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Greatest Hits

The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen: Greatest Hits (Vanguard VSD 53/54)

Greatest Hits
The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen

Vanguard VSD 53/54 (2 LP, USA, 1973)

Best of the Vanguard Years
The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen

Vanguard 79551-2 (CD w/ bonus tracks, USA, 2000)

 The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen: Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard 79551-2)

Produced by Jack Lothrop and Maynard Solomon;
Recorded by Jeff Zaraya at Vanguard’s 23rd Street Studio on 27-30 June 1973;
Art direction and design by Jules Halfant;
Photos by Joel Brodsky;
Special thanks to Thomas O’Boyle of the Blarney Stone

See Nick Guida’s The Balladeers for more information on this record.

Musicians

Paddy Clancy: vocals, harmonica;
Tom Clancy: vocals;
Liam Clancy: vocals, guitar;
Louis Killen: vocals, concertina, pennywhistle

with
Russ Savakus: bass;
Dick Romoff: bass [5, 7];
Barry Kornfield: 6 & 12-string guitars, banjo;
Don McLean: guitar, banjo [2, 12, 14-15]

The CD’s four bonus tracks are out-takes from the Clancy Brothers’ recording of the Live! album with Bobby Clancy and Robbie O’Connell (Vanguard VSD 79445).

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Maid of Fife (Roud 545; G/D 1:84) (2.20)
  2. Jug of Punch (Roud 1808; Henry H490) (2.56)
  3. Gallant Forty-Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (2.16)
  4. Whistling Gypsy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.09)
  5. The Leaving of Liverpool (Roud 9435) (3.53)
  6. Mountain Dew (Roud 938) (1.44)

Side 2

  1. The Nightingale (Roud 1093; Laws M37; G/D 1:18; Henry H75a) (3.27)
  2. Roddy McCorley (Roud 5279) (3.12)
  3. Castle of Dromore (Roud V46946) (2.47)
  4. Father’s Grave (Roud 10391) (2.08)
  5. Johnny McAldoo (Roud 3390) (1.39)
  6. The Irish Rover (Roud 4379) (2.16)

Side 3

  1. The Old Woman From Wexford (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6) (1.58)
  2. Bonnie Charlie (Roud 24347) (4.35)
  3. The Jolly Tinker (Roud 863) (1.59)
  4. Haul Away Joe (Roud 809) (2.19)
  5. The Shoals of Herring (Roud 13642) (3.32)
  6. The Mermaid (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27) (2.48)

Side 4

  1. Kelly, the Boy From Killarn (Roud 16908) (2.31)
  2. Rosin the Bow (Roud 1192; G/D 3:698; Henry H698) (2.48)
  3. Whiskey is the Life of Man (Roud 651) (1.43)
  4. MacPherson’s Lament (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697) (3.07)
  5. Whiskey, You’re the Devil (Roud 21715) (2.11)
  6. Holy Ground (Roud 929) (2.02)

CD Bonus Tracks

  1. The Wild Colonial Boy (Roud 677; Laws L20; Henry H750) (2.54)
  2. Johnston’s Motor Car (Roud 4833) (1.51)
  3. Reilly’s Daughter (Roud 1161) (1.59)
  4. Finnegan’s Wake (Roud 1009, Laws Q17) (3.05)

Acknowledgements

I copied the LP cover picture of Greatest Hits from the Clancy Brothers’ discography at Nick Guida’s fantastic The Balladeers website.