Christy Moore
Prosperous
1970 - Trailer LER 3035 LP
Side One
The raggle taggle gipsies; Tabhair dom do lamb
The dark eyed sailor
I wish I was in England
Lock Hospital
James Connolly
The hackler from Grouse Hall
Side Two
Tribute to Woody
The Ludlow Massacre
A letter to Syracuse
Spancillhill
The Cliffs of Dooneen
Rambling Robin
Credits
Dónal Lunny: guitars, bouzouki, and bottle neck bouzouki
Liam Og O'Flynn: Uilleann pipes and whistle
Andy Irvine mandolin and mouth organ
Clive Collins: fiddle
Dave Bland: concertina
Kevin Conneff: bodhràn
Recorded at Prosperous, Co. Kildare
Produced by Bill Leader
Alternate release
1972 - TARA 1000/1001 LP
Prosperous: 1995 - Tara 2008 CD
Notes
According to Alistair Banfield: "The Christy Moore LP Prosperous had all the members of Planxty so could almost be considered a Planxty LP. It was recorded by the wonderful English recording engineer Bill Leader (who was also responsible for recording the Dubliners in their early years at Transatlantic). He released the LP first in England on the Trailer label (LER 3035) and it became the first LP issued by Tara Records in Dublin. There was clearly some confusion in the run up to the release because the first copies have the catalogue number 1001 on the LP and 1000 on the Sleeve (or vice versa?). Tara then reissued it again, having licensed it from Trailer with another catalogue number 2008. Thus it has had 3 different releases."