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Dolphin Records was started by Jim Aiken, Vincent Nolan, Jim Hand and Oliver Barry.
The label was managed by Brian Barker in the late 1960s. Dolphin remains active as
both a record label and a retail chain.
UK pressings via Island Records exist for the first six singles at least. There may be
more. There may also be more label variations than shown here. My thanks to Bob Lyons for the
scan of DOS 1.
One interesting anomoly: there appear to be very few releases (and no single releases) in 1976. Does anyone know why?
While saturated with showbands, country & irish, and bearded copycat balladeer groups,
the Dolphin catalogue nevertheless includes many interesting records (or potentially interesting -- I haven't heard
them all by any means) which I have tried to indicate in bold.
Label designs
SINGLES
DOS Series 1968-1992
DOS 1 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Two Loves / Gold And Silver [3/1968]
DOS 2 Paddy Cole & The Capitol Showband - Bottle of Wine / Creole Jazz [3/1968]
DOS 3 College Boys - Simon Says / White Cliffs Of Dover [1968] [with Teddie Palmer]
Green label in the south, white label in the north!
DOS 4 The Vanguard Six (Tralee) - Who's Taking You Home Tonight / Mother Machree [1968] [UK press through Island]
DOS 5 Smokey Mountain Ramblers - Ballad Of Amelia Earhart / Bile Them Cabbage Down [1968]
DOS 6 Oscar Whifney Sound - Tommy Jones / Creeque Alley [1968] mispelled Whifley on label
DOS 7 Weaver Folk - Henry My Son / Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms [1968]
DOS 8 Oliver Kane - Far Away Out In Australia / Portobello Road [1968] different to the Polydor recording artist
DOS 9 John Drummond & The Capitol Showband - Monkey Time / Song and Dance [1968]
DOS 10? Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Rose of Aranmore / O'Carolan's Concerto [1968] cat.nbr. unconfirmed, B-side unconfirmed
DOS 11 The Old Cross Bandshow feat. Philomena Begley - My Little Son / Heartaches For A Dime [1968]
DOS 12 The Dreams - I Will See You There / A Boy Needs A Girl [9/1968]
DOS 13 John Drummond & The Capitol Showband - Break My Mind / Molly Bye Bye [1968]
DOS 14 The Cavern Showband - It's A Sin (Torner/Rose) / Sweet Soul Music (Redding/Conley) [1968]
DOS 15 The Manhatton Showband - Who's Pushing Your Swing / Little Honda [1968] more Coulter/Martin swill
DOS 16 Paddy Cole & The Capitol Showband - Muffin Man / Stranger On the Shore [1968]
DOS 17 The Weaver Folk - The Fiddler / Mountain Dew
DOS 18 Smokey Mountain Ramblers - Little Folk / If You Were Mine [1/1969]
DOS 19 Brendan Bowyer & Royal Showband - Same Old Song / Come On Let's Go [1968] re-release
DOS 20 Simon Scott & The Plattermen - Red Red Wine / Yesterday Girl [1968]
DOS 21 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Christmas Polka / She's Mine [1968] [also released in the UK as CBS 4128 in 1969]
note: DOS.21 also exists as DOS.18 with (p) 1968
DOS 22 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Lonely Woods Of Upton / Yellow Haired Woman [1969]
DOS 23 Brian McCollum Folk Group - I Hate To Hear People Cry / Bold Fenian Men [1969]
DOS 24 Timmy Regan & The Tigermen - Old Time Movies / Little Boy Blue
DOS 25 The Dreams - Baby I'm Your Man / Softly Softly [3/1969]
DOS 26 Des Kelly - Southern Dixie Flyer / I Don't Care [1969]
DOS 27 Teddie Palmer Trend - Stay With Me Baby / Good Times [1969]
DOS 28 Muriel Day - Wages of Love / Thinking of You [1969] (PS) eurovision
DOS 29 The Times - Dozey / Keep On Running Mary Ann [1969]
DOS 30 Johnny Kelly & The Capitol Showband - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight / That's What It's like [1969]
DOS 31 Smokey Mountain Ramblers - I'll Remember Your Love In My Prayers [5/1969]
DOS 32 Timmy Regan & The Tigermen - Sweet Dreams / Muleskinner Blues
DOS 33 The Dreams - Sweeter Than Sugar / Dance in the Light of the Sun [5/1969]
DOS 34 Liffey Folk - Draft Dodger Rag / Pineywood Hills
DOS 35 The Gentry - Sing Me A Sad Song / Attempted Contact [1969]
DOS 36 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - When The Fields Are White With Daisies / What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? [1969]
DOS 37 The Newmen - Seasons In The Sun / Bonnie, Bonnie [1969]
DOS 38 Philomena Begley and The Old Cross Bandshow - Old Ardbo / The Wild Side of Life [1969]
DOS 39 Ann & The Figgerty's - Cry Cry Again / Number One Heel [1969]
DOS 40 The Dreams - The Casatschok / Don't You Ask Me [6/1969]
DOS 41 Brendan O'Reilly - Mary Of Argyle / Can't Take Me Eyes Off You [1969]
DOS 42 Heather & The Pines - Fireside In Mayo / Love Beat [1969]
DOS 43 The Wolfe Tones - Uncle Nobby's Steamboat / God Save Ireland [1969] (UK cat.nbr: 4530)
DOS 44 Brian Finlay & The Mighty Avons - Ireland's 32 / Jody And The Kids [1969] previously listed here as DOS-41
DOS 45
DOS 46 The Times - Hitchin' To Miami / Mad Dan the Rodeo Man [11/1969]
DOS 47 The Virginians featuring Mike Feeney - Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder / Help Stamp Out Loneliness [1969]
DOS 48
DOS 49 Smokey Mountain Ramblers - Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Sajo [11/1969]
DOS 50 Philomena Begley & The Old Cross Bandshow - The Box It Came In / Greener Pastures
DOS 51 Shay Healy - Alergic To Christmas / The Breathalyser Song [1969] confirmed
DOS 52 Maisie McDaniel - Not Enough Indians / Fintan Stanley - Cloher Head [1969] country
DOS 53 Gene Stuart and The Mighty Avons - Before the Next Teardrop Falls / Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy [1970] 'Jene Stuart' on some labels
DOS 54 Simon Scott & The Plattermen - Yellow Van / Smiling Faces [1969]
DOS 55 Frankie Carroll and The Ranchers - Daddy Sang Bass / I'll Still Be There
DOS 56 The Gentry - Yellow River (Christie) / Lonely But Free [1970]
DOS 57 The Dreams - Don't Throw Your Love Away / All Alone Am I [1970]
DOS 58 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - The Old Fenian Gun / I'm Gonna Be A Country Boy Again [1970]
DOS 59 The Wolfe Tones - Slievenamon / Seven Old Ladies [1970]
DOS 60 Casey & The High Chaperal [USA] - Ireland Calls / Skip-a-Rope [1970]
DOS 61 Tony O'Leary & The Capitol - She Meant Everything (Joe Monks) / Whole World Shaking [1970] National Song Contest entrant
DOS 62 Shea Cribben & The Riviera - Maybe / Hey Mr. Guitar Man
DOS 63 Michael McEvoy - Barry's Column / Dear Old Irish Home
DOS 64 The Ventures (IRL) feat. Tony Hughes - Patches / I Wander Back To You [1970]
DOS 65 Rob Strong & The Plattermen - And When I Die / Or I'll Die [1970]
DOS 66 Frankie Carroll - Bottom Of A Mountain / Saginan, Michigan
DOS 67 Gene Stuart and The Mighty Avons - I'm Just Lucky I Guess / Then I'll Stop Loving You [1970]
DOS 68 The Theme - Ebbing Tide / Tobacco Road [1970]
DOS 69 Brian Herron & The Annalees - Little Pedro / Threw Away The Rose [1970]
DOS 70 The Rumble Band (Teddie Palmer) - Maybe We Can Get It Together / High School Confidential [1970]
DOS 71 The Gentry - The Long Road // Sing Me A Sad Song / Attempted Contact [1970]
DOS 72 The Wolfe Tones - Big Strong Man / The Four Seasons [1970]
DOS 73 Sun Valley Boys - Dingle Bay / My Own Washing [1970]
DOS 74 Sean Dunphy and The Hoedowners - The Old Refrain / Slaney [1971]
DOS 75 Paddy Reilly - Irish Soldier Boy / Sam Hall [1971]
DOS 76 The Ranchers (featuring Frankie and Timmy) - Mr Bassman / Happiness Is You [1971] AKA Frankie Carroll & The Ranchers
DOS 77 Bill Rice & The Ventures (IRL) - Gone On the Other Hand / The Old Lamplighter
DOS 78 Darby O'Gill (Tim Pat) AKA Earl Gill - Poor Poor Farmer / Hairy Eggs and Bacon [1971]
DOS 79 The Wolfe Tones - Fiddlers Green / Kevin Barry [1971]
DOS 80 The Dreams - Julie (Where Has Your Love Gone) / Let the Earth Be Free [1971]
DOS 81 Carl & The Actions - Beggar To A King / Love Died [1971]
DOS 82 The Plattermen featuring Rob Strong - Blue / Love For All Seasons [1971]
DOS 83 Nita - The Blarney Rose / Astoirin Bawn [1971]
DOS 84 The Irish Fusiliers - The Old Mud Cabin / Ballad of Johnny Thompson
DOS 85 The Ventures (IRL) - Put Your Hand in the Hand / Lookin At My Back Door [1971]
DOS 86 Bojangle - It's A Crazy Day // Coming Home To You / You'll Hear Me Say (Na Nana No) [1971] (PS)
DOS 87 Frankie Carroll & The Ranchers - He Turned the Water Into Wine / Miller's Cave [1971]
DOS 88 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Sunday Morning Coming Down / The Taker [1971]
DOS 89 Bojangle - Smile Little Lady / Lighthouse Louie [1971]
DOS 90 The Plattermen - Message To The People / African Wah Wah [1971]
DOS 91
DOS 92 The Wolfe Tones - Snowy Breasted Pearl / Big Strong Man Live [1972]
DOS 93 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - There's An Island In The Sun / And The Old House Died [1972]
DOS 94 Shades of MacMurrough - Julia (J.Ledingham) / Helplessly Hoping [1972]
DOS 95 Jackie Rice & The Currachs - 7 Got Away / Civil Rights [1972]
DOS 96 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Michael Collins / Skibbereen [1972]
DOS 97 Brendan O'Brien & Stage 2 - Beautiful Sunday / Rave On [1972]
DOS 98 The Wolfe Tones - On the One Road / Longkesh [1972]
DOS 99 The Liberty Belles - Yours From Now On / Song Of Peace [1972]
DOS 100 The Freshmen - Soolaimon / White Rose of Athens [1972]
DOS 101 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Bells Across The Snow / Christmas Angel [1972] (PS)
DOS 102 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Try It You'll Like It / Pretty House For Sale
DOS 103 The Wolfe Tones - Highland Paddy / Give Me Your Hand [2/1973]
DOS 104 The Freshmen - All My Trials (Child's Song) / Hold On [1973]
DOS 105 Gregory - Jean Congratulations / Please Mr. D.J. [1973]
DOS 106 The Freshmen - I Found My Freedom / Listen To A Country Song [1973]
DOS 107 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - The Old Bog Road / The Old Fenian Gun // The Boys of the Old Brigade [1973]
DOS 108 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - The Rose of Mooncoin [1973]
DOS 109 The Wolfe Tones - Ireland Over All / Glorieh [1973]
DOS 110 Sean Dunphy - Pal Of My Cradle Days / Love Has A Mind Of Its Own [1973]
DOS 111
DOS 112 The Wolfe Tones - Up and Away (The Helicopter Song) / Broad Black Brimmer [1973]
DOS 113 Billy Brown - The Leaving of Liverpool / Hello In There [1974]
DOS 114 The Big 8 featuring Dave Coady - While We're Still Young / San Bernadino [1974]
DOS 115
DOS 116 The Barleycorn - Bring Them Home / Boys of the Old Brigade [1974] Irish chart hit peaking at #4
DOS 117 Paddy Reilly - The Town I Loved So Well / The Flower of Sweet Straban [1974]
DOS 117 Paddy Reilly - The Town I Loved So Well / What Colour Is God's Skin (PS) [1975 reissue]
DOS 118 Cromwell - Stomp Stomp Stomp / Nothing Left To See (no PS) [1974] [co-release Cromwell Records]
DOS 119 Pub Spy And The Crackpint Commandos - The Woeful Disorders / The Night Before Larry Was Stretched [1974]
DOS 120 Sean Dunphy - Corner of My Life / Only Her Rivers Run Free (PS) [1974] (generic Souvenir Hits of Ireland PS)
DOS 121 Olive Bayle - My Green Valleys / The Leprachaun (PS) [1974] (generic Souvenir Hits of Ireland PS)
DOS 122 The Freshmen - Longer Boats / Alabama (Oh Suzanna) [1974]
DOS 123 The Wolfe Tones - Rock On Rockall / Deportees [1974]
DOS 124 Danny McCree - There Must Be A Way / A Million Miles Away [1974] licensed from Alaska Records
DOS 125 The Free Wheelers - There's Quare Thing's In Dublin / Four Seasons
DOS 126 The Freshmen - What Colour Is God's Skin / The Time Is Now [1974]
DOS 127 The Bunratty Castle Singers - Silent Knight / Belive Me If All Those Enderaring Young Charms [1974] (PS)
DOS 128 The Barleycorn - Songs of Ireland / If I Could Be A Rover [3/1975]
DOS 129 Brendan O'Reilly - She's Leaving / The Irish Country Boy
DOS 130 Young Dublin Singers with Fr.Murphy - Kerry Candlelight / In Dublin's Fair City [undated] (PS)
DOS 131 Reform - Gotta Get You Into My Life / Matty Groves [1975]
some sources claim DOS 131 was never released but copies do exist
DOS 132
DOS 133 The Andersonstown Children - My Home On The Hill / The Songs of Ireland
DOS 134 Paddy McGuigan - I Was Only Dreaming / Green Green Valley [11/1975]
DOS 135 Various Artists - Souvenir of Ireland EP (PS) [1976] (generic Souvenir Hits of Ireland PS)
Wolfe Tones - Highland Paddy / (Glenside?) Ceili Band - Jackie Coleman / Paddy McGuigan - The Men Behind The Wire / Bunratty Castle Singers - Bimis Ag Ol //
The Barleycorn - If I Could Be A Rover / Na Fili - The Cork March / Paddy Reilly - Cliffs of Dooneen / Leon Rowsome - The Blackbird
DOS 136 The Barleycorn - Donegal Danny / Sing All Your Troubles Away [1976]
DOS 137 The Freshmen - Go Granny Go / Carpet Man [1975] [reissue]
DOS 138 Donabate Childrens Choir - Let The Children Sing / Give Me Joy In My Heart [1976]
DOS 139 Up With People (USA) - Give The Children Back Their Childhood / What Colour Is God's Skin [1977]
DOS 140 Dublin City Ramblers - Rare Old Times / Danny Farrell [1977]
DOS 141 Sean Dunphy - God Be With You Kerry / Limerick City
DOS 142 Sean Dunphy - Santa Claus Is Coming Tonight / Christmas Time Is Coming [1977]
DOS 143 Ray Treacy - Sailing Home / Punch And Judy Man [1978]
DOS 144 Dublin City Ramblers - Danny Farrell / The Jail At Clun Meala [1978] previously DOS-140 B
DOS 145 Noel Purcell - Brendan Behan / The Rare Ould Times [1978?] written by Pete St. John, arranged & produced By Eamon Campbell
DOS 146 Fureys & Davey Arthur - The Cover of the New Starlight / Sham Rock [1978] gold vinyl
DOS 147
DOS 148 Dublin City Ramblers - Up the Dubs / Rare Old Times [1977]
DOS 149 E.G.S. Sound - The Wind In The Willows / Leroy Brown
DOS 150 The Barleycorn - The Unicorn / Buachaill On Eirna [1979]
DOS 151 The Barleycorn - H-Block Long Kesh / Freedom Sons [1979] released as Green Cross '73 Records GC-7.
DOS 152 The Barleycorn - Now I'm Easy / Shamrock Shore [a different song from the usual one] [1979]
DOS 153
DOS 154 Paddy Reilly - Dancing At Whitsun / Shamrock Shore [1980] (PS)
DOS 155 Dublin City Ramblers - Kidnapped (David's Theme) / The Crack Was 90 In The Isle of Man [1980?]
DOS 156 Paddy Reilly - Scorn Not His Simplicity / A Bunch Of Thyme [8/1981]
DOS 157 Dublin City Ramblers - Farewell Gallant Comrades / The Ballad of Bobby Sands // The Woman Cried [1981]
DOS 158 The Barleycorn - The Lakes of Coolfin / God Bless This Land [1981]
DOS 159 Deirdre O'Callaghan - Raglan Road / The Cliffs Of Dooneen [1981]
DOS 160 Sean Dunphy - Christmas Is Coming EP (Christmas Polka / Christmas Angel // Christmas Is Coming / Santa Claus Is Coming Tonight) [1981] (PS)
DOS 161 The Barleycorn - The Fields of Athenry / Chief O'Neill's Favourite/Geo Whites Fancy [1982]
DOS 162 The Barleycorn - The Men Behind the Wire [rerecording] / James Connolly [1982]
DOS 163
DOS 164 The Barleycorn - A Man You Don't Meet Everyday / On The One Road [11/1982]
DOS 165 Dublin City Ramblers - The Ferryman / The Frenchman [1982]
DOS 166 Failte - Chiefs Of Innishowen / Never Mind The Crowd
DOS 167 Jolly Beggarman - The Inner City Song (Don Baker) / Trippin Up The Stairs [1983]
DOS 168 Dublin City Ramblers - Punch & Judy Man / Kidnapped (David's Theme) [1983]
DOS 169 Paddy Reilly - The Fields of Athenry / A Bunch of Thyme [7/1983] (generic Souvenir Hits of Ireland PS)
DOS 170 Dublin City Ramblers - Rose Of Mooncoin / John O'Dreams [1983]
DOS 171 Jolly Beggarman - On The Dole(Hard Times) / The Beggarman Reel [1983]
DOS 172 Promenade - No.1 (I'm Looking Out For) / La Calse Clogue
DOS 173 Dublin City Ramblers - Radio 2 Marathon Song / The Titanic [1983]
DOS 174 Dublin City Ramblers - A Children's Winter / The Punch & Judy Man [1983]
DOS 175 The Lyle/Livsey Band - Taking Off / Taking Off (instrumental) [1984] (PS) [Graham Lyle of Gallagher & Lyle fame, with Billy Livsey]
DOS 176 Chris Ball - My Lovely Rose of Clare / True Love Never Dies [1984]
DOS 177 Paddy Reilly - The Old Refrain / The Hills Of Kerry [3/1984] (PS)
DOS 178 The Barleycorn - Cavan Girl / Lakes of Coolfin [12/1984]
DOS 179 Promenade - There's A Cowboy In The White House / The Apple [1984] (PS)
DOS 180 Dublin City Ramblers - Isle Of Inisfree / The Hills Of Kerry [1984]
DOS 181 Chris Ball - Noreen Bawn / The Golden Jubilee [1984?] (generic Souvenir Hits of Ireland PS)
DOS 182 Hyland Paddy - Rose of Mooncoin / King Of The Fairies
DOS 183 The Barleycorn - Portland Town (I See the Lights) / Untitled Reels [5/1985]
DOS 184 The Barleycorn - A Song For Ireland / Over The Mountains [7/1985]
DOS 185 Fair Isle Folk - Raglan Road / Tram Workers [1985] (PS)
DOS 186 Red Hurley - I Believe I'm Gonna Love You / Cryin Time [6/1985]
DOS 187 Dermot Morgan - Thank You Very Much Mr. Eastwood / (Version featuring Garrett) [1985] comedy/novelty licensed to Ritz
DOS 188 Fair Isle Folk - Jennifer Gentle / The Rooster
DOS 189 The Barleycorn - Dublin In My Tears / Charlie On The MTA [1985]
DOS 190 Dermot Morgan - Do you Know Bono? / Alsatian Once Again [1987] (PS) comedy/novelty
DOS 191 Red Hurley - Let The Heartaches Begin / I Only Live To Love You [6/1987]
DOS 192 The Barleycorn - Sing An Irish Song / Long Before Your Time
DOS 193 The Barleycorn - My Last Farewell / Sing An Irish Song [1988]
DOS 194 Dublin City Ramblers - Millennium EP ('Rare Oul Times' +2) [1988] (PS) The Dublin Millenium
DOS 195 The Barleycorn - Roisin / Grace [11/1988]
DOS 196 Dermot Morgan - Daddy's In Deutschland [1988] comedy
DOS 197 Fiddler's Green - Slip Away / Deportees [1988?] produced by Charlie McGettigan
DOS 198 Red Hurley - For Always / Ain't Nobody [4/1989]
DOS 199 Brendan Bowyer & The Big 8 - The Swallow / Danny Boy [1989]
DOS 200 The Barleycorn - We The People / Long Before Your Time
DOS 201 Dublin City Ramblers - Wheel The Perambulator John / Heaven Around Galwav Bay [1989] (PS)
DOS 202 Dermot Morgan - Mamma Mia: What A Beautiful Team / Not A Great B Side [1990] (PS) comedy/novelty
DOS 203
DOS 204
DOS 205 Deirdre O'Callaghan - Sonny's Dream / Song For Liberty [1990]
DOS 206 Dublin City Ramblers - Que Sera, Sera / The Boys In Green [1990]
DOS 207 Brendan Bowyer & The Big 8 - The Love She Found In Me / Wind Beneath My Wings [8/1990]
DOS 208
DOS 209
DOS 210 Brendan Bowyer - Hits Medley (Hucklebuck Shoes / Kiss Me Quick / No More / California Sun / I Ran All The Way Home / Hucklebuck) / Hucklebuck Time Again) [1990]
DOS 211 Dublin City Ramblers - Scorn Not His Simplicity / A Children's Winter [1991]
DOS 212 Dublin City Ramblers - The 60's Ballad Medley / The Gold & Silver Days [1991]
DOS [-] Sean Dunphy - Santa Claus Is Coming Tonight / Christmas Time Is Coming [12/1977]
issued with no apparent catalogue numberm it's possibly DOS-138; both tracks were reissued on DOS-160 in 1981.
Missing:
DOS ??? The Barleycorn - Donegal Danny / Sing All Your Troubles Away [1975]
DOS ??? The Miami - You Are Temptation [1986]
DOS ??? unconfirmed: given her presence on the Dolphin Girls comp LP, one of the pre-1972 gaps may be a Bridge Gallagher single.
UK Releases via CBS
4115 (DOS 28) Muriel Day - Wages of Love / Thinking of You [3/1969]
4128 (DOS 21) Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - She's Mine / Lonely Woods Of Upton [4/1969] note diff B-side to DOS 21
4247 (DOS 25) The Dreams - Baby I'm Your Man / Softly Softly [5/1969]
4432 (DOS 40) The Dreams - The Casatschok / Don't You Ask Me [7/1969]
4466 (DOS 36) Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - When The Fields Are White With Daisies / What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? [8/1969]
4530 (DOS 43) The Wolfe Tones - Uncle Nobby's Steamboat / God Save Ireland [26/9/1969]
4759 (DOS 46) Timepiece - Hitchin' To Miami / Mad Dan the Rodeo Man [1/1970]
4115, 4128 and 4247 with regular CBS label design, the rest with Dolphin label design
ALBUMS
DOL 1000 Series
DOL 1001 Sean Dunphy - Ireland's Own [1969] CBS/Dolphin co-release (CBS 63624) in UK
DOL 1002 The Wolfe Tones - Rifles of the IRA LP [1971] +insert
DOL 1003 Gene Stuart & Mighty Avons - Presenting... LP [1971]
Some copies have a sticker with a new catalogue number (DOLM 5002) over the original catalogue number on the back cover.
side one: Dim Lights , Thick Smoke And Loud Loud Music, I Can't Stop Loving You, Little Dutch Girl, Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine, The Latchyco, Springtime In Alaska
side two: Waltzing On Top Of The World, Haunted House, Days Of Sand And Shovels, My Own Washing, You've Still Got A Place In My Heart, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
DOL 1004 The Wolfe Tones - Let The People Sing LP [1972]
DOL 1005 The Plattermen - Old Devil Wine [1972] +insert
DOL 1006 The Wolfe Tones - Til Ireland A Nation LP [1974] gimmick foc+bklt
DOL 1007 The Bunratty Castle Singers - Mediaeval Banquet Bunratty Castle LP [1974] foc+booklet
DOL 1008 Na Fili - A Kindly Welcome LP [1974] foc
DOL 1009 Sean Dunphy - Thru Old Ireland With Sean Dunphy [1977]
DOL 1010 Fureys And Davey Arthur - Banshee [1978]
DOL 1011
DOL 1012
DOL 1013
DOL 1014
DOL 1015
DOL 1016
DOL 1017
DOL 1018
DOL 1019
DOL 1020
DOL 1021 John McCormack - Rarities LP
DOL 10?? Various Artists - title? [1970?]
14 track compilation drawn from the first approx 15 Dolphin singles released in 1968 including
Paddy Cole (DOS-2-A+B), The Weaver Folk (DOS-7-A), Oliver Kane (DOS-8-A),
John Drummond & The Capitol Showband (DOS-9-A), College Boys (DOS-3-A),
The Dreams (DOS-12-A), and
Sean Dunphy ("The Rose of Aranmore"), The Cavern Showband?, Vanguard Six?
Also licensed by Outlet?
DOLS 2000 Series
DOLS 2001 Sean Dunphy - 20 Irish Greats [19??] guaranteed Irish logo
DOLS 2002 Various Artists - Irish Songs of Freedom Vol.1 [19??] with The Barleycorn / Jim McCann / The Wolfe Tones / etc
DOLS 2003 Various Artists - A Bit Of Blarney. Best of Irish Ballads Vol.1
DOLS 2004 Various Artists - A Bit Of Blarney. 20 Irish Favourites
DOLS 2005
DOLS 2006
DOLS 2007
DOLS 2008 Various Artists - Irish Songs of Freedom Vol.2 [19??] with The Barleycorn / Dubliners / The Wolfe Tones / etc
DOLS 2009
DOLS 2010 The Fureys and Davy Arthur - banshee [1978]
DOLS 2011
DOLS 2012 Chris Ball - My Lovely Rose Of Clare
DOLS 2013
DOLS 2014
DOLS 2015 John McCormack - Golden Voice Of John McCormack
DOLS 2016
DOLS 2017 Fair Isle Folk - The Sh amrock And The Rose [ca 1985]
DOLT 3000 Series
3000 Series
DOLT3001 Various Artists - Sound Of Irish Folk [1981?] [1975?]
DOLM 5000 Series
DOLM 5001 Paddy Reilly - The Life Of Paddy Reilly LP [1971]
DOLM 5002 see DOL 1003
DOLM 5003 The Wolfe Tones - Up The Rebels [1971]
DOLM 5004 The Liberty Belles - s/t LP [1971]
DOLM 5005 The Wolfe Tones - Teddy Bear's Head [1971] compilation drawn largely from the 1968 LP The Rights of Man (Fontana (S)TL5462)
DOLM 5006 Paddy Reilly - At Home [1971]
DOLM 5007 Callinan-Flynn - Freedom's Lament LP [1972] [co-release with Mushroom Records]
DOLM 5008 Leon Rowsome – Irish Traditional Pipes LP [1974] son of Leo Rowsome
DOLM 5009 Gemma Hasson - Introducing Ireland's Gemma Hasson LP [1974]
DOLM 5010 Paddy Reilly - The Town I Loved So Well LP [1974]
DOLM 5011 The Barleycorn - The Winds Are Singing Freedom LP [1974-75] w / inner
DOLM 5012 Paddy McGuigan - My Country My Songs and Me LP [1975]
DOLM 5013 Various Artists - Fleadh Ceoil '75 LP [1975]
DOLM 5014 King's Galliard [Netherlands] - Morning Dew LP [1976]
DOLM 5015 General Humbert - s/t [1976]
DOLM 5016 The Barleycorn - For Folk Sake LP [1975]
DOLM 5017 Johnny Barrett - Sings And Plays [1977]
DOLM 5018 Deirdre O'Callaghan - s/t AKA Raglan Road LP [1977] subtitled "Plays and Sings Her Favourites including Raglan Road, Danny Boy" (harpist)
DOLM 5019 Micheal MacLiammoir - The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam [1977] reissue of Gate Theatre 10-inch
DOLM 5020
DOLM 5021 Ronnie Drew - Guaranteed Irish LP [1978]
DOLM 5022 The Barleycorn - Live in New York LP [1979]
DOLM 5023 John McCormack - Memories of .. LP
DOLM 5024 Marie O'Brien - Come To The Land Of The Three Leaf Shamrock LP [1979]
DOLM 5024? Various Artists - Irish Ceili Music Vol.2 LP
DOLM 5025 Dublin City Ramblers - The Rare Oul Times LP [1980]
DOLM 5026 Various Artists - Kilmainham Jail - It's Heroes and Songs LP [1980]
DOLM 5027 Jolly Beggarman - 20 Great Irish Drinking Songs Vol.1 LP
DOLM 5028 Jolly Beggarman - 20 Great Irish Drinking Songs Vol. 2 LP
DOLM 5029 Crubeen - s/t
DOLM 5030 Dublin City Ramblers - A Nation Once Again [1980] [reissue of 1972 Hawk LP]
DOLM 5031
DOLM 5032
DOLM 5033
DOLM 5034 The Barleycorn - Fields of Athenry LP [1982]
DOLM 5035
DOLM 5036 Hyland Paddy - The Green Fields of France LP
DOLM 5037 Barley Bree - s/t [1982] originally issued on Boot Records (Canada) as "No Man's Land" in 1980
DOLM 5038 Men Alive - Love Songs of Ireland
DOLM 5039 The Peelers - Banish Misfortune LP [1980] [issued on Polydor Folk Mill in 1975 as Banished Misforture]
DOLM 5040 Paddy Reilly - Green Shamrock Shore LP [1980]
DOLM 5041 Brian McCormick - Sings Songs of Irish Freedom LP
DOLB 7000 Series
DOLB 7001 Various Artists - 14 Hit Songs By Irish Artists [1970?]
DOLB 7002 The Dreams - Best Of LP [1970]
DOLB 7003 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - The Best Of LP [1970]
DOLB 7004
DOLB 7005 Gene Stuart & The Mighty Avons - The Best Of LP [1970-71]
tracklisting: Springtime in Alaska / I'm Just Lucky I Guess / Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Me /
Jody And The Kid / Then I'll Stop Loving You / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / I'll Be There Before
The Next Teardrop Falls / I Can't Stop Loving You / Silver Haired Love Pouch Of Mine / Ireland's 32
DOLB 7006
DOLB 7007 Various Artists - Dolphin Rebel LP [1971]
DOLB 7008 Frankie Carroll and The Ranchers - The Best Of LP
DOLB 7009 Various Artists - Best of Dolphin Girls [1972]
13 tracks Including Philomena Begley, Heather Keyes, Maisie MacDaniels, Bridie Gallagher, Nita Nory, Ann And The Figertys.
DOLB 7010 uncredited (Dublin City Ramblers) - The Guinness Record of Irish Ballads LP [1972]
DOLB 7011 Brendan O'Reilly - That's My Boy [11/1972]
DOLB 7012 Connemara Céilí Band - s/t LP [1973]
DOLB 7013 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - The Best Of Volume 2
DOLB 7014 Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners - Just Sean
DOLB 7015 The Freshmen - Now And Then LP [1974]
DOLB 7016 Richie Kelly - The King of Ceili [1974]
DOLB 7017 uncredited (Dublin City Ramblers) - The Guinness Record of Irish Ballads Vol.2 LP [1974]
DOLB 7018 Young Dublin Singers (& Fr. Eoin Murphy) - Songs of the Gael (Merry & Sad) LP [1971?)
DOLB 7019 uncredited (Dublin City Ramblers) - The Guinness Record of Irish Ballads Vol.3 LP [1975? 1977?)
DOLB 7020 John McCormack - The Golden Voice Of .. LP
DOLB 7021 Dublin City Ramblers - Irish Republican Jail Songs LP [1978]
DOLB 7022 Dublin City Ramblers - Guinness Record of Irish Ballads Vol.4 LP [1979]
DOLB 7023 Various Artists - The Best Of Irish Ceili Vol.1 [1980?] reissue of Heritage HSLP 004 [1974]
DOLB 7024 Various Artists - The Best Of Irish Ceili Vol.2 [1980?] reissue of Heritage HSLP 008 [197?]
DOLB 7025 Various Artists - The Best Of Irish Ceili Vol.3 [1980?] reissue of Heritage HSLP 009 [197?]
DOLB 7026 Various Artists - The Best Of Irish Ceili Vol.4 [1980?] reissue of Heritage HSLP 010 [197?]
DOLB 7027
DOLB 7028 Na Sultiori - Molly Malone
DOLB 7029 Michael Foster – Dancing Accordion LP
DOLZ 8000 Series
DOLZ 8001 Various Artists - Golden Sounds of Irish Folk LP [1985?] sponsored by Hertz
DOLX 9000 Series
DOCD=CD/DOCK=K7
DOLX 9001 Dublin City Ramblers - The Ferryman LP [1983]
DOLX 9002 Paddy Reilly - Fields Of Athenry LP [1984]
DOLX 9003 Paddy Reilly - Ole Refrain LP [1984] compilation
DOL 9004 The Barleycorn - A Song for Ireland LP [1987]
DOLX 9005 Dublin City Ramblers - The Best Of LP/CD [1988]
DCX 9006 Paddy Reilly - 20 Golden Irish Ballads CD [1988] compilation
9007
9008
9009
DOLX 9010 The Barleycorn - My Last Farewell LP [2/1988]
9011
DOLX 9012 Brendan Bowyer - Ireland's Brendan Bowyer LP [1989]
DOLCDX 9018 Ronnie Drew - Guaranteed Dubliner CD [1994]
DOLK 101 Dublin City Ramblers - Home & Away LP/CD [1989]
DOCD 106 Dublin City Ramblers - Irish Football & Pub Songs CD [1994]
DOCDK 107 Dublin City Ramblers - The Craic & Porter Black CD [1995]
DOCD 108 Patsy Watchorn - The Pub With No Beer CD [1996]
DOCDK 112 Seamus Brett - Celtic Rhapsody CD
DOCDK 113 Patsy Watchorn - The Craic & Porter Too CD [1998]
DOCDK 116 Patsy Watchorn - The Very Best Of CD [2002]
Miscellaneous/Custom Series
DOS 1990 Liam Harrison with The Goal Celebrities - Give It A Lash Jack / Dublin City Ramblers - The Boys In Green (Italia '90) [1990] (PS)
MCCOOL001 Paddy Reilly - Come Back Paddy Reilly [1988] cassette
ITB 4008 Paddy Reilly - The Town I Loved So Well LP [19??] licensed to Boot Records Canada
CBS 63624 Sean Dunphy - Ireland's Own LP [1969] Dolphin/CBS co-release (DOL 1001), UK pressing
Unknown catalogue numbers
DOL? ???? Mick Foster - Dancing Fingers LP [pre-1980]
DOL? ???? The Ploughboy Lads - They Died for Ireland LP [pre-1980]
DOL? ???? Smokey Mountain Ramblers - Best Of [1971] probably DOLB 7004 or 7006
DOL? ???? Various Artists - Dolphin Country LP [1979]
thanks to John Lynch for his help
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