The Chieftains Collection: The Very Best of the Claddagh Years

The Chieftains Collection:
The Very Best of the Claddagh Years


Claddagh Records, 1999 | CC66
Atlantic Records, 1999 | 83224

Tracks:
1. The March of the King of Laois or Ruairí Óg Ó Mordha; air3:00
2. The Musical Priest,
The Queen of May; reels
3:25
3. An Páistín Fionn (The Fair Child); air
Mrs.Crotty's Reel, The Mountain Top; reels
4:11
4. Three Kerry Polkas2:54
5. Tabhair dom do Lámh (Give Me Your Hand); reels2:37
6. Strike the Gay Harp; jig
Tiarna Maigheó (Lord Mayo); air
The Lady on the Island, The Sailor on the Rock; reels
6:20
7. The Morning Dew3:27
8. The Foxhunt 5:12
9. Bean an Fhir Rua (The Fair-haired Man's Wife); slow air2:49
10. John Kelly's Slide,
Merrily Kiss the Quaker,
Denis Murphy Slide; slides
3:25
11. Mná na hÉireann; air3:28
12. The Walls of Liscarroll; jig2:31
13. Sonny's Mazurka,
Tommy Hunt's Jig; jigs
3:00
14. Samhradh, Samhradh (Summertime, Summertime) - air4:07
15. Seóirse Brabston (Planxty George Brabazon) 3:28

This disc holds many fine selections from The Chieftains first five albums originally recorded between 1963 and 1975. This collection of music is a primer to their early recordings and the genesis of the journey that lay ahead for this legendary group. The members of the Chieftains at the time of these recordings included Paddy Moloney, Sean Potts, Sean Keane, Michael Tubridy, Martin Fay, Peadar Mercier


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