Rare GENERAL HUMBERT 1976 RARE IRISH FOLK LP WITH MARY BLACK Dolphin Records
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Description
GENERAL HUBERT
(Self-Titled)
[FIRST APPEARANCE BY MARY BLACK] Genre: Folk
Sub-Genre: Irish
Record Size: LP (12-Inch)
Speed: 33RPM
Country/Region of Manufacture: Ireland
Pressing: Ireland
Label: Dolphin Records
Year of release: 1976
Catalog number: DOLM 5015
Condition of the cover: Owner name else very Good (small price tag on front)
Condition of the vinyl: Near Mint
Notes: Very rare self titled LP from General Humbert with first recording by Mary Black.
Bio: Mary Black (Born May 22, 1955, in Dublin, Ireland)
Began career with siblings as member of band the Black Family, c. 1965; joined Dublin-based Irish folk group Terrace (name later changed to General Humbert), c. 1977; released self-titled solo album on Dara Records, 1982; member of traditional folk group De Dannan, 1983-86; released U.S. major label debut, Looking Back, Curb/Atlantic, 1995; appeared on television special The Music of Ireland, TNN, and embarked on North American tour, 1995.
In the 1970s Black landed her first professional gig with a folk group known as Terrace, which would later become General Humbert. The band released two albums and toured Europe, enjoying the benefits of a folk revival that also gave rise to Irish talents Christy Moore and Van Morrisson and even U2.
Awards: Named Best Female Irish Artiste, Irish Recorded Music Awards polls, 1987 and 1988; Irish Independent Arts Award for Music, 1982, for Mary Black; honored at a Tavern on the Green dinner, 1995.
Artist statement: “[Music] was a very strong, big, big, part of our growing up. My parents had very strong musical sort of leanings, but neither were professional. They both literally did it for the love of it, and that’s why I went into it. And I still feel that’s why I do it.”
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