''Scullion'' is the first studio album by
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
band
Scullion
Scullion may refer to:
* The Irish surname derived from 'Ó Scolláin' meaning 'descendant of the/a scholar'
* a servant from the lower classes.
Music
* Scullion (group), an Irish folk rock band
* ''Scullion'' (album)
People with the surname
...
. It was released in 1979 by
Mulligan Music and produced by
P.J. Curtis.
Track listing
Personnel
;Scullion
*
Sonny Condell —
vocals
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,
guitar
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,
piano
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,
saxophone
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,
percussion
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Greg Boland — vocals, guitar, percussion
*
Philip King — vocals,
harmonica
*
Jimmy O'Brien-Moran —
uilleann pipes
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whistle
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,
recorder
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;Additional musicians
*
Peter Browne — uilleann pipes on tracks 3, 4 and 10b,
flute on "Domes" and "Cold River", whistle on "The Kilkenny Miners"
*
Kevin Burke —
fiddle on "I Am Stretched On Your Grave"
*John McAvoy — fiddle on "Living Blind" and "The Kilkenny Miners"
*
Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
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harmonium
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Tommy Hayes —
bodhran,
bones
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Rita Connolly
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— vocals,
backing vocals
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Garvan Gallagher Garvan may refer to:
People
*Francis Patrick Garvan (1875–1937), American lawyer, president of the Chemical Foundation
*Genevieve Garvan Brady (1880–1938), American philanthropist and Papal duchess
* Garvan McCarthy (born 1981), retired Irish s ...
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double bass
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,
drones
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Robbie Brennan
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drums
;Production
*
Philip Begley –
engineering
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*Paul Thomas, Steve Morris – engineering assistants
*
Andrew Boland – engineering on "Word About Colour" and "Fonn Mail"
*Pat Musick – cover painting, sleeve design
*Syd Bluett – sleeve design
Release history
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1979 debut albums
Scullion (group) albums