Greatest Hits
1973—Vanguard VSD 53/54 LP
Side One
Maid of Fife
Jug of Punch**
Gallant Forty-Twa
Whistling Gypsy
The Leaving of Liverpool*
Mountain Dew
Side Two
The Nightingale*
Roddy McCaulay
Castle of Dramore - Traditional
Father's Grave
Johnny McAdoo
The Irish Rover**
Side Three
The Old Woman from Wexford
Bonnie Charlie** - Traditional
Jolly Tinker** - Traditional
Haul Away Joe - Traditional
The Shoals of Herring - Traditional
The Mermaid - Traditional
Side Four
Kelly - the Boy from Killarn
Rosin the Bow
Whisky is the Life of Man - Traditional
MacPherson's Lament - Traditional
Whisky, You're the Devil
Holy Ground
Arranged and adapted by the Clancy Brothers, unless otherwise noted.
Credits
Paddy Clancy: Vocals
Tom Clancy: Vocals
Liam Clancy: Vocals and Guitar
Louis Killen: Vocals Concertina, Pennywhistle
with
Russ Savakus: bass
*Dick Romoff: bass
Barry Kornfield: 6 & 12-string guitars and banjo
**Don McLean: guitar and banjo
Recorded at Vanguard's 23rd Street Studio - June 27-30, 1973
Produced by Jack Lothrop and Maynard Solomon
Engineer: Jeff Zaraya
Art Direction & Design: Jules Halfant
Photos: Joel Brodsky
Special thanks to Thomas O'Boyle of the Blarney Stone
…other releases
Greatest Hits: 1984 - Vanguard (mid-line series) 73109 LP
This is an abridged, 1 disc re-release of sides one & two (complete), of the above…
Greatest Hits CD: 1987 - Vanguard 5354 CD
Greatest Hits: 1989 - Vanguard VMCD 7307 CD
The Best of the Vanguard Years: 2000 - Vanguard 79551-2 CD
with the following previously unreleased† tracks: The Wild Colonial Boy, Johnson's Motor Car, Reilly's Daughter & Finnegan's Wake
†According to Liam Clancy's website: The previously unreleased material is from the 1982 recording: "The Clancy Brothers Live with Robbie O'Connell"