Greatest Hits
1973 — Vanguard VSD 53/54 LP

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Side One

Maid of Fife

Jug of Punch [2]

Gallant Forty-Twa

Whistling Gypsy

The Leaving of Liverpool [1]

Mountain Dew

Side Two

The Nightingale [1]

Roddy McCaulay

Castle of Dramore - Traditional

Father's Grave

Johnny McAdoo

The Irish Rover [2]

Side Three

The Old Woman from Wexford

Bonnie Charlie [2] - Traditional

Jolly Tinker [2] - 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
1 Dick Romoff: bass
Barry Kornfield: 6 & 12-string guitars and banjo
2 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

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Greatest Hits: 1984 - Vanguard (mid-line series) 73109 LP
This is an abridged, 1 disc reissue of sides one & two (complete), of the above …

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Greatest Hits CD: 1987 - Vanguard 5354 CD

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Greatest Hits: 1989 - Vanguard VMCD 7307 CD

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The Best of the Clancy Brothers: 1997 - Vanguard 507 CD

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The Best of the Vanguard Years: 2000 - Vanguard 79551-2 CD
with the following previously unreleased [3] tracks: The Wild Colonial Boy, Johnson's Motor Car, Reilly's Daughter & Finnegan's Wake

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Vanguard Visionaries: 2007 - Vanguard 731482 CD

3 The previously unreleased material is from the 1982 recording session of The Clancy Brothers - Live with Robbie O'Connell