the children of lir (digi)

• CD packed into a 4 panel digipack
• UV gloss with a 12 page booklet
• Irish Acid Folk Classic
• Six Bonus Tracks
• 12-page booklet with rare photos and detailed band history
• Top 20 ‘Strange Folk’ classics in Record Collector, 2005

This psychedelic folk classic was recorded in 1974, and has gone on to become one of the rarest records ever issued in Ireland. A glorious mixture of catchy melodies, soaring harmonies and biting acid guitar, it’s presented here complete with a 12-page booklet featuring rare photos and detailed sleevenotes, as well as six bonus tracks (including demos, non-album 45s and the soundtrack to the work’s original broadcast on Irish television), making it the most comprehensive edition of The Children Of Lir ever assembled.

Track Listing:

• Overture
• Lir’s Lament
• Good Day, My Friend
• Wedding Song
• Children’s Song
• Mannanan I
• Mannanan II
• Children Of The Dawn
• Dawning Of The Day
• Septimus
• Farewell Song
• Cold Winds Blow
• Sad Children

Bonus Tracks

• William B (45a)
• False Prophets (45b)
• Wrong And Right (45b)
• Silent O’Moyle (Moore / O’Reilly)
• The Wheel Of Life (O’Reilly)
• Children Of Lir - original RTE broadcast