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While the first half of the disc is great traditional Clancy Bros. the second half (with some others from their families) left a bit to be desired. The second half of the CD seems to also be a bit poorer quality than the first. If you're into a full collection of their music this may be for you. Collectors should beware, this is the same CD as "The Best of The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem"; however the latter is at a higher price.

This CD includes some of the best traditional titles from the Clancey Brothers. Unfortunately, the audio quality of the recording is so poor that some of the tracks are unintelligable. It sounds as though some tracks were third or fourth generation copies from audio tape, some were pireted by somebody with a concert ticket and a cassette recorder, and some were surreptitiously recorded in Mother Clancey's parlor late one St. Patrick's Day night. If you are a true fan, you probably have all these songs in better form; if you're a novice, this is NOT going to be a cornerstone of your collection. Pass it by!

very disapointing some tracts are loud others barely audible nearly makes me give up on clancy brothers i am going to look for dublin ramblers and irish rovers

I grew up on Clancy Brothers LPs and very much looked forward to this CD when I saw it in the store. BIG Mistake ! When I first played it I thought the CD player was broken. then I thought I was going deaf then I realized that the audio on here can only be heard with equipment rented from the CSI team.

As to the song selection I would say that some the best of the Clancys are here but many of the songs I never heard of before and am not sure how they got in a favorites album.

I am disappointed in this CD from one of my favorite groups. The over all quality of the product is poor. The volume goes up and down without warning. There are too many songs and they are too short.I own other Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem CDs. This is one I can not recommend.Spend your money on something else.

This really should be a 5-star rating, except those other reviewers are right - the quality is not great. But that's not the point! The music is really great, and I love it. They have funny songs, sad songs, jumpy songs and slow songs. The voices are good, the melodies are good, the lyrics are good. It's true there are 28 songs yet the running time is not long, as all the songs are short, but hasn't anyone heard the phrase 'short and sweet'? If you don't want to risk the bad qualaty and sound of this album, fine, don't get it, but I really recommend it for its music.