Limerick Music Retrospective #1 - The Reindeer Age

Here is my first leap back into the underworld of the Limerick music scene. This is a big leap right back to 1989. Seeing as I was 5 at the time I'm not the right man to review this album, but I did still have a copy of the album on Tape and Vinyl at Home. The album sounds aged in parts but the music is still great and I think this album is a good place to start, when trying to find out more about Limerick music and the bands that graced the city down through the years.

On first look the track listing on the vinyl and the track listing on the tape are different as two bands have been added to the tape. Lets have a look at the track listing. If you have any comments you wish to share about the following bands please let me know. I will try and get around to some of the major bands on this album at some stage.

Side 1. 1. We're All Green - The O'Malleys 2. Change The Room - Private World 3. My Inner Light - Tuesday Blue 4. I Fall Down - Up The Downstairs 5. I'm As Furious As An Ox...- They Do It With Mirrors (later known as The Mirrors) 6. People Who Care -The Separators 7. Attitude -The Drive (later known as The Driven) 8. Alice Is Here -The Hitchers Side 2. 1. Telephone -Toucandance 2. Soul Farmers- Perfect Moment 3. Symphony -The Surrealists 4. Last Thing On My Mind -Big Johns Bootleggin Band 5. Shout It Out -Utopian Puppets 6. Poor Country -X-It 7. Lovely Day Tomorrow - Preachers Story (Tape Version Only) 8. Easy Street -Mike O'Mahony (Tape Version Only)

If anyone has this album in mp3 form I would love a copy. This compilation album was basically a mish mash of Shannonside bands, made by Xeric Studios in limerick from Aug - Oct 1989. Looking at the bands above, there are still a few names knocking around today. Take the likes of Track one -the O'Malleys, just played two weeks ago down in dolans . The Hitchers apparently broken up, but still giging in dolans the odd time. Toucandance front man Eamonn Hehir still playing gigs now as "The Small Mercies", can be seen in dolans and Foleys Bar of late (Review of one of their gigs on the left sidebar). So there you have it the first installment of a music retrospective of Limerick. Would love to hear some feedback on these bands or suggestions on some other topics to discuss. Tuesday Blue - Tunnel Vision , From MTUSA! O'Malleys - Live In Nancy Blakes(Dec 08)