Spotlight (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Spotlight (BBC Recordings 1972-1973)
Type = Live Album
Artist = Tír na nÓg

| Released = 09 October 2001
Recorded = Playhouse Theatre
*04 September 1972
*16 September 1972
Langham 1
*15 January 1973
*23 October 1973
Genre = folk
Length = 49:39
Label = Hux Records | Producer = John Walters
Tony Wilson
Bernie Andrews
Reviews =
Last album = "Hibernian"
(2000)
This album = "Spotlight"
(2001)
Next album = "A Tear and a Smile Strong in the Sun"
(2004) |

"Spotlight" is the second live album by Irish band Tír na nÓg. It contains recordings from the BBC archive including some tracks from the John Peel Sessions with the band.

Track listing

#"Strong In the Sun" (Leo O'Kelly) – 3:32
#"Free Ride" (Nick Drake) – 2:58
#"Los Angeles" (O'Kelly) – 3:35
#"Backwaterawhile" (Sonny Condell) – 5:06
#"Spotlight" (Condell) – 3:53
#"Come And See The Show" (Condell) – 3:23
#"The Same Thing Happening" (O'Kelly) – 4:32
#"Teesside" (Condell) – 2:41
#"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 3:58
#"Piccadilly" (O'Kelly) - 4:03
#"The Lady I Love" (Condell) – 3:28
#"Cinema" (O'Kelly) – 4:29
#"Most Magical" (Condell) – 3:03

Recording and broadcast details

Track 1 recorded 04 September 1972 at Playhouse Theatre, London.:Broadcast 17 October 1972.::Produced by John Walters. Engineered by Bob Conduct.Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 recorded 16 September 1972 at Playhouse Theatre, London.
:::Tracks 12 & 13 recorded 15 January 1973 at Langham 1 studio, London.:Broadcast 01 February 1973.::Produced and Engineered by Bernie Andrews.Tracks 2, 3, 4 & 5 recorded 23 October 1973 at Langham 1 studio, London.:Broadcast 13 November 1973.::Produced and Engineered by Tony Wilson.

Personnel

*Sonny Condell - vocals, guitar, bongos
*Leo O'Kelly - vocals, guitar, bongos

Release history

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/t/tirnanog Dates of the John Peel Sessions with Tír na nÓg]
* [http://www.huxrecords.com/cdsales21.htm Page about Spotlight on the Hux Records website]

References