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Tradition Records   •   Discography

Patrick Clancy, with the assistance of brothers Tom and Liam and the financial support of Diane Hamilton, a member of the Guggenheim family and active in the Country Dance and Song Society, initiated Tradition Records in 1956 in New York City. Kenny Goldstein was instrumental in producing and recording many of the early albums. During 1960-61, Charlie Rothschild took over the business side of Tradition, while Patrick Clancy continued to oversee production. Having issued over 45 albums, Clancy sold the company to Bernard Solomon at Everest Records in 1966. Everest, now Legacy International, licensed the masters to Rykodiscs in the mid-1990's, which released much of the label on CDs, while Legacy International also continued to issue various Tradition albums into 2002.

Ronald D. Cohen
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound



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Countess Cathleen
(1956, USA)
w/Tom and Liam Clancy

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Through Bushes And Briars (Songs From The British Isles)
(1956, USA)
Isla Cameron

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Songs of Israel and Many Lands
(1956, USA)
Hillel and Aviva

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A Ballad Singer's Choice
(1956, USA)
Ed McCurdy

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A Ballad Singer's Choice
(1956, USA)
Ed McCurdy

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The Lark In The Morning
(1956, USA)
various - w/Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy

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Whaling And Sailing Songs From the Days of Moby Dick
(1956, USA)
Paul Clayton

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Rising Of The Moon
(1956, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians
(1956, USA)
[various artists]

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The Real Flamenco
(1956, USA)
El Niño De Ronda

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Sings American and English Folk Songs and Ballads
(1956, USA)
John Langstaff

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Odetta sings Ballads and Blues
(1956, USA)
Odetta

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American Folk Tales and Songs
(1956, USA)
Jean Ritchie & Paul Clayton

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Elizabethan Songs
(1956, USA)
Norman Notley, David Brynley and Paul Wolfe.

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The Bonny Bunch of Roses
(1956, USA)
Seamus Ennis

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Laughing America
(1956, USA)
Oscar Brand

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Classic Scots Ballads
(1956, USA)
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger

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The Foggy Dew and other Traditional English Love Songs
(1956, USA)
A. L. Lloyd

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Cockney Music Hall Songs & Recitations
(1956, USA)
Colyn Davies

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Bowling Green and other Folk Songs …
(1956, USA)
Irene and Ellen Kossoy



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Come and Sit by my Side
(1957, USA)
Glenn Yarbrough

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Negro Prison Songs
(1957, USA)
… recorded by Alan Lomax

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Pie in the Sky
(1957, USA)
Oscar Brand

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Pie in the Sky
(1957, USA)
Oscar Brand

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I Wonder as I Wander
(1957, USA)
John Jacob-Niles

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Songs of Ireland
(1957, USA)
Mary O'Hara

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Odetta at the Gate of Horn
(1957, USA)
Odetta

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Blow Boys Blow — Songs of the Sea
(1957, USA)
Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd

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Children's Songs
(1958, USA)
Ed McCurdy

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I Am The Wee Falorie Man — Folk Songs of Ireland: 1958, USA)
David Hammond

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Texas Folk Songs
(1958, USA)
Alan Lomax

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Music and Song of Italy
(1958, USA)
Recorded by Alan Lomax & Diego Carpitella

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Carols of All Seasons
(1959, USA)
Jean Ritchie

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Come Fill Your Glass With Us
(1959, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Come all ye fair and tender ladies
(1959, USA)
Robin Roberts

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Rising Of The Moon
(1959, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem



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So Early In The Morning
(1960, USA)
Peg & Bobby Clancy

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Country Blues
(1960, USA)
Lightnin' Hopkins

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An Evening with John Jacob-Niles
(1960, USA)
John Jacob-Niles

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Songs of Greece
(1960, USA)
Theodore Alevizos

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Autobiography in Blues
(1960, USA)
Lightnin' Hopkins

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Tradition Folk Sampler
(1960, USA)
[various artists]

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The Folk Song Tradition
(1960 , USA)
[various artists]

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The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
(1961, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Carolyn Hester
(1961, USA)
Carolyn Hester

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Songs of Tommy Makem
(1961, USA)
Tommy Makem

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Songs from Ireland
(1961, USA)
Peg & Bobby Clancy

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The Ballads of John Jacob-Niles
(1961, USA)
John Jacob-Niles

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Heather and Glen
(1961, USA)
[various artists]

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Rising of the Moon
(1961, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem



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Songs of Israel and Many Lands
(1967, USA)
Hillel and Aviva

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A Ballad Singer's Choice
(1967, USA)
Ed McCurdy

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The Lark In The Morning
(1967, USA)
various

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Rising of the Moon
(1967, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Elizabethan Songs
(1967, USA)
Norman Notley, David Brynley and Paul Wolfe.

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Songs of Ireland
(1967, USA)
Mary O'Hara

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Come Fill Your Glass With Us
(1967, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Country Blues
(1967, USA)
Lightnin' Hopkins

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The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
(1967, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Songs of Tommy Makem
(1967, USA)
Tommy Makem

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Songs from Ireland
(1967, USA)
Peg & Bobby Clancy

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Heather and Glen
(1967, USA)
[various artists]

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The Best of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
(1967, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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The Manchester Angel
(1967, USA)
Ewan MacColl

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At Home with the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem and their families
(1967, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem, et al.

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Irish Folk Airs: The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem and their families
(1967, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem, et al.

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Irish Drinking Songs
(1969, USA)

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The Rising of the Moon and others - Irish Songs of Rebellion
(1967, UK)

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It's Tommy Himself
(1967, UK)
Tommy Makem

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Raise Your Glasses with the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
(1967, IRL)

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Fine Boys, You Are
(1967, UK)

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The Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem with their Families
(1968, UK)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem, et al.

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The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone
(1968, UK)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Irish Songs of Rebellion
(1969, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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The Best Of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
(1970, UK)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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The Best of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
(1973, USA)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Boulavogue
(1973, UK)
Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem

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Traditional Songs of Ireland
(1976, USA)
Peg & Bobby Clancy

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The Best of the Dubliners
(1980, USA)
The Dubliners

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The Lark In The Morning
(1996, USA)
various

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Songs of Tommy Makem — Re-mastered Expanded Edition
(2007, USA)
Tommy Makem