Valparaiso (album)
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Valparaiso is Rita Connolly
Rita Connolly
Rita Connolly is a Dublin-born singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called 'Granuaile' based on the 16th century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as including her in other of his...

's second solo recording, released in 1996. It features a guest appearance by Iarla O'Lionaird on vocals.

Track listing

  1. "Ocean Floor"–4:55 (S. Condell)
  2. "Valparaiso"–3:57 (R. Connolly)
  3. "Lizzie Finn"–5:10 (S. Barry / S. Davey)
  4. "Ripples In The Rockpools"–3:27 (S. Davey)
  5. "Piccadilly"–4:46 (Leo O'Kelly)
  6. "His Name Is Elvis"–3:18 (S. Barry / S. Davey)
  7. "Two White Horses"–2:39 (S. Condell)
  8. "Shakin' The Blues Away"–2:33 (I. Berlin)
  9. "Sun Song"–3:51 (R. Connolly / S. Davey)
  10. "Riov"–4:48 (M. Nesmith)
  11. "The Great Guns Roarv"–4:00 (S. Davey)
  12. "The Quiet Land of Erin"–3:36 (J O'Hara / S. Davey)

Credits

  • Rita Connolly
    Rita Connolly
    Rita Connolly is a Dublin-born singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called 'Granuaile' based on the 16th century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as including her in other of his...

     - Vocals.
  • Iarla O'Lionaird - Vocals.
  • Shaun Davey
    Shaun Davey
    - Early years :Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others...

     - Harmony vocals.
  • Robbie Brennan & Paul McAteer - Drums.
  • Noel Eccles - Percussion.
  • Eoghan O'Neill - Bass guitars.
  • Des Moore - Acoustic & electric guitar, High String Guitar & Mandolin.
  • Anthony Drennan - Lead electric guitar , Dobro, Acoustic guitar, E-Bow electric.
  • Jimmy Smith - Lead electric guitar.
  • Gerry O'Beirne - Acoustic guitar.
  • Paul Drennan & Eddie Lynch - Keyboards.
  • Michael Buckley - Soprano & Tenor Sax, Flute.
  • Matthew Manning - Oboe, Cor Anglais.
  • Backing Vocals/Chorus: Sean Connolly, Patricia Connolly, Enda Connolly, Inez Connolly, Ursula Connolly, Clare Kenny, Carla Gallagher, Valerie Armstrong and Steve Cooney.

Production

  • Produced by Shaun Davey
    Shaun Davey
    - Early years :Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others...

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  • Co-Produced by Rita Connolly
    Rita Connolly
    Rita Connolly is a Dublin-born singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called 'Granuaile' based on the 16th century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as including her in other of his...

    .
  • Engineered & mixed by Bill Somerville-Large
  • Additional engineering - Andrew Boland & Brian Masterson.
  • Assistant Engineer - Conan Doyle.
  • Executive Producer - John Cook.
  • Computer Programming - Dennis Woods.
  • Recorded at Westland Studios & Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin.

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