The Phantom Orchestra / Jazz Phantoms

• Patrick Collins - violin, guitar, vocals
• Philippe Goddard - contra bass, vocals
• Alan Kelly - contra bass, jazz guitar, vocals
• Mox - flute, harmonica
• Richard H.Jones - guitar, vocals
• Peader Melinn AKA Peadar Ua Maoilfinn - guitar, vocals
• Pascal Segard - violin, mandolin, vocals

Bio:

The Phantom Orchestra formed on 9 October 1978 in a bar in Paris. They progressed from busking in the streets of Paris to promoting their own shows there before eventually moving to Dublin, where they appeared on RTE Television (The Late Late Show and Our Times among others) and toured in Belgium and Holland. They signed to Philips Ireland and released their debut LP in 1979. A second album recorded by the core trio of Phantoms with Louis Stewart was released under the Jazz Phantoms name.

Peader Melinn still lives in Paris.

side one:
Hound Dog (Lieber-Stroller)
Monday Morning People
Lady Be Good (Gershwin)
Hurricane (Dylan)
Celtic Priest (trad)
Come On Baby Let's Rock 'n' Roll

side two:
Lips
Sweet Sue
Making You Pay
Travelling In Spain
Mojo
She Kissed It All Goodbye

Notes Peadar Melinn's surname is mis-spelled 'Mellin' in the credits.

side one:
Blue Skies
Nuages
Limehouse Blues
Softly in the Morning Sunrise
I'm Confessing
Caravan

side two:
Dark Eyes
Honeysuckle Rose
Try A Little Tenderness
This Can't Be Love
Lady is a Tramp
Yesterdays

Notes: The Jazz Phantoms on this recording are Alan Kelly (rhythm guitar & vocals), Philippe Godard (contro bass) and Patrick Collins (violin).

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