''Hearty and Hellish!'' is a live album of traditional Irish

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s performed by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, recorded live at the Gate of Horn in Chicago. It was their second album for

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. In a January 1963 article, ''

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'' magazine selected ''Hearty and Hellish!'' as one of the top 10 albums of 1962.

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released the album on CD in 1993. It was reissued in 2009 in mp3 only format.

Reception

Robert Shelton, writing in ''

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'', favorably compared album to the group's

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-nominated first Columbia record, '' A Spontaneous Performance Recording''. He considered ''Hearty and Hellish!'' to be "much more representative of these gifted performers", and he especially praised the number, "The 23rd of June", from the album.

Track listing

Side one

Irish Rover "The Irish Rover" is an Irish folk song about a magnificent though improbable sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end. It has been recorded by numerous artists, some of whom have made changes to the lyrics over time. The song describes ...

" #"The Barnyards of Delgaty" #"October Winds" (a.k.a. "The Castle of Dromore") #"Courtin' in the Kitchen" #"The Jolly Tinker" #"Jug of This" #"Johnny McEldoo" #"Whiskey, You're the Devil"

Side two

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" #"When I Was Single" #"The 23rd of June" #" The Rising of the Moon" #"God Bless England" #"Mr. Moses Ri-tooral-i-ay" #"

Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" (Roud 3137), also known as "Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye" or "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", is a popular traditional song, sung to the same tune as "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". First published in London in 1867 and writte ...

Personnel

* Paddy Clancy - vocals, harmonica *

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- vocals *

Liam Clancy Liam Clancy ( ga, Liam Mac Fhlannchadha; 2 September 1935 – 4 December 2009) was an Irish folk singer from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was the youngest member of the influential folk group the Clancy Brothers, regarded as Ireland's ...

- vocals, guitar * Tommy Makem - vocals, tin whistle *

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- guitar * Frank Hamilton - banjo * Herb Brown - bass

References

{{Authority control The Clancy Brothers albums 1962 albums Columbia Records albums