Dark End of the Street is the second studio album recorded by Irish Celtic rock band Moving Hearts. The album features folk singer Christy Moore on most of the songs, except "Let Somebody Know", written and sung by Declan Sinnott.
Two versions of Dark End of the Street, with identical front covers, were released simultaneously as vinyl LPs in 1982: one was a studio album and the other was released in some countries as a compilation album, with a different track listing. The original studio album was re-released on CD in 1995.
Studio album The studio album was released as a vinyl LP in 1982.Sleeve notes from Dark End of the Street (studio LP), WEA IR 58718 LP, 1982.
Track listing
Compilation album
In some countries (US and Canada), a vinyl LP was also released in 1982 with the same title and front cover, but a different track listing,Sleeve notes from Dark End of the Street (compilation LP), WEA 1802, 1982. as a compilation of tracks selected from the following studio albums: Moving Hearts (1981) – (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9) Dark End of the Street (1982) – (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 10).
The catalogue number for this compilation album was: 'WEA 1802' in the US and 'WEA MH15' in Canada.
Track listing
Re-release of the studio album on CD
The studio album was re-released on CD in 1995, with the original track list.Sleeve notes from Dark End of the Street (studio CD), WEA 2292–50144–2, 1995.
Track listing
Personnel The two versions of the 1982 album featured the following musicians: Christy Moore – vocals, guitar, bodhrán Dónal Lunny – vocals, bouzouki, synthesiser Declan Sinnott – lead guitar, acoustic, vocals Tony Davis – backing vocals Eoghan O'Neill – bass guitar, vocals Matt Kellaghan – drums Brian Calnan – drums, percussion Davy Spillane – Uilleann pipes, low whistle Keith Donald – Tenor and Soprano saxophone Nollaig Casey (credited as Nollaig Ni Cathasaigh) – violin
References
External links Official website.