Delia Murphy - The Queen of Connemara [Prestige Irish 35002]

Delia Murphy - The Queen of Connemara - Prestige Irish IR 35002 - British (XTRA-Transatlantic) Reissue (1967), Stereo

Delia Murphy - Vocals
Bob Creash - Accordion
Stuart Wheeler - Bass
Walter Raim - Guitar and Banjo

All Instrumental Arrangements by Walter Raim

Recorded - [unknown, not listed on sleeve]

Produced by Kenneth S Goldstein
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Cover - Don Schlitten

Released - July 7, 1962 [original issue]

Here's the final and my favourite release in the Prestige Irish series - Delia Murphy's Queen of Connemara! 

Jazz Discography Project does not have a release listed for IR 35002, but according to my research (and Prestige's Fall 1963 Numerical Dealer Form) , this was the release. Murphy was a trailblazing traditional Irish folk singer - this was her only LP side and it`s quite appealing with nice singing and arrangements by Walter Raim, of all people.  

Mickey And Mary Carton - The Emmigrant Irish Boy [Prestige Irish 35003]

Mickey & Mary Carton - The Emmigrant Irish Boy - Prestige Irish IR 35003 - Blue Trident Label, Mono

Mary Carton -Vocals and Accordion
Mickey Carton - Accordion & Orchestra

Recorded - [unknown, not listed on sleeve]

Production - [uncredited]
Recording - [uncredited, but a small 'RVG' imprint is in the dead wax]
Cover - Don Schlitten

Released - May 4, 1963

Here's another release in the Prestige Irish series - Mickey and Mary Carton's Emmigrant Irish Boy! This side is a bit accordion heavy, but there's a deep Irish melancholy here which makes this side strangely compelling. This Irish American brother-sister sibling duo recorded one other side for Decca, but this side on Prestige has largely been forgotten. 

Margaret Barry And Michael Gorman - The Blarney Stone [Prestige Irish 35001]

Margaret Barry & Michael Gorman - The Blarney Stone - Prestige Irish IR 35001 - Blue Trident label, Mono

Margaret Barry - Vocals, Banjo
Michael Gorman - Violin

Recorded -[unknown, not listed on sleeve]

Produced by Kenneth S Goldstein
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder ['RVG' in the dead wax]
Cover - Don Schillten

Released - 1962?

Regular visitors of this blog will already be familiar with my fascination with Prestige's myriad of sub labels and subsidiaries of the early 1960s: Prestige International, Near East, Lively Arts, Moodsville etc. However, once was an amusing collecting side hobby has turned into a bit of a collecting black hole e.g a lot of time, energy and research spent on non-jazz recordings - yet the obsession continues!

Anyway,here's the first of my three contributions this month which will cover the most obscure of these subsidiaries- the Prestige Irish label - Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman's The Blarney Stone! This side is traditional Irish pub music - fiddlers and jigs etc..