Alan Stivell - Reflets (1970)
Release Date - 1970
Label - Fontana, Dreyfus
Catalog# - FDM 36201-2
Reflets was Stivell's debut full-length solo album, although he had done some obscure singles and EPs in France in the late 1960s and had recorded under his original name, Alan Cochevelou, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Sometimes, when you find the first recording of a folk-rock-aligned artist dating from this era, you'll be surprised to hear rock or even psychedelic elements that would be ironed out or disappear by the time the performer reached a wide audience. This, however, is not the case on Reflets, on which the format and vision that has sustained Stivell throughout his lengthy career are largely in place. His harp, by turns energetic and effervescent, is the focal point of arrangements that bow to contemporary but folk-based electric influences. True, there are touches of electric organ, electric bass, 12-string guitar, banjo, fiddle, and electric guitar. Yet the mood is very much pensive Celtic folk, all but two of the songs being folk standards adapted and arranged by Stivell; only one, "Sally Free and Easy," is sung in English. "Broceliande," one of just two Stivell originals on the LP, is the most adventurous (if atypical) track, with its "Exodus"-like melody and eerie female backup vocals. Although this was issued in the U.K. under the title Reflections in the early 1970s, it apparently never came out in the U.S., where it remains very hard to find. (Richie Unterberger)
Tracklist:
1 Reflets
2 Suite des Montagnes
3 Marig Ar Pollanton
4 Broceliande
5 Son Ar Chistr
6 Sally Free and Easy
7 Suite Irlandaise
8 Silvestrig
9 Tenval an Diez
10 Je Suis Ne au Milieu de La Mer
Alan Stivell - Chemins De Terre (1973)
Tracklist:
1. Susy Mac Guire 3:35
2. Ian Morrisson reel 4:09
3. She moved through the fair 4:24
4. Cân y melinydd 1:59
5. Oidhche mhaith 1:54
6. An dro nevez 3:48
7. Maro ma mestrez 3:08
8. Brezhoneg 'raok 3:49
9. An hani a garan 4:10
10. Metig 4:07
11. Kimiad 3:34
Alan Stivell - E Langonned (1974)
Original Release Date - 1974
This CD release - 1994
Label - Fontana, Dreyfus
Catalog# - FDM 36203-2
Grip, voice, bombards, Irish flute, Scottish bagpipe, song: Alan Stivell
Song: Yann-Jakez Hasold
Acoustic guitar: Rear daN Arm
Fiddle: Rene Werneer
Flute, bagpipe kozh, bodhran: Alan Kloatr
Bodhran: Liam Weldon
Scottish battery: Rear Yann-Fanch Merdy, Loeiz Roujon, Yann-Lug Fauchon
Bombard: Youenn Sicard
Tracklist:
1. E Parrez Langonned
2. Gavotenn Pourled
3. Planedenn
4. Ne Bado Ket Atao
5. Bwthyn Fy Nain
6. Ffarwel Aberystwyth
7. Briste Leathair Pheadair / Mairseal A'chearc
8. Dans Fisel / Gavotenn Ar Menez / An Sagart Cheolnhar
9. Bal Fisel
10. Deus Ganin Me D'am Bro
11. Jenovefa
12. Sagart O Donaill
13. Diougan Gwenc'hlan
14. Ar Voraerion
15. Faili Faili Oro
16. Oye Vie
Alan Stivell - Master Serie (1990)
Tracklist:
1. Ian Morrisson Reel 4:10
2. Tri Martolod 3:34
3. Susy Mac Guire 3:37
4. Reflets 4:21
5. Pop Plinn 3:19
6. She Moved Through the Fair 4:22
7. Can Y Melinydd 2:01
8. The Wind of Keltia 3:18
9. Suite SudArmoricaine 3:15
10. Suite Des Montagnes 3:37
11. Ys 3:43
12. Elis Iza 2:56
13. Broceliande 4:07
14. Marig Ar Pollanton 3:46
15. Brezhoneg'Raok 3:49
16. Suite Irlandaise 3:02