Featuring a rare photo collage from a promo shoot at Ardmore Studios in Bray, Ireland, plus other images from around the time of the release of Horslips' classic 1976 album, The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony.
These images and other rare discoveries will feature in TALL TALES: THE HISTORY OF HORSLIPS — the definitive biography by Mark Cunningham, published on December 1 2012.
[The soundtrack is an exclusive composite mix of both the single and album versions of 'Daybreak', the lead track on The Book Of Invasions.]
Video produced by Mark Cunningham. Copyright © 2012 Horslips.
* The remastered digipak CD of The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony is now available via www.horslips.ie *
I actually saw them on stage in 1977, the stage set that appears in these photographs is actually the stage set they used in 1977. The dogs either side of the drum kit, (frame 3:02), were made of fiberglass and were based on illustrations from an old Irish illustrated four gospel manuscript called the book of Kells. In the mouth of each of the dogs was a brilliant white light which the used in time to the track 'The power and the Glory. Best live band i have ever seen.
abigtreehugger 1 month ago
Great stuff, you are certainly whetting the appetite.
DaraghOwens 2 months ago