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Double Dubliners

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Released
  
1972

Artist
  
The Dubliners

Producer
  
Phil Coulter

Genre
  
Music of Ireland

Recorded
  
1972

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
EMI Records

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Double Dubliners (1972)
  
Plain and Simple (1973)

Similar
  
The Dubliners albums, Music of Ireland albums

Double dubliners


Double Dubliners is The Dubliners' ninth studio album. It is also known as Alive and Well, the title it was released under on the Polydor label It's the Dubliners site for the album. A standout track here is a recitation by Ronnie Drew of Pádraig Pearse's poem "The Rebel". This album features the original members. Other notable tracks here are "The Sun Is Burning" and "The Night Visiting Song", both sung by Luke Kelly. In December 1983, "The Night Visiting Song" would become the final song to be performed by Luke Kelly with The Dubliners on Irish television.

Contents

Side One

  1. "Free the People"
  2. "The Louse House of Kilkenny"
  3. "The Springhill Disaster"
  4. "The Musical Priest/The Blackthorn Stick"
  5. "Champion at Keeping Them Rolling"
  6. "The Sun Is Burning"

Side Two

  1. "Gentleman Soldier"
  2. "The Rebel"
  3. "The Gartan Mother's Lullaby"
  4. "Drops of Brandy/Lady Carberry"
  5. "Smith of Bristol"
  6. "The Night Visiting Song"

Personnel

  • Ronnie Drew
  • Luke Kelly
  • Barney McKenna
  • Ciarán Bourke
  • John Sheahan

    • References

    Double Dubliners Wikipedia
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