This new release presents the recorded works of the remarkable P.J. Conlon - foremost of the melodeon players to record Irish music in the 1920's.

The remarkable Peter Conlon was the foremost player of traditional Irish music on the melodeon during the golden age of 78 rpm recording.

The 44 page booklet documents his life, his recordings, his legacy, and much more.

TRACK LISTINGS:

Disk 1
1. The Humors Of The Whiskey
2. Rose In The Garden
3. Keel Row
4. Saddle The Pony
5. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
6. The Mill Stone Grinder
7. Paddy On The Turnpike
8. The Black Thornstick (Take 1)
9. The Black Thornstick (Take 2)
10. Harvest Home; Galway Bay
11. The Scholar
12. Gurren’s Castle; Money Musk
13. The Heath’ry Breeze
14. Hennessy’s Hornpipe
15. Paddy O’Rafferty’s Jig
16. Gordon’s Reel
17. Happy To Meet And Sorry To Part
18. Stack Of Barley (Gennett)
19. McBan’s Reel
20. Stack Of Barley (Okeh)
21. Cameronian Reel
22. Kitty’s Ramble
23. Irishman’s Blackthorn
   

Disk 2
1. Barn Dance
2. The Irish Washerwoman
3. Sheeren’s Reel
4. Shannon Bells
5. Baxter’s Jig
6. The Ways To The Racket
7. Medley Of Slip Jigs
8. The Lark In The Morning
9. Phil The Fluter’s Ball
10. The Banks Of Ireland; The Ships Are Sailing
11. The Plains Of Boyle
12. The Salt Hill Pipes
13. The Banks Of Newfoundland
14. The College Grove; The Flaggon Reel
15. The Lark In The Morning; Clancy’s Jig
16. The Flax In Bloom; The Bag Of Potatoes
17. The Broken Pledge; Kitty In The Lane
18. The Tuam Reel; The Salamanca Reel
19. The Irish Girl; Green Fields Of America
20. Manning’s Jig; The Country Jig
21. The Tap Room; The Moving Bogs
22. Old Man Dillon; The Rose In The Heather
23. The Fiddler’s Delight
24. Contentment Is Wealth