976 (4CD) Japanese Reissue 2008
EAC | FLAC | Image/Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.17 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 420 Mb | Scans included
Genre: British Folk-Rock, Celtic Rock, Prog-Rock | Time: 02:46:51

At one point in the mid-'70s, Horslips seemed poised to become Ireland's answer to Steeleye Span. But they also had a shot at being the next Jethro Tull (only a better hard rock outfit), or maybe Genesis, or even Yes in their folkier moments. Those events never quite happened, but Horslips released half-a-dozen superb albums along the way, becoming Ireland's most acclaimed folk-rock and progressive band. Collection includes: Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part (1972); The Táin (1973); Drive The Cold Winter Away (1975); The Book of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony (1976).
Horslips - The Book Of Invasions (1976) US Demo 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

Horslips - The Book Of Invasions ‘A Celtic Symphony’
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: DJM Records/DJLPA-10 | Released: 1976 | Genre: Progressive-Folk

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music
After the lacklustre Unfortunate Cup of Tea, the next album was going to be a watershed for Horslips.
Horslips - Dancehall Sweethearts (1974, japanese CD reissue 2008)

Horslips - Dancehall Sweethearts
EAC+LOG+CUE | WV: 262 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Strange Days Records # POCE-1245 | Country/Year: Japan 2008, 1974
Genre: Rock, Folk, World | Style: Folk Rock, Prog Rock, Celtic

"…So while this album succeeds in their effort to create more accessible, radio-friendly music, it wasn't the commercial breakthrough this band had hoped for to compete more directly with similar, successful groups like Jethro Tull and Wishbone Ash. That said, Dancehall Sweethearts is still regarded as one of their finer recordings and the more mainstream approach of this record fully reveals that instrumentally they were every bit as talented as their more famous early seventies rock & roll counterparts." ~AMG
Horslips - Dancehall Sweethearts (1974) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

Horslips - Dancehall Sweethearts
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: RCA Victor /CPL1-0709 | Released: 1974 | Genre: Progressive-Folk

Excellent addition to any Prog Rock music collection
Thugamar fein an samhradh linn has a haunting melody which has never left me. To hear it in We Bring the summer with us was moving.