The Chieftains (album)

The Chieftains
Studio album by The Chieftains
Released	1963
Recorded	Morgan O'Sullivan of Peter Hunt Studios, Dublin
Genre	Celtic
Length	41:59
Label	Claddagh
Producer	Paddy Moloney
The Chieftains chronology
Chieftains (1963) Chieftains 2 (1969)

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The Chieftains is the first album released by the Irish musical group The Chieftains in 1963. The album is now sometimes referred to as The Chieftains 1 due to the numbering system of their later albums. It was one of the first folk albums to be recorded in stereo.

Track listing

All tracks traditional compositions

1. Sé Fáth mo Bhuartha / The Lark on the Strand / An Fhallaingín Mhuimhneach / Trim the Velvet  – 7:38
2. An Comhra Donn / Murphy's Hornpipe  – 4:30
3. Cailín na Gruaige Doinne (The Brown-Haired Girl)  – 2:40
4. Comb Your Hair and Curl It / The Boys of Ballisodare  – 3:00
5. The Musical Priest / The Queen of May  – 3:25
6. The Walls of Liscarroll Jig  – 2:31
7. An Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis  – 2:00
8. The Connemara Stocking / The Limestone Rock / Dan Breen's  – 2:40
9. Casadh an tSúgan  – 3:38
10. The Boy in the Gap  – 1:12
11. Saint Mary's, Church Street / Garret Barry, The Battering Ram / Kitty goes a-Milking, Rakish Paddy  – 6:39

Personnel

• Paddy Moloney  – uilleann pipes, tin whistle
• Martin Fay  – fiddle
• Seán Potts  – tin whistle
• Michael Tubridy  – flute, concertina, tin whistle
• David Fallon  – bodhrán

References

Sources and links

• This album on the Chieftains' Official site