musicians on disc 2: christy moore, of course: vocals, acoustic guitar
plus:
steve benbow: guitar on 2#21;
mary black: backing vocals on 2#12;
dave bland: concertina on 2#5;
paul brady: harmonium on 2#12;
robbie brennan: drums on 2#1;
kevin burke: fiddle on 2#1, 3, 16;
clive collins: fiddle on 2#5;
jack fallon: bass guitar on 2#21;
jimmy faulkner: acoustic guitar, (+ electric guitar on 2#1) 2#1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16;
andy irvine: mandolin on 2#1, 2 (+ harmonica on 2), 5, (- mandolin + backing vocals on 6) 6, 13, 16;
ike isaacs: guitar on 2#21;
dónal lunny: guitar, bouzouki (+ moog synthesiser on 2#1) on 2#1, 2, 3, (- bouzouki, + backing vocals on 4) 4, 5, (- bouzouki + backing vocals on #6,7) 6, 7, 8, (- guitar, + backing vocals on #11) 11, 13, 16;
barney mckenna: banjo on 2#13;
declan mcnelis: bass guitar on 2#1, 3, 8, 12, 16;
barry moore: backing vocals on 2#6;
jimmy moynihan: mandolin + backing vocals on 2#11;
liam o'flynn: uilleann pipes on 2#2;
ray swinfield: flute on 2#21;
denny wright: guitar, banjo on 2#21.
the front insert is a twenty page saddle-stapled booklet, mostly notes on the circumstances - biographical as well as on the sources, musicians and recordings; n.b. some of the details add to, or implicitly or even explicitly contradict the compositional credits in the eight pages of details, which is whence the credits given above are taken; these details include the musicians playing with christy moore on the various tracks, who include mary black, paul brady, andy irvine, dónal lunny, johnny moynihan, liam o'flynn (aka liam og flynn).
it is declared sixteen tracks are previously unreleased recordings, but it is not stated which, except possibly by implication of the individually noted tracks' copyright dates.
the final page is a note by christy moore regarding the circumstances of universal music ireland's takeover of tara records, their consequent (and subsequent) early tara recordings project - and the creation of this cd album, itself, dated 13/8/2020.
in the track listing of the two discs on the back, 14 tracks on disc 1 and 15 tracks on disc 2 are marked as previously unreleased on cd in ireland:
disc 1 #1, 2, 3, 5, 8-17,
disc 2 #1, 3, 8-20
the single track listed as disc 2 #2 is a set of two separate songs, the first running straight on into the second: this is a set christy moore and planxty have used for half a century.
the following tracks are noted as live recordings in the rear insert track listing:
live at adare manor, 1980 & 1981, rté (raidió teilifís éireann (then radio telifís éireann)):
disc 1 tracks 11, 12 (1981), tracks 14-17 (1980);
live in dublin, 1978:
disc 1 tracks 19, 20
disc 2 tracks 4, 7
live at the abbey tavern, 1980, rté:
disc 2 tracks 9, 10, 12
live on ''the late, late show'', 1979, rte (no acute accent on the 'e'):
disc 2 track 11
bbc live session from ''as i roved out'', 1979:
disc 2 tracks 14, 17, 19
live on ''aisling gheal'', 1979, rté:
disc 2 track 15
live on ''ballad sheet'', 1969, rté:
disc 2 tracks 18, 20