The legendary Loudest Whisper have long been one of Ireland's best-loved bands. Formed by brothers Brian and Paud O'Reilly in 1968, they celebrate their 40th anniversary with this deluxe 6-CD boxed set. Featuring early demos, their first three albums (including 1975's classic Children Of Lir), every non-LP single and B-side from the 70s and 80s, vintage live recordings and more recent work with Donovan and others, Magic Carpet spans acid folk, psychedelia, rock and roll, rural rock and straight pop. The magnificent music is accompanied by a lavish booklet incorporating a detailed band history, a full discography, many rare photographs and an introduction from Brian O' Reilly himself, making the set essential for all fans of melodic folk-rock and psychedelia.
01 Magic carpet cd disc 1: the children of lir [1975]: 02 1. overture 03 2. lir's lament 04 3. good day my friend 05 4. wedding song 06 5. children's song 07 6. mannanan i 08 7. mannanan ii 09 8. chilren of the dawn 10 9. dawning of the day 11 10. septimus 12 11. farewell song
13 12. cold winds blow 14 13. sad children 15 14. bonus track 16 15. children of lir [original rte broadcast] 17 Magic carpet songs disc 2: loudest whisper [1981]: 18 1. night time in the city 19 2. home 20 3. she moved thro the fair 21 4. you & i 22 5. nothing at all 23 6. magic carpet 24 7. old friend john 25 8. name of the game parts i & ii the 26 9. wheel of fortune 27 10. pied piper 28 11. grey skies 29 12. cold winds blow 30 Magic carpet album disc 3: hard times: 31 1. man named john a 32 2. forget your rock n' roll 33 3. marianne 34 4. mellow moon 35 5. oh lord above 36 6. hard times 37 7. anita along 38 8. wild bird of love 39 9. boston city 40 Magic carpet cd disc 4: non album singles 1974-1982: 41 1. william b [1974 a side] 42 2. false prophets [1974 b-side] 43 3. come back paddy reilly to ballyjamesduff [1976 a-side] 44 4. wrong & right [1976 b-side] 45 5. lord have mercy [1976 b-side] 46 6. rock n' roll child [1977 a -side] 47 7. (i can't get no) satisfaction [1979 b-side] 48 8. tangerine [1979 b-side] 49 9. william b [1981 a-side] 50 10. fiona's tune [1981 b-side] 51 11. loudmoth [1981 a-side] 52 12. hemlop's hammer [1981 b-side] 53 13. guitar man [1982 a side] 54 14. in the dark [1982 b-side] 55 Magic carpet songs disc 5: non album singles [1983-1990]: 56 1. poete de la nature [1983 b-side] 57 2. 505 [1983 b-side] 58 3. hey marian [1984 a-side] 59 4. spread your wings [1984 a-side] 60 5. daffodil [1984 b-side] 61 6. old devil blues [1985 a side] 62 7. manhunter [1985 b-side] 63 8. johnny where are you now? [1986 a-side] 64 9. who's gonna rock you? [1986 a-side] 65 10. petunia [1986 b-side] 66 11. mean man [1989 cassette ep] 67 12. beat of the drum [1989 cassette ep] 68 13. septimus [1989 cassette ep] 69 14. home [1989 cassette ep] 70 15. children of the wild wind [1990 a-side] 71 16. wheel of life [1990 b-side] the 72 Magic carpet album disc 6: demos & unreleased recordings [1973-1996]: 73 1. children of the wild wind [1973 demo] 74 2. i'm a king bee [live 1974] - (live) 75 3. keep on running [1974 demo] 76 4. danae's song [1973] 77 5. three grey sisters [1973] the 78 6. polydectes [live 1974] - (live) 79 7. morning dew [1974 demo] 80 8. you said you loved me [1974 demo] 81 9. wouldn't it be fine? [1974 demo] 82 10. wheel of life [1974 demo] the 83 11. silent o'moyle [unreleased 1975] - (previously unreleased) 84 12. lord have mercy [alt. take 1976] - (alternate take) 85 13. home [1977 demo] 86 14. loudmouth [alt. take 1981] - (alternate take) 87 15. mellow moon [alt. take 1982] - (alternate take) 88 16. hair's too long [1996] 89 17. who am i? [1994] - (featuring donovan)