Albatross

• Barry McCabe - guitar/vocals
• Gary Eglington - bass
• Kid Crossen - drums
  
  

Bio:

The first lineup of Albatoss was formed in the mid-70s by Barry McCabe (guitar) and showband veteran John Smith in the village of Virginia, Co.Cavan. They were named after the Fleetwood Mac song. Barry's two main influences were Peter Green and Rory Gallagher. The highlight of this early period was undoubtedly supporting Horslips at the Farmer's Ballroom in Virginia in 1976.

By the early 1980s the band was a blues trio based in Dublin with ex Zen Alligators Gary Eglington on bass. They toured relentlessly across Northern Europe and Scandanvia throughout the 80s, recording several live albums. The two Stoic singles released in 1984 are difficult to find.

Barry McCabe continues to record and perform regularly as a solo artist. A number of live CDs have been issued which collect the Albatross recordings. Check out his website for more details.

 

side one:
Walkin' by Myself
Everybody's Got the Blues
Worried Blues
I'm Ready

side two:
Hard Hearted Woman
High School Queenie
Alberta
Night Time People

tracklisting:
Intro/Too Late Now
Fine, Fine, Fine
Feel So Good
I Don't Know Your Name
Move It On Over
Prisoners Of Conscience
Some Kind Of Wonderful

Notes: Recorded live in Lille. The lineup on this recording is Barry McCabe (guitars, vocals), Ruud Weber (bass), Cedric Leonardi (drums) and Pierre Toussaint (piano).

 

tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Too Late Now
3. Fine, Fine, Fine
4. Feel So Good
5. I Don't Know Your Name
6. Move It On Over
7. Prisoners Of Conscience
8. Intro
9. Someone I Used To Know
10. Never Say Die
11. Full Moon On Main Street
12. Freddy Wants A Cadillac
13. Talk To Your Daughter
14. Sweet Little Angel
15. Night Time People
16. Tempted

Notes: Tracks 1-7 were recorded live in Lille and were originally released on Blue Shadow Records BSCD 4714 "C'est La Vie" in 1990. The remaining tracks were recorded during the Independence Day Festival in Norway at the Night Club Nobile in Tromsø by Bjørnar Riise and Ivan Tzatchev, and mixed at Scorpion Music Studio. Issued on the famous Blue Horizon label (through Ace Records) which was resurrected by Mike Vernon in the early 1990s.


Albatross at Scorpion Music Studio
[photo courtesy Ivan Tzatchev]

tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Someone I Used To Know
3. Never Say Die
4. Full Moon On Main St.
5. Freddie Wants A Cadillac
6. Talk To Your Daughter
7. Sweet Little Angel
8. Night Time People
9. Tempted

10. Stay With Me
11. Alberta (live version)
12. Walkin' Blues
13. Nobody's Girl

Notes: Credited to Barry McCabe under the subtitle The Albatross Years. Tracks 1-9 are the Live in Norway concert originally issued on the "Everybody's Got the Blues" CD in 1993. Tracks 10-13 are previously unreleased bonus tracks (studio outtakes, live radio performances).

tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Too Late Now
3. Fine, Fine, Fine
4. Feel So Good
5. I Don't Know Your Name
6. Move It On Over
7. Prisoners Of Conscience
8. Some Kind Of Wonderful
9. Everybody's Got The Blues
10. Rock 'n' Roll Medley
...5 Studio Tracks, Of Different Studio And Radio Takes, Showing The More Acoustic Side: 11. Talk Too Much
12. Love That Burns (Peter Green)
13. Alberta
14. High School Queenie
15. Sheilagh

Notes: Second of the archive CD releases. Tracks 1-10 are an expanded version of the Lille concert released as "C'est La Vie" in 1990; tracks 11-15 are bonus tracks, i.e. studio outtakes, radio performances, etc, including two tracks from the Stoic single releases (13 & 14).

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