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Mulligan Records was started by Donal Lunny in 1976 and was one of the most
important Irish independent labels. MD was Seamus O'Neill, the father of Blue In
Heaven's Shane O'Neill.
Most of the label's output is traditional or
contemporary folk, but it also released a number of new wave singles during the
late 70s and early 80s. Mulligan was inactive after 1982 until a flurry of releases
in the early 90s (and a website www.mulligan.ie).
In a letter enclosed with a promo copy
of LUN 053 (Jimmy MacCarthy's Song of the Singing Horseman) in 1991,
the author states the album "...is the last Mulligan album to be released on vinyl.
Regrettably, there is no longer a sufficient market for vinyl to warrant the origination
costs for this format." The remaining titles were CD (or cassette) only.
I have not explicity listed cassettes but Mulligan did issue them.
The 'Sráth' series [LUNA 000] consists of field recordings of unaccompanied singing
collected by Diane Hamilton for the most part.
The retail shop in Galway continued
to operate well into the 1990s but the vinyl archives had long been cleaned out by then.
None of these releases are available on vinyl anymore. The Mulligan catalogue
is currently owned by a US label.
The Mulligan label is crying out for a high quality reissue program.
Singles (LUNS Series) All 7" singles unless otherwise stated. LUNS 1 Nightbus - Face Down in the Meadow / Sweet Tastin' Moonshine [1976] LUNS 2 Pumpkinhead - Are You Ready For The Country / Castle Kelly [1976] LUNS 3 Nightbus - Sing Harmony / I'm Comin' Home [1976] LUNS 4 Pumpkinhead - Pretend It Never Happened / Cowboy Waltz [1976] LUNS 5 Sonny Condell - Skiddy Who / Sail On [1976] LUNS 6 Bothy Band - Fionnghuala Music in the Glen / The Ballintore Fancy [1976] LUNS 7 Stepaside - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl / Deep Feeling [April 1977] copies were also givenaway with some copies of Deke O'Brien's Nightbus LP. LUNS 7* LUNS 007 was originally allocated to a single by Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - Arthur McBride / Autumn Gold - in 1976-77. A 33rpm white label test pressing exists. Thanks to the Failed Bohemian for bringing this rarity to our attention. LUNS 8 Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - A Merry Christmas / A Merry Christmas [1977] LUNS 9 Sonny Condell - Down in the City / Roll On Forever [1977] LUNS 10 unreleased Stepaside single LUNS 11 The Boomtown Rats - Looking After Number One // Born To Burn / Barefootin' [12"] [August 1977] (PS) LUNS712 The Boomtown Rats - Mary of the Fourth Form / Do The Rat [1977] LUNS713 Gay & Terry Woods - I've A Lady / The Reward [1978] LUNS714 Gay & Terry Woods - We Can Work This One Out / Piece of Summer [1978] LUNS715 The Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern / Lyin' Again [1978] (PS) LUNS716 The Boomtown Rats - Like Clockwork / D.U.N.L.A.O.I.R.E. [1978] LUNS717 The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap / So Strange [1978] LUNS718 The Vipers - I've Got You / No Such Thing [1978] (PS) LUNS719 Bothy Band - Death of Queen Jane (live) / Slides (live) [1979] LUNS720 Agnes Bernelle - Kitty Rickets [with The Radiators] / Things [1979] (PS) LUNS721 Jimmy Crowley - Do You Want Your Old Lobby / The Meek Was At Mither [1979] LUNS722 The Radiators - Let's Talk About The Weather // The Hucklebuck / Try And Stop Me [1979] (PS) LUNS723 Girlschool [UK] - Take It All Away / It Could Be Better [red vinyl] [1979] LUNS724 Barry Moore - Danny Boy / Girl [1979] (PS) LUNS725 Michael O'Domhnaill & Kevin Burke - Lord Franklin / Jigs (The Reverend's Brother / Sean Ryan's) [1979] (PS) LUNS726 The Atrix - The Moon Is Puce / Wendy's In Amsterdam [1979] (PS) LUNS727 The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays / It's All A Rage [1979] LUNS728 Spud - Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies / Darbys Chair [1979] (PS) LUNS729 Bothy Band - Casadh an Tsugain [1979] LUNS730 Jimmy Crowley - I Know My Love [1979] LUNS731 Don Baker - Inner City / The One You Wrote Yourself [1979] (PS) LUNS732 The Radiators - Kitty Rickets / Ballad of the Faithful Departed [1979] LUNS733 The Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles / Late Last Night [1979] LUNS734 Hot Press & The Silent Knights - The Gobbling Sone // Born To Roast +1 [1979] (PS) LUNS735 Tony Koklin - Cinderella / Living with the Times [1979] (PS) LUNS736 The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You / When The Night Comes [1979] LUNS737 Scullion - John the Baptist / Peelo [1979] LUNS738 Scullion - The Cat She Went A Hunting / Flight of the Pretenders [1980] LUNS739 Jimmy Crowley - Ain't Every Chap Doin' It But You / Johnny Jump Up [1980] (PS) postcard LUNS740 Soul Survivors - Move On / Done Stayin' Around [1980] (PS) LUNS741 The Radiators - Stranger Than Fiction // Paddy Guitar / Who Are the Strangers [1980] (PS) LUNS742 The Radiators - The Dancing Years // Enemies / Sunday World / Electric Shares [1980] (PS) LUNS743 LUNS744 New Versions - Like Gordon of Khartoum / What Do You Want [1981] (PS) LUNS745 The Fuze - Stone Age Man / Zealano [1981] LUNS746 LUNS747 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic / Man At The Top [1981] LUNS748 Jimmy MacCarthy - Miles of Eyes / Shuffle of the Buckled [1981] (PS) LUNS749 Jimmy Crowley - If I Didn't Have A Dime / The Breathalyser [1981] LUNS750 Freddie White - Tenderness on the Block / Ol' Buttermilk Sky [1981] LUNS751 Jimmy MacCarthy - Like in the Movies / Cherry Blossom Blue [1981] LUNS752 Jimmy Crowley - The Fox And The Hare / Postcards [1981] LUNS753 Sonny Condell - The Fruit Smelling Shop / Down In The City [1982] (PS) LUNS754 LUNS755 Jimmy Crowley and The Electric Band - The Boys from Fairhill / So Scared [1982] LUNS756 Freddie White - Just Another Town / She's Got Aces [1982] LUNS757 Jimmy Crowley - Salonika / Reels [1982]
LUNSCD911 Jimmy MacCarthy – Mystic Lipstick / On My Enchanted Sight / A Hard Man To Follow CDS [1991] Albums (LUN series): LUN 001 Pumpkinhead [1976] LUN 002 The Bothy Band - s/t [1976] LUN 003 Deke O'Brien - Nightbus [1976] some copies included a free copy of LUNS 007. LUN 004 Matt Molloy - s/t [1976] LUN 005 Mick Hanly – A Kiss In The Morning Early [1976] LUN 006 Liam Weldon – Dark Horse on the Wind [1976] LUN 007 The Bothy Band – Old Hag You Have Killed Me [1976] LUN 008 Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - s/t [1976] LUN 009 Supply Demand & Curve - s/t [1976] LUN 010 Sonny Condell – Camouflage [1977] LUN 011 Midnight Well - s/t [1977] LUN 012 The Boomtown Rats - s/t [1977] LUN 013 The Bothy Band – Out of the Wind, Into the Sun [1977] LUN 014 Jimmy Crowley – The Boys of Fair Hill LUN 015 The Woods Band - s/t (orig:1971) [1977] LUN 016 LUN 017 Matt Molloy, Paul Brady & Tommy Peoples - s/t [1977] LUN 018 Bobby Casey – Taking Flight [1979] LUN 019 Denis Doody – Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music [1977] LUN 020 Gay & Terry Woods – Tender Hooks LUN 021 Kevin Burke – If the Cap Fits [1978] LUN 022 Barry Moore – Treaty Stone [1978] LUN 023 Various – The Pipers Rock [1978] LUN 024 Paul Brady – Welcome Here Kind Stranger [1978] LUN 025 Frank Harte – And Listen to My Song [1978] stickered copies of unsold Ram Records release (RMLP 1013) from 1974-75. LUN 026 The Boomtown Rats - A Tonic for the Troops [1978] LUN 027 Máirtín O'Connor – The Connaughtman's Rambles [1979] [Irish melodeon player, with Donal Lunny] LUN 028 Kevin Burke & Micheál Ó Domhnaill – Promenade [1979] LUN 029 Alison Kinnaird - The Harp Key [1979] licensed from Shillinghill Records (Scotland), housed in a stickered Shillinghill sleeve LUN 030 The Bothy Band – After Hours: Live in Paris [1979] LUN 031 Jimmy Crowley – Camp House Ballads [1979] LUN 032 Freddie White – Live Tour 1978 [1979] LUN 033 Reel Union with Dolores Keane & John Faulkner – Broken-Hearted I'll Wander [1979] LUN 034 Jim Donoghue - s/t [1980] *unreleased* (source: P.J.Curtis) LUN 035 Fred Finn - s/t [1979] *unreleased* test pressings exist (source: P.J.Curtis) LUN 036 The Radiators - Ghostown [1979] LUN 037 Scullion - s/t [1979] LUN 038 The Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art Of Surfacing [1980] LUN 039 Jackie Daly & Kevin Burke – Eavesdropper [1980] LUN 040 Mick Hanly – As I Went Over Blackwater [1980] LUN 041 The Bothy Band – The Best of ... LUN 042 Various – Irish Festival LUN 043 Dolores Keane, John Faulkner & Éamonn Curran – Farewell to Éirinn [1981] LUN 044 Freddie White – Do You Do [1981] LUN 045 Jimmy Crowley – Some Things Never Change [1981] LUN 046 Kathleen Behan – When All the World Was Young [1981] LUN 047 Matt Cranitch/Dave Hennessy/Mick Daly - Any Old Time [1982] LUN 048 LUN 049 LUN 050 Vinnie Kilduff – The Boys from the Blue Hill LUN 051 Gerry O'Connor – Time to Time [1991] also on CD LUN 052 Tommy Keane – The Piper's Apron [1992] LUN 053 Jimmy MacCarthy – Song of the Singing Horseman [1991] LUN 054 LUN 055 Tommy Hayes – An Rás [1992] LUN 056 Brendan O'Regan – A Wind of Change [1992] LUN 057 Fisherstreet LUN 058 The Texas Kellys – Stay All Night LUN 059 Gerry Harrington and Eoghan O'Sullivan – Scéal Eile LUN 060 Seán Smyth – The Blue Fiddle ??? LUN 053 Jimmy MacCarthy – Mystic Lipstick / On My Enchanted Sight / Hard Man to Follow CDS [1991] LUNA 001 Various – Songs from Ulster [1977] LUNA 332 Virginia Stevens - Tiocfaidh an Samhradh [1978] [originally planned as LUN 016 ??] LUNA 333 Sinéad Caher – The Flower of Magherally [1978] LUNA 334 Paddy Tunney – Lough Erne Shore [1978] LUNA 335 LUNA 336 David Hammond – The Singer's House [1978] See also Harp HPE 607. Thanks to Alistair Banfield & John Byrne for their help.