Outlet
Outlet is now defunct (and, indeed, I know that
someone has purchased the entire unsold stock of LPs, 7” singles and cassettes,
including some 50,000 of the last–named).
The company employed a bewildering variety of
catalogue number prefixes. Original vinyl releases were prefixed SOLP or OLP
and STOL or TOL (depending upon whether the record was stereo or mono),
cassettes COX and CDs (whether originals or reissues) PTICD, plus some releases
were also issued as 8-track cartridges. However, that’s only half the story as
there’s also the OAS/COAS traditional music series, the LPCL series, the mainly
ballads Chyme series and various other prefixes and don’t
even ask me what BOL or ZLP signified! To add to the confusion, some albums
were reissued with different titles to the originals (and sometimes different
catalogue numbers too) and selected albums were also issued on the label’s
Dublin-based offshoot, Homespun (using the HRL prefix). Outlet was also thoroughly
lackadaisical when it came to putting a date on its releases. Gaps are depicted
in red font.
The list below omits most of the many recordings of
balladeers, pub songs, rebel songs, etc. except those of historical importance,
as well as the company’s short-lived Shock Rock label, a woeful attempt to cash
in on punk.
Note that many websites suggest that Outlet is still
in existence, but clicking on their links will direct you to the online music
store www.soundsirish.com which is connected to Wren
Records.
Many thanks to Michael Costello for his help in
compiling this discography.
Traditional Music series – where possible, the original title has
been given
Most were reissued as CDs (with
the PTICD prefix). Those that were not retain the original SOLP prefix.
PTICD 1001 Tom McHaile –
All Ireland Whistling Champion (also
issued as All Ireland Whistling Champion at Boyle)
PTICD 1002 Seán
McGuire and Roger
Sherlock – Two Champions
(released
under at least two other titles, including Irish Traditional Fiddling)
SOLP 1003 The Fianna Folk – Free and
Easy (ballad group)
PTICD 1004 Finbarr
Dwyer with Teresa
McMahon–
Pure Traditional
Irish
Accordion Music (also issued as Irish Traditional
Accordionist)
PTICD 1005 Seán McGuire and Josephine Keegan
– Champion of
Champions
PTICD 1006 Seán McGuire – Traditional Irish
Fiddle (also issued as The
Best of ...)
PTICD 1007 Séamus Tansey – Traditional Irish Music (reissued under at least three different titles, including The Best of Séamus Tansey in LP and cassette format)
PTICD 1008 Seán
McGuire and Roger Sherlock with Josephine
Keegan – At Their Best (1970)
SOLP 1009 Kevin Loughlin – The Pride of Fermanagh
PTICD 1010 Na Filí – Farewell to Connaught (a.k.a Traditional Music of Ireland)
SOLP 1011 Finbarr Dwyer – The Best of Finbarr Dwyer
PTICD
1012 Seán Ryan, Kathleen
Ryan and Pat Lyons – Back Home to the Cliffs of Moher
SOLP 1013 Various – Festival
PTICD 1014 Seán McGuire
and Joe Burke – Two Champions (also
Issued as simply Seán McGuire and Joe Burke)
PTICD 1015 Joe Burke – Galway’s Own.... (also issued as Joe Burke)
SOLP 1016 Finbarr Dwyer – Ireland’s Own Traditional Accordionist
PTICD 1017 Na Filí – Na Filí 3
SOLP 1018 Connie
Foley – The Wild Colonial Boy (ballad
singer)
SOLP 1019 Various – Ulster Outcry
PTICD 1020 Ted Furey and Brendan Byrne – Toss the Feathers
SOLP 1021 Connie Foley – Isle of Innisfree
PTICD 1022 Séamus Tansey, Bernadette and Joe Sheridan and
Bernadette Grehan –
Traditional Music of County Sligo (also
LP was reissued as Sligo Céilí)
SOLP 1023 Various – 9 Irish Traditional Music Champions Play
16 of
Their Best
SOLP 1024 John Whelan – Pride of Wexford
SOLP 1025 The Éamonn Ceannt Céilí Band – Dancing in Ireland (band
included Vincent Broderick on flute)
SOLP 1026 Various –
Meet the Champions (1975)
SOLP 1027 Joe
Burke, Finbarr Dwyer, Kevin Loughlin and John Whelan – Session with Four
Accordion
Champions
SOLP 1028 Brian Vallely, Pipers Club
Armagh and Group – Song of the Chanter
(reissued as PTICD 3007)
SOLP 1029 Margaret Barry – 15 Songs from Ireland’s Own
SOLP 1030 Pride of Erin Céilí Band – Fermanagh Céilí
SOLP 1031 Seán McGuire – Ireland’s Champion Fiddler
SOLP 1032 Finbarr Dwyer – Ireland’s Champion Traditional
Accordionist
SOLP 1033 Josephine
Keegan – Fiddle (1977)
SOLP 1034 Eamon Mitchell Group – Sliabh
Gallion Braes (1977)
SOLP 1035 Various – Airs of Ireland (1977; Seán McGuire, Na Filí, Séamus Tansey, Tom
M’Haile [sic] and Brian Vallely)
SOLP 1036 Pride of Erin Céilí
Band – Harvest Time in Ireland
SOLP 1037 Séamus Shannon – Traditional Irish Accordion (1979)
SOLP 1038 Shaskeen – Galway’s Own Shaskeen
SOLP 1039 Kevin Loughlin – All-Ireland Champion Traditional
Accordionist
SOLP 1040 Josephine
Keegan – Reels, Jigs, Hornpipes, Airs (1980)
SOLP 1041 Mick Gavin – Irish Traditional Music
SOLP 1042 Kevin Loughlin, John Gordon, Mairéad McCann – Irish
Traditional Music from Belleek
PTICD 1043 Peg McGrath, Mary Mulholland and Kathleen Smyth –
Cherish the Ladies
SOLP 1044 Josephine Keegan – Irish Traditional Music (1983)
PTICD 1045 Jim McKillop and Josephine Keegan
– Irish Traditional
Fiddle Music (a.k.a. Mist in the Glen)
SOLP 1046-1051
PTICD 1052 Seán McGuire – Man of Achievement
(1988 reissue of
Top Spin LP from 1975)
PTICD 1053 Ronnie Drew and The Dubliners –
Ireland’s Finest Ballad Songs (1997)
SOLP 1054
PTICD 1055 Seán and Jim McGuire – Brothers Together
CD issues/reissues (some took
over the catalogue numbers of LPs which have not been reissued)
PTICD 1035 Tomás
Ó Canaínn – With Pipe and Song
PTICD 1041 John & James Kelly with Michael Crehan & Michael
Gavin –
Irish Traditional Fiddle Music (reissue of Tara
1008)
Numbers prior to 1088?
PTICD 1088 Various – Lambeg Drums with Fife and Rattly
PTICD 1089 Seán McGuire – Hawks and Doves of Irish Culture
PTICD 1090 Paul Bradley – The Atlantic Roar (1997)
PTICD 1091 Ray Gallen – The Man of the House (1998)
PTICD 1092 O’Aces – An Oiche Go Maidín
PTICD 1093 Tomás
Ó Canainn – The “Pennyburn Piper” Presents
Uilleann Pipes (1998)
PTICD 1094
PTICD 1095 Various – Session Music from Belfast
PTICD 1096
PTICD 1097 Jason O’Rourke – The Bunch of Keys (2000)
PTICD 1098 Michael Clarkson and Gerry James – The Far Set (1999)
PTICD 1099
PTICD 2001 Various – Festival of Irish Folk (also issued as CHCD 1013N)
PTICD 2002 Various – Festival of Irish Folk, Volume 2 (also issued as
CHCD 1035N)
PTICD 2003 Ronnie Drew with The Dubliners
PTICD 2004 Michael
Mac Liammoir – Ireland Free
PTICD 2005 Brendan Behan Sings Irish Folksongs and Ballads
PTICD 2006 Gearóid
Mac Lachlainn – Patriotic Voices: Readings from
Oscar Wilde
PTICD 3001 The Sands
Family – Folk from the Mournes (reissue of OAS
3004)
PTICD 3031 Seán
McGuire – Ireland’s Champion Fiddler
PTICD 9000 Harry Bradley – Bad Turns and Horse-shoe Bends (1999)
OAS/COAS series (the “C”
indicating a cassette)
OAS 3001 Willie McElroy – Of
Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh (1977)
OAS 3002 Paddy Cronin – Kerry’s Own
OAS 3003 Na Filí – The Music of Na
Filí (1978 compilation)
OAS 3004 The Sands Family – Folk from
the Mournes
OAS 3005 Houl’ Yer Whist – On Boyne’s
Red Shore (Orange
ballads)
OAS 3006 Cúchulainn – Three Months in
Winter
OAS 3007 Eddie Butcher – The Titanic
and Other Traditional
Folksongs
OAS 3008 John Mulgrew – The Woodworm
Got in Me Fiddle (fiddle
music from Co. Derry)
OAS 3009 John and Frances Rodgers –
Ballads from ....
OAS 3010 Various – The Newcastle
Fishing Disaster: Songs, Music
and Lilts from Co. Down
OAS 3011 Paddy Gamble – Killeavy’s
Pride (ballads)
OAS 3012 John McKeown – The Sportin’
Sailor Boy
COAS 3013 Michael Flanagan – Lone
Shanakyle
OAS 3014 Tom McGonigle and Robert
McGouran – Road Map of
Ireland
OAS 3015 Houl’ Yer Whist – Ballads
from Co. Down
OAS 3016 The Quinn Family – Music from
the Glens (1979)
OAS 3017 Seán McGuire – From the
Archives
COAS 3018 Mick Quinn, John Campbell – A
Whisper of Ballads from
South Armagh
COAS 3019 Hughie McAlindon – The Diamond
Green
COAS 3020 Michael Quinn – Time to Make the
Hay
OAS 3021 John Campbell – A Whisp of
Ballads from Around the Ring of Gullion
COAS 3022 Ann Mulqueen – Kerry’s 25th
3023-3024
OAS 3025 Tomás Ó Canainn – With Pipe
and Song (1980)
3026
OAS 3027 Tom McLung – The Moyallen
Brown Red
OAS 3028 Grainne Clarke – Songs of
Rogues and Honest Men
3029
OAS 3030 Josephine Keegan – Irish Traditional
Music (1980)
COAS 3031 Gerry McFadden – Drones from the
Black Mountain
OAS 3032 Fluters Five – O’Carolan’s
Receipt for Drinking (1981)
OAS 3033 The Makems at Home (1981)
3034-3036
OAS 3037 Josephine Keegan – Reels,
Jigs, Hornpipes (1982)
3038-3039
OAS 3040 Nuala agus Tomás Ó Canainn –
Beal na Trá (1982)
3041-
LPCL series
LPCL 501 J.J. Carty – Specially for Irish Dancers (1981; button
accordion)
TOL/STOL
series
TOL 103 Nazareth
House Céilí Band and Singers
TOL 104 Various
– Fleadh Night at Mark McLaughlin’s
TOL 121 Various – 20 Requested Ballads of Ireland
STOL 122 Peter
Tomelty – The Mountains of Mourne
STOL 129 Ceoltóirí
Ros na Rí and Éamonn Ceannt Céilí Band –
Recall And
Step About
CHCD series (most of which were originally released under
the Chyme imprint)
CHCD 1001 The Dubliners – At Home with The Dubliners
CHCD 1002 The
Dubliners – Revolution
CHLP 1003 The Dubliners - Hometown
CHCD 1006 The
Dubliners – Dubliners Live
CHLP 1007 The
Dubliners – Ballads and Booze
CHLP 1010 The Dubliners – Dubliners Live
CHCD 1010 Ray Gallen – Celtic Beat
CHCD 1011 The Dubliners – All-Time Dubliners Favourites (also issued
as Dubliners Collection)
CHLP 1012 The Dubliners – Together Again
CHCD 1012 Various – Celtic Rhythm
CHCD 1013 Various –
Festival of Irish Music (double CD)
CHCD 1014 The Dubliners
– Greatest Hits (1989)
CHCD 1015 The
Dubliners – Original Greatest Hits
CHCD 1016 The
Dubliners – The Luke Kelly Album
CHCD 1025 The Dubliners – 15 Years On (double CD)
CHCD 1028 The
Dubliners – Greatest Hits
CHCD 1029 Danny Doyle – Whiskey on a Sunday
CHLP 1030 The Dubliners – Prodigal Sons
CHCD 1031 The
Dubliners – Luke’s Legacy
CHCD 1032 The
Dubliners – Seven Drunken Nights
CHCD 1033 The
Dubliners – Irish Favourites
CHCD 1034 The Dubliners – Irish Favourites 2
CHCD 1035 Various –
Festival of Irish Music, Volume 2 (double CD)
CHCD 1037 Various – Festival of Traditional Irish Music (double CD)
CHCD 1038 Brier
– The Best of Irish Folk
CHCD 1039 Various
– The Very Best Collection of Irish Céilí Music
CHCD 1040 Various – The Cream of Irish Folk (double CD)
CHCD 1041 The
Dubliners – Luke Kelly: The Collection
CHCD 1042 Various – Classic Collection of Irish Music (double CD)
CHCD 1050 Rince –
Complete Irish Dancing Set (also issued as
First Steps
and Beyond)
CHCD 1052 The Dubliners
– Dubliners Instrumental (1999)
CHCD 1053 Ronnie Drew – The Collection (double CD)
CHCD 1054 The Dubliners – Songs of Dublin
CHCD 1055 The Dubliners – Irish Rebel Ballads
CHCD 1094 The Dubliners – Collection Volume 2
CHCD 1096 Guinness Choir – Classic Irish Songs
CHCD 1099 Various – Ireland’s Greatest Love Songs
CHCD 2001 Various – Celtic Airs, Volume 1
CHCD 2002 Various
– Celtic Airs, Volume 2
CHCD 2003 Various
– Irish Music to Set You Dancing
CHCD 2012 Various
– Celtic Rhythm
CHCD 2015 Seán
Ó Sé – Irish Heritage
CHCD 2025 Various
– The Celtic Uilleann Pipe Collection, Vol. 1
CHCD 3021 Various
– Ireland: A Song for Every County
Others
CD IRISH 010 Shaskeen
– Traditional Music and Song
CDIRL 509 Various – Best Ever Traditional
Irish Pub Session
CDIRL 510 Various
- Best of Irish Céilí Music, Vol. 1
CD LUKE 001 Luke
Kelly – Songs of the Workers
CD PUB 027 The Dubliners – Irish Pub Songs
CD RON 001 Ronnie Drew – The Irish Rover
FDL 100 Finbarr Dwyer and Teresa McMahon
LP 7006 Various – Mary from Dungloe and Other Irish Folk Hits
SBOL 4017 Connie Foley – Three Leaf Shamrock (1973)