The Best of the Original Dubliners

~ Release by The Dubliners (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Seven Drunken Nights
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
Seven Drunken Nights
additional writer:
Ciarán Bourke, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
3:46
2Black Velvet Band
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
The Black Velvet Band (Dubliners arrangement)
additional writer:
Ciarán Bourke, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
The Black Velvet Band (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
4:29
3Whiskey in the Jar
recording of:
Whiskey in the Jar (traditional)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 533)
3:01
4All for Me Grog
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
All for Me Grog
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 475)
33:02
5The Rising of the Moon
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
Rising of the Moon
lyricist:
John Keegan Casey
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9634)
2:39
6I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool
writer:
Stan Kelly and Leon Rosselson
4:02
7The Bonny Boy
3:30
8The Fairmoye Lasses and Sporting Paddy
medley including a recording of:
Fermoy Lasses
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
Sporting Paddy (reel)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:57
9Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2003)
recording of:
Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:04
10Molly Maguires (live)
2:19
11McAlpine’s Fusiliers (live)
live recording of:
McAlpine’s Fusiliers
lyricist:
Dominic Behan
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:56
12Greenland Whale Fishery
recording of:
Greenland Whale Fisheries
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 347)
3:09
13Biddy Mulligan
2:01
14The Musical Priest / Blackthorn Stick
2:38
15Navvy Boots (live)
2:47
16Champion at Keeping Them Rolling
cover recording of:
Champion at Keeping them Rolling
writer:
Ewan MacColl
2:45
17I Know My Love
2:49
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1I’m a Rover
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2003)
recording of:
I'm a Rover
additional writer:
Ciarán Bourke, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:53
2Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old Man
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
An Old Man Came Courting Me (Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 210)
3:30
3Nancy Whiskey
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
cover recording of:
Nancy Whiskey
lyricist and composer:
Ewan MacColl
2:39
4A Pub With No Beer
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
cover recording of:
A Pub With No Beer
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Parsons
2:28
5Seven Deadly Sins
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
Seven Deadly Sins
lyricist and composer:
Jim McLean
2:45
6Black Velvet Band (live)
live recording of:
The Black Velvet Band (Dubliners arrangement)
additional writer:
Ciarán Bourke, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
The Black Velvet Band (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
4:10
7A Nation Once Again
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
cover recording of:
A Nation Once Again
lyricist:
Thomas Osborne Davis
composer:
Dominic Behan
2:44
8The Partin’ Glass
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
The Parting Glass
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (until 1605)
publisher:
Fearing and Loathing Music and Mummy Dust Music Ltd
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3004)
2:27
9Poor Paddy on the Railway
recording of:
Poor Paddy Works on the Railway (variable tempo; “corduroy britches, digging ditches”)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:52
10Kelly, the Boy From Killan
recording of:
Kelly the Boy from Killane
writer:
Patrick Joseph McCall (Irish songwriter and poet)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: V13849)
2:32
11Lowlands of Holland
recording of:
Lowlands of Holland (aka The Cold Coast of Greenland / The Spermwhale Fishery)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 484)
2:15
12The Breeze (live)
2:23
13Alabama 58
3:21
14The Night Visiting Song
3:26
15Cork Hornpipe (live)
2:05
16Poor Old Dicey Riley
1:41
17Whiskey on a Sunday
2:20
▼ CD 3
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1Dirty Old Town
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2003)
cover recording of:
Dirty Old Town
lyricist and composer:
Ewan MacColl (in 1949)
publisher:
Albert Music Publishing, Cooking Vinyl Ltd. (use “Cooking Vinyl” for release label), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Francis, Day & Hunter (publisher) and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
2:53
2Whiskey in the Jar (live)
live recording of:
Whiskey in the Jar (traditional)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 533)
3:13
3The Old Triangle
recording of:
The Auld Triangle
lyricist and composer:
Brendan Behan
2:02
4The Galway Races
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
The Galway Races
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:19
5Peggy Gordon (live)
recording of:
Peggy Gordon
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2280)
3:45
6The Irish Navy
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
recording of:
The Irish Navy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:27
7Net Hauling Song
2:12
8The Battle of the Somme / Freedom Come All Ye
medley including a recording of:
Freedom Come-All-Ye
lyricist:
Hamish Henderson (in 1960)
arrangement of:
The Bloody Fields of Flanders
medley including a recording of:
The Battle of the Somme (Scottish pipe lament/retreat march)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William Lawrie
4:51
9Smith of Bristol
32:30
10Tibby Dunbar
recording of:
Tibby Dunbar
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
Jim McLean
1:46
11The Leavin’ of Liverpool (live)
live recording of:
The Leaving of Liverpool
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9435)
6:15
12The Beggarman
2:35
13Rattling Roaring Willie
recording of:
Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6192)
1:50
14School Days Over
cover recording of:
School Days Over
lyricist and composer:
Ewan MacColl
3:01
15Louse House in Kilkenny
3:11
16Mrs McGrath
recording of:
Mrs. McGrath
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 678)
2:22
17Seven Drunken Nights (live)
live recording of:
Seven Drunken Nights
additional writer:
Ciarán Bourke, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1993)
3:41

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