I'm trying to figure out which pictures for an album cover looks better for my Victims of Irish Music compilation CD. Which do you prefer?

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Productive day. Ari finished all the guitar parts for Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion. That means there's just his backup vocals and mixing to do for that CD. Well, that and I need to come up with some graphics for the album. He did another great job. There's some more tasty solos. Ari is awesome.

While he was recording, I worked on graphics for Victims of Irish Music. I'm not sure I'm satisfied with the album cover yet. But Roy Janik sent me links to a lot of Ireland photos that I was able to use for the rest of the CD. Now I just need to finish mastering the album.

And I need to record my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I'm a wee bit behind on that one. Though the shownotes shouldn't take long. Maybe once I get back from my Italian Language meetup.

Finally getting close to finishing this compilation CD. I've been planning this compilation for a while. It's an album of mostly all-instrumental Irish music that I am compiling. I finally finished the track listing. The album sounds great. Here's what I have on it:

1. "Cooley's Set (Reels: Cooley's Reel,/Sporting Paddy/Toss The Feathers)" by Wild Clover Band from Behind the Blarney
   
2. "Sleeping Under The Tables Set" by Kennedy's Kitchen from A Pocketful of Lint
   
3. "Lannigan's Ball/Rambling Pitchfork/Tar Road Sligo" by Cady Finlayson from Harp and Shamrock
   
4. "Staten Island Hornpipe/Morpeth Rant" by The Jolly Rogues from Captain Billy's Privateers
   
5. "The Gneeveguilla Reel/Drag her Round the Road/The Golden Keyboard" by Arabesque from Glen Road to Cordoba
   
6. "The Boys from Blue Hill/Cherish the Ladies" by Bow Triplets from One Spot On Earth
   
7. "Princess Royale" by Thomas "Doc" Grauzer from Infernal Harp Racket
   
8. "Chicago Trippin up the Stairs by Boston Blackthorne from Better Late Than Ever
   
9. "Rocky Road to Brenham" by Celtic Stone from Digital Traditions
10. "Geordie Lad" by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer from Thumb Twiddling
    
11. "Old Grey Cat" by Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' Tabby Cats from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
    
12. "Congress Reel" by Poitin from Live!
    
13. "The Road to Lisdonvarna/Morrison's Jig" by Vince Conaway from Distractions from the Muse
    
14. "Polkas and Slides" by The Tea Merchants from The Tea Merchants
    
15. "Banks of Spey/High Road to Linton" by Highland Fling from Highland Fling
16. "Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap/Newcastle" by Bedlam Bards from Furious Fancies
    
17. "The Skylark/Humours of Tulla/Lucy Campbell's" by Culann's Hounds from Year of the Dog
    

It sounds fantastic!

Incidentally, the title of the album came from a phrase I saw on a book I borrowed from Doc Grauzer about Irish music. As I recall, it mentioned how the British attempted to stomp out traditional music in Ireland, but nothing could stop it. The name sounded too cool to not use for something.