BBC Radio One: The Bothy Band Live In Concert [LIVE]

The Bothy Band

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 1996)
• Original Release Date: March 5, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Green Linnet
• ASIN: B000005CU6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #253,394 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1976 & 1978 concerts by the traditional Irish group for the BBC, including a previously unrecorded pipe solo. 16 tracks total. 1998 Strange Fruit release. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, December 20, 2001

By	Chris Patterson (Fort Wayne, IN United States) - See all my reviews

I bought this album on a whim, after a hard-working day. I already had a couple of their albums, but still wasn't quite prepared for this collection (from 2 different concerts, 2 different dates). What an alternately warm, rocking(!), moving and energetic set. Calling them the "Irish Beatles" is perhaps a bit silly, but it can't be denied that this is some of the finest Celtic/trad. Irish music ever recorded.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A terrific record..., April 22, 2006

By	Larry from Brooklyn "Larry from Brooklyn" (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

And it is still available directly from Green Linnet on CD for about thirteen bucks. Check it out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE Bothy Band Album, August 7, 2003

By	Timothy Greenwood "Tim Greenwood" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Live in Concert (Audio CD)

I have to disagree with several other reviews of this album- this is, for me, the best example of the masterful Bothy Band in full flight. The live setting removes the frequent over-production of great Irish musicians & almost every set on this record is excellent (a feat that 'After Hours', for example, cannot claim)

The combination of full-on jigs & reels (the opening 'Martin Wynne's' set being a good example), poignant & funny songs and pensive instrumentals (eg 'The Maids of Mitchelstown') is unmatched in any other Irish folk record which I have yet heard.

Paddy Keenan's 'Bucks of Oranmore' is indeed a highlight, but the whole set offers more than the rest of the Bothy's back catalogue. This is one of THE irish masterpieces and is a perfect demonstration of exciting music which doesn't rely on production effects - just legendary musicians playing fine tunes. This is one of the best records made in any genre.