Michael Simmons writes: "Cold Blow and the Rainy Night was the third Planxty recording, released shortly before the band members dispersed to form the Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, and De Dannan. It was as if the implications of their revolutionary blending of the instrumental and vocal strains of Irish music were too profound to be contained in one band. Planxty re-formed after a hiatus of a few years, but the chemistry after these first three albums was never quite the same."
Track list:
1. Johnny Cope
2. Polkas: Dennis Murphy's Polka/The L42 Cheque/John Ryan's Polka
3. Cold Blow and The Rainy Night
4. P Stands for Paddy I Suppose
5. Reels: The Old Torn Petticoat/Dublin Reel/The Wind That Shakes The Barley
6. Baneasa's Green Glade
7. Mominsko Horo
8. The Little Drummer
9. THE Lakes of Pontchartrain
10. Jigs: The Hare In The Corn/ The Frost Is All Over/ The Gander in the Pratie
Hole
11. The Green Fields of Canada