Best of the Original Dubliners [Import]

The Dubliners | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import
• Label: Emd Int'l
• ASIN: B00009YFVB
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,423 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #22 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Celtic Folk
  • #67 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Irish Folk
  • #79 in Music > New Age > Celtic New Age

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Seven Drunken Nights

2. Black Velvet Band

3. Whiskey in the Jar

4. All for Me Grog

5. The Rising of the Moon

6. I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I'm a Rover

2. Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man

3. Nancy Whiskey

4. A Pub With No Beer

5. Seven Deadly Sins

6. Black Velvet Band [Live]

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Dirty Old Town

2. Whiskey in the Jar [Live]

3. The Old Triangle

4. The Galway Races

5. Peggy Gordon [Live]

6. The Irish Navy

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Budget price compilation from Ireland's finest showmen features 51 tracks, originally released 1967-1972, packaged in three standard jewel cases & housed in a slipcase. Copy Control CD. EMI Gold.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The motherlode, July 7, 2004

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Brendan P. Delany "Fawltyoldboy" (New Jersey,United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of the Original Dubliners (Audio CD)

Billy Connolly describes his first time ever seeing the Dubliners in concert as a classic case of culture shock! Folk Musicians back then were inclined to wear Aran sweaters so they could be easily identified..not the Dubliners! "Wild bearded goats" with one of their lead singers voice sounding like coal being poured down a delivery chute! The Dubliners did to Folk Music in Ireland what Bob Dylan did in the USA. They were raw, vulgar, unpretentious, talented, funny and, the inspiration for legions of future Irish musicians. The tracks listed on this collection are essentially the best of their original line up. My only slight criticism is that I wish they had kept the track order of the first three albums intact. As musicians, Luke Kelly, Barney MacKenna and Ciarron Bourke were of the highest calibre. This music swerves from incendary to sad and back again. This is what the Pogues sounded like in another life!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth owning, but not front of the pack, July 28, 2008

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Timohuatl (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of the Original Dubliners (Audio CD)

This collection is remarkable for the range of songs it makes available. In fact, once you get past some of the Dubliner's top hits, the music is great. I'm disappointed in their performance of a few standards, such as Whiskey in the Jar, Seven Drunken Nights, and Nancy Whiskey. The performances are not nuanced, they serve too much as drinking songs and do not dig down into the soul of the music. And the compliation repeats titles in "live versions" that add nothing to their depth. The biggest exception to this pattern, however, is the rendition of Black Velvet Band. However! There's a lot of other great music here. The instrumentals are fine, if not inspired. And many of the lesser known titles are great additions to anyone's collection of Irish music. So I'd recommend doing what I've done. Buy it! Certainly! And then upload into iTunes and leave off the titles you don't like when you move the music over to your iPod.

4.0 out of 5 stars Why Irish eyes are smiling., June 13, 2010

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Mr. R. Linkiewicz "R. Linkiewicz" (Dolans Bay, NSW, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of the Original Dubliners (Audio CD)

Any fan of Irish folk music must have this one. My favourite is 'Seven Drunken Nights' but just about every classic Irish song is on this one. Some songs I hadn't heard for many years and hearing them again was like meeting an old, dear, long-lost friend. Some tracks are repeated with live recordings but the overall enjoyment is undeniable: so pour yourself a pint or three of Guinness, sit yourself down in a nice cosy armchair near a blazing log fire, and enjoy!