Moving Hearts   •   Donal Lunny's Definitive Moving Hearts

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  • Donal Lunny's Definitive Moving Hearts
    • 2003 - WEA 50446695232 CD (EUR)
  • Side One
    1. The Girl In The Big House, 'An Phis Fhliuch' (Trad. Arr. Moving Hearts)
    2. Allende (Lange)
    3. McBride's (Lunny/Sinnott)
    4. Faithful Departed (Philip Chevron)
    5. Downtown (Live) (Spillane)
    6. All I Remember (Live) (Hanly)
    7. Let Somebody Know (Sinnott)
    8. Before the Deluge (Jackson Browne)
    9. Category (Lunny Sinnott)
    10. Irish Ways and Irish Laws (John Gibbs)
    11. The Lark
      1. The Lark in the Morning (Trad. Arr. Davy Spillane, Donal Lunny, Eoghan O'Neill)
      2. Earl the Breakfast Boiler (Donal Lunny)
      3. O'Broin's Flightcase (Donal Lunny)
      4. In the Mountains of Holland (Donal Lunny)
      5. Old Hag You've Killed Me (Trad. Arr. Davy Spillane, Donal Lunny, Eoghan O'Neill)
      6. Peter O'Byrne's Fancy (Trad. Arr. Declan Masterson, Donal Lunny, Eoghan O'Neill)
      7. Langstrom's Pony (Trad. Arr. Moving Hearts)
    12. Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette (Jim Page)
    13. Ballinspittle Boogie (Trad. Arr. Moving Hearts)
  • Musicians
    • Christy Moore: Vocals (Tracks: 2, 4, 8, 10 & 12), Rhythm Guitar (Tracks: 8, 12) & Bodhran (Tracks: 3, 8 & 9)
    • Davy Spillane: Uileann Pipes (Tracks: 1, 3-6, 9, 11, 12 & 13) & Low Whistle (Tracks: 10 & 11)
    • Declan Sinnott: Lead & Rhythm Guitars (Tracks: 2-10 & 12)
    • Donal Lunny: Bouzouki, Keyboards
    • Eoghan O'Neill: Bass (Tracks: 1-6 & 8-13) & Fretless Bass (Track: 7)
    • Keith Donald: Saxophone (Tracks: 1-6, 8-10, 12 & 13), Bass Clarinet (Track: 7) & Soprano Sax (Track: 11)
    • Brian Calnan: Drums, Percussion (Tracks: 3, 4, 8, 9, 10 & 12)
    • Matt Kelleghan: Drums (Tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11& 13)
    • Mick Hanly: Vocals (Track: 6) & Rhythm Guitar (Tracks: 5 & 6)
    • Declan Masterson: Uileann Pipes (Tracks: 1, 11 & 13)
    • Greg Boland: Guitar (Tracks: 1 & 13)
    • Noel Eccles: Percussion (Tracks: 1 & 13) & Marimba, Congas, Bongos, Floor Toms, Gong (Track: 11)
    • Nollaig Ní Cathasaigh: Violin (Track: 10)
    • Tony Davis: Backing Vocals (Tracks: 4, 8, 10 &12)
  • Credits
    • Remastered by Robyn Robins, Donal Lunny and Noel Eccles at Mid Atlantic Digital
    • Designed by Therese at Pink Design
    • Compiled by Donal Lunny and Janet Kingston
    • Tracks 1 & 13 are previously unreleased
      • Produced by Donal Lunny,
      • Recorded in Lansdowne Studios in 1985
      • Engineer: Andrew Boland
    • Tracks: 3, 4, 8-10 & 12 are from Moving Hearts (1981, IRL)
      • Produced by Donal Lunny
      • Recorded at Keystone Studios & Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
      • Engineer: Andrew Boland
      • Assistant Engineers: Cathy Considine, Kevin Maloney & Pearce Dunne
    • Tracks: 2 & 7 are from Dark End Of The Street (1982, IRL)
      • Produced by Donal Lunny
      • Recorded at Ridge Farm Studio
      • Engineer: Andrew Boland
    • Tracks: 5 & 6 are Live Hearts (1983, IRL)
      • Engineered and Produced by Steve Turner
      • Recorded Live at The Dominion Theatre, London, February 1983
      • Remixed by Donal Lunny, Andrew Boland & John Dunford
    • Track: 11 is from The Storm (1985, IRL)
      • Produced by Donal Lunny
      • Recorded at Session Hire with Eerie Mobile Studio
      • Mixed at Windmill Lane Studios
      • Engineered by Andrew Boland
      • Assistant Engineer: Conor Barry (Eerie Mobile)
      • Assistant Engineer: John Grimes (Windmill Lane)

Sleeve Notes

To many of its followers, Moving Hearts meant something more than music. A lot of the songs — chosen by Christy — expressed something that affected people's lives, and there were many who were glad that somebody — anybody — was saying something publicly about people's basic rights.

Being a member of the band was being part of a body of deeply committed people, who believed passionately in what the music and songs were saying. "Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette" lent great moral support to the anti-nuclear movement in Ireland. "Allende" highlighted the shameful coup in Chile where American interests installed Pinochet; " … and the bullets read U.S. of A."

The old Dublin double-decker buses used to have a platform at the back with a vertical bar on the outside corner. If you ran after a departing bus and managed to grab the bar, you could pull yourself aboard. But if you missed your footing, you could find yourself being dragged along the street at forty miles an hour!

Being in Moving Hearts was like that for me — at least for the first two years. Having come from the world of traditional music, it was all I could do to hang on while this band took off like a mad thing. It started out smoothly enough, just Christy, Declan and me. Then along came Eoghan O'Neill and Brian Calnan; — The Rhythm Section had arrived! We changed up several gears and I started learning in earnest all about bass and drums.

We came dangerously close to becoming a fully-fledged Rock band, but having Davy and Keith battling on Uilleann pipes and soprano saxophone kept the goalposts on the move. In the fullness of time we were joined by Noel Eccles on percussion and Declan Masterson on second Uilleann pipes, and the band finally came into its own.

When Brian Calnan left, Matt Kelleghan, our sound engineer, — who happened to play drums, — took over practically the same day, and played the arrangements with uncanny precision. Norman Verso, our stage monitor engineer, slipped in Matt's place — and the band sounded better than ever!

Through all its changes, which also involved the great talents of Mick Hanly, Flo McSweeny, Anto Drennan, and Greg Boland, Moving Hearts was formidable presence on the Irish music scene. We lived for what we sang and played, and we left behind many happy musical memories that we all still feel proud of.

Donal Lunny