Atlantic Bridge & Singles [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Product Description
Japanese remastered reissue of the British fusion band's 1970 instrumental debut album. Two CD set packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Arcangelo. 2004.

Atlantic Bridge & Singles,Atlantic Bridge,Disk Union,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Awesome blend of sounds These are not your father's Uilleann pipes World Bridge Bend those notes Davy!

Atlantic Bridge Davy Spillane Manufacturer: Tara Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Celtic | Europe | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pipedreams Out of the Air Shadow Hunter Forgotten Days ASIN: B000001JAY Release Date: 1995-07-13

Tracks:

1. Davy's Reels
2. Atlantic Bridge
3. Daire's Dream
4. Tribute To Johnny Doran
5. O'Neill's Statement
6. By The River Of Gems
7. Sliverish
8. The Pigeon On The Gate
9. In My Life
10. Lansdowne Blues
11. Track 11

Customer Reviews:

Awesome blend of sounds.......2003-07-31

This is a magnificent blend of traditional Irish uillean pipes and mainly bluegrass but also some country and western style guitar.

Celtic fusion varies in how it works. At times it can be great and at times you just want one or the other. But on this album the combination is superb especially the banjo and the pipes.

Davy's Reels is an oustanding start to the album with it's movement from a traditional sounding pipe melody to a riveting country and western guitar passage. Atlantic Bridge is the best track for me with some nice work from dobro, pipes and banjo.
Davy's stunning solo Tribute To Johnny Doran and the banjo heavy Silverish are the other two best tracks in my opinion but everybody could have a favourite. The last track Landsdowne Blues is another outstanding fusion.

This album is an unforgettable listen. The only poor track is the abysmal adaptation of In My Life which sounds like one of those revolting panpipe moods albums. There's also a rather pointless ten second bonus track with a brief guitar passage from Davy. However, that aside this album can be played over and over.

These are not your father's Uilleann pipes.......2002-03-13

If you've seen or heard Riverdance, you're already familiar with Davy Spillane's hauntingly beautiful Uilleann pipe and low whistle melodies. If you're hoping to find more of that kind of music, "Atlantic Bridge" is probably not the CD you want.

I found this out only after I bought the CD. What I heard instead was a really interesting blend of various musical genres, among them bluegrass, jazz and, yes, traditional Irish piping and whistling. You'll notice this quickly. Track 1, "Davy's Reels", starts out with a conventional Irish sound. Then, about halfway through the track, the country-western guitar kicks in.

The title track, "Atlantic Bridge", literally bridges the old and the new worlds, starting with a lively, finger-snapping, guitar-picking tune, which eventually turns into a pipe and banjo duet. This is one of my favorite tunes on the CD.

If you're in the mood for a lively pipe jig, try "Tribute to Johnny Doran". For more pipes and banjos, try "Sliverish". For the blues, there's "Landsdowne Blues", which my mother says sounds like the kind of music she listened to forty or fifty years ago, when she was growing up.

"By the River of Gems" features some breathtakingly beautiful piping, Riverdance-style, and ends with another pipe and banjo duet. (A shorter and much more beautiful pipe-only version of this track appears on Davy's 1998 CD, "The Sea of Dreams".)

And then there's "In My Life", the Lennon/McCartney tune like you've never heard it before, featuring the low whistle and a hammer dulcimer, both played by Davy.

A final note: there's a twelve-second untitled bonus track at the end with a short snatch of guitar music. What it's for is anyone's guess. I keep wondering if perhaps something got left out during the recording session.

All in all, this CD's a good buy, if you're interested in unconventional Celtic music.

World Bridge.......2000-07-17

The more I listen to Celtic music, and its musicians the less easy it is to label any music. This album does more than to bridge the Atlantic, it's more like a "home is where your ears are" kind of experience.

Davy and all of his guest artists seem to transend themselves, playing as one person. Davy's virtuoso handling of the uilleann pipes is as superb as always. At one moment it's a wind instrument, at another it's a violin.

I bought this and two other Davy Spillane albums on faith, based on his haunting solo in Riverdance. Now you show some faith. Stop reading the reviews and wrap your ears around this wonderful music.

Bend those notes Davy!.......1999-07-12

Come on - what can I say?? A master piece from the master of the pipes himself. This earlier recording of Davy's, puts you right up there on the moors wishing you had a pint of Guinness in you hand. Contains Daire's Dream, the best song Davy ever played. What can I say, BUY IT NOW, how ever have you walked God's green earth without it?

Average customer rating:

Atlantic Bridge Atlantic Bridge Manufacturer: Breathless ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009PQG1I Release Date: 2005-06-06

Tracks:

1. McArthur Park
2. Dreams
3. Rosecrans Boulevard
4. Something
5. Dear Prudence
6. Childwood Room (Exit Walt)
7. Hilary Dickson [*]
8. I Can't Lie to You [*]

Average customer rating:

Atlantic Bridge & Singles Atlantic Bridge Manufacturer: Disk Union ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000295YRS Release Date: 2004-07-26

Tracks:

1. Macarthur Park
2. Dreams
3. Rosecrans Boulevard
4. Something
5. Dear Prudence
6. Chldhood Room (Exit Walt)
7. I Can't Lie To You
8. Hilary Dickson
9. Childhood Room

Album Description

Japanese remastered reissue of the British fusion band's 1970 instrumental debut album. Two CD set packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Arcangelo. 2004.

Album Details

24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Rock Music:

1. Been Down That Muddy Road
2. Bottle [CD-single] [Import]
3. Break Neck Revolution
4. Campaign Moving Slow
5. Climage
6. Clubhead Nonstopmegamix #1
7. Consequence
8. Country and Blues Revue
9. Definitive Collection [Import]
10. Definitive Collection [Import]

Rock Music