In Person at Carnegie Hall
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Allmusic | (complete concert) |
In Person at Carnegie Hall was the seminal Irish folk group
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Reception
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The album sold well over the long term, becoming the best-selling record released by the Clancy Brothers. In January 1966, almost two and a half years after the album's release, Columbia selected the recording as one of their "best catalog sellers...that every dealer should carry."[5] Although not released until 1965 in Australia, Billboard noted that the album was "chalking up big sales" there.[6]
Track listing
Side one
- "Johnson's Motor Car"
- "The Juice of the Barley"
- "O'Driscoll (The Host of the Air)" [A poem recited by Tom Clancy]
- "Reilly's Daughter"
- "The Patriot Game"
- "Legion of the Rearguard"
- "Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile"
Side two
- "A Jug of Punch"
- "Galway Bay"
- "Children's Medley": When I Was Young; Shellicky Bookey; Big Ship Sailing; Ahem! Ahem!; Wallflowers; Mary the Money; Frosty Weather; Man of Double Deed; The Wren Song; Up the Long Ladder; Some Say the Divil's Dead; The Irish Soldiers; Up the Long Ladder
- "The Parting Glass"
Legacy Edition
In the legacy edition, the full concert including dialogues can be listened to. Also, the two songs recorded in 1962 were included in this edition.
Disc One
- "Bold O'Donahue"
- "My Johnny Lad"
- "The Shoals of Herring"
- "Haulin' the Bowline"
- "Irish Rover"
- "Mr. Moses Re-Tooral-I Ay"
- "Marie's Wedding"
- "The Moonshiner"
- "The Patriot Game"
- "Kelly, The Boy From Killane"
- "Johnson's Motor Car"
- "The West's Awake"
- "Medley: O'Driscoll, The King of the Fairies, Eileen Aroon"
- "Reilly's Daughter"
Disc Two
- "Children's Medley": When I Was Young; Shellicky Bookey; Big Ship Sailing; Ahem! Ahem!; Wallflowers; Mary the Money; Frosty Weather; Man of Double Deed; The Wren Song; Up the Long Ladder; Some Say the Devil's Dead; The Irish Soldiers; Up the Long Ladder
- "Legion of the Rearguard"
- "Haul Away Joe"
- "Bonnie Prince Charlie"
- "Galway Bay"
- "The Wild Colonial Boy"
- "The Cobbler"
- "The Jolly Tinker"
- "A Jug of Punch"
- "Brennan on the Moor"
- "The Whistling Gypsy"
- "Port Lairge"
- "The Parting Glass"
- "The Juice of the Barley"
- "Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile"
Personnel
- Liam Clancy - vocals, guitar
- Paddy Clancy- vocals
- Tom Clancy - vocals
- Tommy Makem - vocals, banjo and tin whistle
- Bruce Langhorne - guitar (on "The Juice of the Barley" and "Oro se do Bheatha Bhaile")
- Bill Lee - bass (on "The Juice of the Barley" and "Oro se do Bheatha Bhaile")[7]
Since Paddy did not bring his harmonica for the concert, the sound of harmonica is not heard in this album.
Chart position
In Person at Carnegie Hall spent twelve weeks on
Year | Chart | Position |
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1963 | Billboard Top LPs
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50[2] |
References
- ^ Derek Bailey (Director) (2003) [1985]. The Story of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem (DVD). Shanachie.
- ^ a b c "Top LP's". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 51. 21 December 1963. p. 10.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 44. 2 November 1963. pp. 9–10.
- ^ "Ready-to-Go Programming". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 44. 2 November 1963. p. 35.
- ^ "Cream of the Catalogs". Billboard. Vol. 78, no. 8. 15 January 1966. p. 47.
- ^ "International News Reports: Sydney". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 28. 10 July 1965. p. 22.
- ^ "In Person at Carnegie Hall: At the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem".
- ^ "Top LP's". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 46. 16 November 1963. p. 34.
- ^ "Top LP's". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 49. 7 December 1963. p. 22.
- ^ "Top LP's". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 4. 25 January 1964. p. 56.
- ^ "Top LP's". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 5. 1 February 1964. p. 24.
- ^ "Our Musical Score: Columbia Records 1964 LP Chart Performance". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 52. 26 December 1964. pp. 106–7.