Guth & Tuairim, Féabhra 1980

8 11 CHANGE FOR 'l'HE Bb.:TT;,;R? "Albert Fry" (Gael-Linn CEF 082) With a string of successful singles, and several RTE, D'fhoilsigh Gael~Linn dha cheirn{n ur le gairids BBC, and UTV shows behind them, many were sad to "Bean a' Leanna" le Seoirse Mac an Iomaire as read that Billy "alsh his sister Patricia and Conamara agus "Albert Fry" on ch,eoltoir as Ted Ponsonby had parted company • Leader Beal Feirste, ceann a bhfuil suim ar leith againne sa Ted Ponsonby has revamped his Rascal and added a taobh seo t!re ann. In eineacht le Albert ta coloured female vocalist to their ranks, and hopes , , , soon to have his b<•nd back on disc. Meanwhile Billy Donall 0 hAnluain a bhuaileann an giotar, Seosa.mh 0 DUn a bhuaileann an cello, agus and his sister Patricia are fronting a newly formed Manas. 6 Baoill a bhuaileann an chruitchorda agus a band which will be called Cheeky. The Rascal were a , , leading band, but after seven years together, the le~righ an ceirn!n. Taceol rince agus tionlacan ar fluit agus fidil le Frankie 6 Cinn~ide agus trio felt it was time for a change. Billy and Ted Mairead N{ Mhaonaigh. are also excellent composers, and feel that the new 'Se "S!os an Sliabh" an chead amhran ar an cheirn!n• . look Rascal and newly formed Cheeky will benefit from Cuirtear in iUl duit go gasta nach bhfuil an ceirn!n such talents. I would say that the split was long seo cosuil leis an cheann a chuir Albert amach roimhe oyer-due, now we will have two good bands on the pop seo. Ta tionlacan iomlan ar an amhran seo leis an circuit from Letterkenny. ghiotar ag IKlnall o'hAnluain, le p!osa beag ceoil RAT TRAP: rince indiaidh an churfa o Frankie agus Mairead. The Boomtown Rats were certainly very disappoin.ted Cuireann seo go mor le gluaiseacht an amhrain, ce go that 'Diamond Smiles' failed to provide them with their dtiocfadh leis a bheith rud beag n!os leanuna!. third number one in a row. Now from that album "The D 1 eirigh go maith leo an t-a.mhran seo a choiriu le Fine Art Of" they have removed 'Someone's Looking At tionlacan nua-aimsireach, ach ag an am cheanna You' and issued it as their latest single. There is carachtar tradisiunta an amhrain a choinneal. Ta still no firm date when they will start to film se seo le feiceal i gcas na n-a.mhran uilig beagnach. 'Dracula Rock', due to be filmed in Scotland, witq "A" . Dh . ge· bh. fh lt Do " t-a.mh " · . · . . ~nn~r eas na ~a - o nn an ran ~s scr~pt by Bob Geldof, and co-starr~ng h~s fellow f li f '· Bh, 11 d ,_...._ ht . . . earr om e~n. earann an ce o o............eac Rats as a f~ctihous rock band. liB a cr~t remarked bh . d' T' i· 1 , . 1 ... ..- they won't need much make up! re}se o., . a an ~o,.n acan s~mp l:,. ague n~ phluchann se an t-amhran - rud a dheanann go leor ceoltoir! lena gcuid amhrlin. ANOTHER NUMBSH ONE: Ceann eile a bhfuil duil mhor agam ann na Our only Eurovision star Dana is still enjoying number one hits ten years after her success with '.nll Kinds· Of Everything'. To start the new decade she was presented with a silver disc by the I.F.P.I. (who sponsor the charts) for sales of 'Totus Tuus (Totally Yours)' which she eo-composed with Damien. Success has not changed the singer. "Mheall S{ Leria Glortha.:i.' Me". Baintear usaid bhlasta as an ghiotar ague an cello. Seachna!onn siad ,.... 0 ~ gluaiseacht isteach ro-ghasta ann; in ait sin, teann ~ siad le coisceim deas reidh. Ta leagan de "Seachran m Chairn tSiadhail" ar an cheirn1n. Ta an ceann seo dif~il ~ on .cheann a bh{ ar an cheirn!n deireannach aige. . 0 BEST SELLERS: Police and singer Lena Martell took top honours record sales album wise and single wise for the "Thiar i dT{r Chonaill". De"'antar tagairt d'ainmneacha ~ in the aitiula sa leagan is uire seo. 'September to December'.. In the singles race period Go h-ard ar mo liosta fosta ta "Bean An Thir Rua" (cuireann fluit Frankie, Matt Molloy i gcuimhne damh) hit ague "La Brea Te sa tSamhradh - amhran gra, bronach. Michael Jackson was top male singer. Record sales an all time low last year, some blamed home taping, while other's blamed the high prices. MAJ.~STRO. / Comortas Ainmni gh d.D grU"pa lena iiibu<<ileann Ta amhran amhain gan tionlacan ar an cheirnin "Nur.ir a Bh.:i.' Mise Og". rra laimh mhaith ag Albert ar seo fosta. Deanann an t-amhran seo ceangal leis an cheirn{n deireannach agus taispeanann senar athraigh aq ceoltoir an oir~ad sin uilig. Ta "Trathnona Beag Areir" cosuil le ''Meil t{ Cheann Dubhrann" ar go leor doigheanna. Baintear usaid as tionlacan simpl! giotar ach b 1 fheidir go bhfuil se ro-ghasta. Ta cupla casadh deas ann, m.s.h. "A Mhuirn.ln Og" ina mbaintear usaid mhaith ar1s as an chruitchord ~s an cello. Bhearann an ceann seo amach st{l Albert. Tosna:lonn an ceol, rince le "Poll Halfpenny" agus "R{l Chicago". t>a chead phfosa seo ta an fidil sa chul iontach cosuil le harmonium. Ar an da phfosa "Johnny Nhic.:i.'"/"The Star Above the Garter" ta an grU"pa iomlan ag buaileadh le cheile. Le st{l Frankie, crui tchorda l'lhami'is Uf :tlhaoill agus giotar Dhonaill U[ hAnluain, deanann siad ceol ata cosuil ar dhoigheanna leis an Bothy Band, ach a bhfuil carachtar da chuid fein a ige mar sin fein. Ta dha phfosa solo ar an che1rnfn - "Donall Og" (le Frankie) a bhfuil a ithne mha ith air agus "La rry Og"/"Reevey's" le Mairead ar an D1idil. Ta stfl deas leanunach acu. Bheadh se deas da gcu:lrfeadh Gael-Linn amach ceirn{n on bheirt seo leo fein gan tionlacan ar bith. . 3t (1) (2) l"l<iiread N{ Fhaonaigh agus Frankie Kennedy. Airunnigh dh<L" amhra'n ar an cheirn.:i.'n, "Thiar i dTfr t;hona i ll". Da mbeadh locht ar bi th le fail agam ar an cheirn1n seo 1 o f) Ta coip do cheirnfn J.lbert Fry le baint. ~======================~~ THE 61FT SiHElP Lower Main Street DUNGLOE TOP 20 TR.t,DITION.hL & COUNTRY RECORDS & Ti.Pl:.S JB"..!ELLEHY & l·;DSICr.L INSTRU11BNTS Phone --oungloe 13 ""' Dearfainn nach bhfuil an leiriu chomh mai th agus a a thiocfadh leis a bheith. Taobh amuigh do sin, ceirn{n () ·.-1 iontach lllaith ata ann - eachtra ur do Albert Fry ague ~ fosta do Ghael-Linn. a ;:: b() cd M M aj l. () r-i aj li. 2. q) ;:: +3 111 3. ~ / Comortas " s.o.D. · C.L.C.G. Galway won the i.ll- Ireland three times in a row. In which years? What are the colours of the following counties: Louth, Laois and Sligo. In what yea r was the County Final in Donegal not finished? ,8 Freagra{ chuig "Gu th 7 Tuairim", Do ire Beaga. ~ Ta £2 le baint.