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The Night John Lynch Lost His Glasses - A 2020 Vision

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The only 7" vinyl single 45rpm
by Cork City band "Princes Street"
A-Side "Song For You" / B-side "Speak to Me"
released May 1990

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"The Night John Lynch Lost his Glasses"
original 6 song cassette

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1.	Sitting In A Bar 03:43	info	buy track
2.	Speak To Me 05:44	info	buy track
3.	The Green and The Grey 04:23	info	buy track
4.	Song For You 03:22	info	buy track
5.	Build It Up 04:35	info	buy track
6.	Everybody's 02:58	info	buy track
7.	Chance Meeting (LIVE!) 04:03	info	buy track
8.	Leave This Town, Peter! (LIVE!) 03:17	info	buy track
9.	Spanish Moon/Fred The Funky Stargazer (LIVE!) 11:12	info	buy track
10.	Speak to Me (LIVE!) 06:06	info	buy track

about

From 1984 to 1990
Cork City band "Princes Street"
went a-reelin' and a-rockin' and a-rollin'
the musical streets, the gig,
concert and festival venues
of Ireland and abroad.
In 1989, they released a six song mini-album...
"The Night John Lynch Lost His Glasses"
In 1990, they released a vinyl single
"Song for You/Speak to Me"
All of the above, plus more,
reflecting the activity of the band
is contained here on this 2020
compilation of their work

Here's a 2020 newspaper article to give you more insight

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40061561.html

Here's some videos to get your appetite whetted

"Speak to Me"
youtu.be/Sg32M338ieg

"Sitting in a Bar"
youtu.be/AZkw-R-lfO8

A couple of the live tracks are decidedly
"low fi"
but I know alot of y'all like that sorta fing
Either way, hope whoever gets to hear this
enjoys it

A special mention here to Moss Rockets
for his rebooting of the images and graphics herein

credits

released November 5, 2020

Hank Wedel: Vocals, Guitars
Mick Geraghty: Guitars, BluesHarp, Vocals
Brian Carroll: Vocals, Percussion
Art Lorigan: Drums
Martin Moylett: Bass
Edel Sullivan: Violin
with
Shelia Sullivan: Violin
Carol Barrett: Vocals
Studio Productions: Tracks 1, 2, 3
1988 PRINCES STREET
assisted by Dezy Walls and Tadgh Kelleher
1989 Declan Sinnott Tracks 4, 5, 6
Engineers:
1988 Johnny Campbell
1989 Phillip Begley
At Sulan Studios, Ballyvourney, Co. Cork
Executive Producer/Management:
Pat Conway of The Lobby Bar
Original Artwork Supervision: Patsy Ryan
Artwork 2020: Moss Rockets
Live Engineers:
Justin Forbes: Track 7 at The Lobby 2005
Ali O'Riarda: Track 8 at Nancy Spains 1991
Production Track 7: Dan Fitzgerald
Production Track 8: Hank Wedel

Special word of gratitude: Party Pat O'Donovan
for digitizing many of the tracks and storing
the leftover cassettes and vinyl for years

In memory of John Lynch, of course...
But also Emmet "Lefty" Daly and Tadge Mullane
Bless Their Souls

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about

Hank Wedel Cork, Ireland

Born Dayton, Ohio, USA 1963
Raised in NYC and Mallow
Co. Cork, Ireland
Based Cork City, Ireland
Guitarist, vocalist songwriter,
band leader
performed 1000s of gigs from
North Pole to Lanzarote or from Oklahoma
to Azerbijan
solo with
Princes Street, Open Kitchen,
Small Town Talk and a 25 year Monday night residency at "Charlies"
Cork City with Ray Barron...
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"Hank Wedel"
and see ... more

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