| Live at Selwyn Hall | ||||
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| Released | 13 November 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Selwyn Hall, Box, Wiltshire | |||
| Genre | Celtic | |||
| Length | 53:49 | |||
| Label | WOMAD | |||
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Live at Selwyn Hall, an album by Shooglenifty, was released in 1996 on the WOMAD label. It was recorded at Selwyn Hall, the village hall of Box, Wiltshire.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Pipe Tunes: John McKenzie's Fancy/The Kitchen Piper" | 6:07 |
| 2. | "The Radical Road: The Radical Road/Lexie Macaskill" | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Two Fifty to Vigo" | 5:54 |
| 4. | "Hoptsoi" | 6:35 |
| 5. | "Venus in Tweeds" | 5:19 |
| 6. | "Waiting for Conrad" | 8:07 |
| 7. | "Good Drying: Flick It Up and Catch It/The Creepy Zone/Good Drying" | 5:13 |
| 8. | "Da Eye Wifey: Da Eye Wifey/Wood's No. 1" | 6:51 |
| 9. | "The Tammienorrie: The Tamminorrie/Leo Elsey's Reel/Le Reel des Voyageurs" | 5:21 |
| Total length: | 53:49 | |
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