''The Dubliners'' is the debut album by the Irish folk band

The Dubliners The Dubliners were an Folk music of Ireland, Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners. The line-up saw many changes in personn ...

. A studio recording in front of a small invited audience, It was produced by

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and released by

Transatlantic Records Transatlantic Records was a British independent record label. The company was established in 1961, primarily as an importer of American folk, blues and jazz records by many of the artists who influenced the burgeoning British folk and blues boom ...

in 1964. The line-up consisted of

Ronnie Drew Joseph Ronald Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish people, Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners. He is most recognised for his lead voc ...

Barney McKenna Bernard Noël "Banjo Barney" McKenna (16 December 1939 – 5 April 2012) was an Irish musician and a founding member of The Dubliners. He played the tenor banjo, violin, mandolin, and melodeon. He was most renowned as a banjo player. Biography ...

Luke Kelly Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland. Born into a working-class household in Dublin city, Kelly moved to England in his late teens and by his early 20s had become i ...

and

Ciarán Bourke Ciarán Bourke (18 February 1935 – 10 May 1988) was an Irish musician and one of the original founding members of the Irish folk band The Dubliners. Early life Ciarán Bourke was born in Dublin on 18 February 1935, but lived most of his life ...

. The album is referred to on the back cover notes and has been reissued under the title ''The Dubliners with Luke Kelly'' as, by the time of its release, Luke had left the band. He rejoined in late 1965.

Track listing

Side One

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" - 3:13 # " The Ragman's Ball" - 2:08 # "Preab San Ól" - 2:14 # "The High Reel" - 2:58 # " The Holy Ground" - 2:15 # "Tramps and Hawkers" - 3:06 # "Home Boys, Home" - 3:17

Side Two

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Rocky Road to Dublin "Rocky Road to Dublin" is a 19th-century Irish song written by Irish poet D. K. Gavan about a man's experiences as he travels to Liverpool, England from his home in Tuam, Ireland. Originally popularized by Harry Clifton, it has since been perf ...

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" - 2:12 # " I'll Tell My Ma" - 2:06 # "Swallow's Tail Reel" - 2:49 # "Jar of Porter" - 2:14 # "Love Is Pleasing" - 1:47 # "The Nightingale" - 3:35

Personnel

- vocals, whistle *

- vocals, guitar *

- vocals, 5-string banjo *

- tenor banjo

Mislabelled instrumental tracks

The tune labelled "Swallow's Tail Reel" is a medley of "The Swallow's Tail" (O'Neill 536) and "The High Reel" (O'Neill 721), from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland. The tune labelled "The High Reel" is actually a medley of two different tunes. According to McKenna, the title of the first tune is "Códháirdeachais" (meaning "Congratulations" — this an old, pre-1948, spelling of the Irish word; the current spelling would be "Comhghairdeas") and the title of the second is "The Boyne Hunt" (O'Neill 514, Willie Clancy 142). Several people have also noticed the resemblance of the first tune to the better-known "Sporting Nell".Dubliners Discograph

retrieved November 4, 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dubliners With Luke Kelly, The The Dubliners live albums 1964 debut albums 1964 live albums Transatlantic Records live albums