''Dark End of the Street'' is the second studio album recorded by

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. The album features folk singer

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on most of the songs, except "Let Somebody Know", written and sung by

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. Two versions of ''Dark End of the Street'', with identical front covers, were released simultaneously as

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LPs in 1982: one was a studio album and the other was released in some countries as a compilation album, with a different track listing. The original studio album was re-released on CD in 1995.

Studio album

The studio album was released as a vinyl LP in 1982.Sleeve notes from ''Dark End of the Street'' (studio LP), WEA IR 58718 LP, 1982.

Track listing

Compilation album

In some countries (US and Canada), a vinyl LP was also released in 1982 with the same title and front cover, but a different track listing,Sleeve notes from ''Dark End of the Street'' (compilation LP), WEA 1802, 1982. as a compilation of tracks selected from the following studio albums: *''

'' (1981) – (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9) *''Dark End of the Street'' (1982) – (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 10). The catalogue number for this compilation album was: 'WEA 1802' in the US and 'WEA MH15' in Canada.

Track listing

Re-release of the studio album on CD

The studio album was re-released on CD in 1995, with the original track list.Sleeve notes from ''Dark End of the Street'' (studio CD), WEA 2292–50144–2, 1995.

Track listing

Personnel

The two versions of the 1982 album featured the following musicians: *

– vocals, guitar,

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Dónal Lunny Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays left-handed guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozai ...

– vocals,

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, synthesiser *

– lead guitar, acoustic, vocals *Tony Davis – backing vocals *Eoghan O'Neill –

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, vocals *Matt Kellaghan – drums *Brian Calnan – drums,

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–

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*Keith Donald – Tenor and Soprano saxophone *

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(credited as Nollaig Ni Cathasaigh) – violin

References

External links

* Official website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dark End of the Street (Moving Hearts album) 1982 albums Moving Hearts albums