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Classic Irish Albums

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

1/6. Ralph McLean provides insight into classic Irish albums, and looks at why Irish bands have had such massive success. Ralph retraces the roots of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.

Classic Irish Albums

Series 1

Episode 6: I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

6/6. Ralph McLean provides insight into classic Irish albums. He looks at Sinead O'Connor's I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got, talks to Sinead, and hears from those closest to her.

Classic Irish Albums

Series 1

Episode 2: Rory Gallagher

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

Ralph McLean explores the story behind one of rock's greatest live albums as the spotlight is turned on Rory Gallagher and Live in Europe 1972.

Classic Irish Albums

Series 2

Episode 6: Paul Brady - Hard Station

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

Ralph McLean talks to Paul Brady about his acclaimed 1981 breakthrough album Hard Station, which saw the Strabane man move away from folk and into the musical mainstream.

Classic Irish Albums

Series 2

Episode 4: David Holmes: Let's Get Killed

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

From the Ormeau Road to Oceans 11, Ralph McLean tells the story of Belfast dance DJ David Holmes and his classic album Let's Get Killed.

Classic Irish Albums

Series 2

Episode 2: Stiff Little Fingers: Inflammable Material

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

Ralph McLean recalls Stiff Little Fingers' album Inflammable Material with the band's lead singer Jake Burns.

Classic Irish Albums

Series 2

Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

Ralph McLean provides insight into classic Irish albums and tells the story of the 1978 album Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy.

Classic Irish Albums

Series 2

Episode 5: Ash: 1977

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

Ralph McLean retraces the story of Ash's album 1977, a recording packed with hit singles that made the young Downpatrick trio rock superstars in 1996.