Drinkin '& courtin'

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Drinkin '& courtin'
Studio album by The Dubliners

Publication
(s)

1968

Label (s) Major Minor

Format (s)

CD, LP, MC

Genre (s)

Irish folk

Title (number)

15th

running time

39:21

occupation

production

Tommy Scott

chronology
At It Again!
(1968) 		Drinkin '& courtin' At Home With The Dubliners
(1969)

Drinkin '& Courtin' is the fourth studio album by the Irish folk band The Dubliners . It was released in 1968 as an LP on the Irish label Major Minor Records . It was later also re-released under the names I Know My Love by EMI Ireland and The Dubliners by Fiesta Records.

background

The Dubliners' fourth studio album was produced by Tommy Scott and released in 1968 by the Irish label Major Minor records. In addition to several traditional folk songs, the album also contains the two cover versions Dirty Old Town and Come My Little Son , which were originally written by Ewan McColl . Two other songs are by Dominic Behan .

Track list

All tracks, except for the separately mentioned ones, are based on old folk songs and were arranged by The Dubliners .
A side

  1. Dirty Old Town - 2:54 ( Ewan McColl )
  2. Quare Bungle Rye - 2:34
  3. Peggy Gordon - 3:28
  4. Rattling Roaring Willie - 1:49
  5. O'Carolan's Concerto - 1:33 (indicated as Carolan Concerto on some versions )
  6. The Herring - 4:53
  7. The Parting Glass - 2:28

B side

  1. Maids, When You're Young, Never Wed an Old Man - 3:29
  2. A Gentleman Soldier - 2:08
  3. Hand Me Down Me Petticoat - 1:46 ( Dominic Behan )
  4. The Donkey Reel (Flop Eared Mule) - 1:41
  5. I Know My Love - 2:53
  6. Mrs McGrath - 2:21 (Arr.Dominic Behan )
  7. Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe - 2:06
  8. Come My Little Son - 3:18 ( Ewan McColl ; My Little Son on some versions )

Versions

The album was first released in 1968 as Drinkin '& Courtin' on Major Minor Records. After the label was bought by EMI , the album was released in 1971 as I Know My Love with a different cover . For the US market, Fiesta Records released another version of the album as The Dubliners in 1971 , again with a different cover. The songs Come My Little Son , Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe and The Parting Glass were missing from this edition . The same version, but under the original title, was reissued by Music for Pleasure in 1971 . A CD version was only released in 2012 via EMI. The album was remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios . The basis was the original mono recordings . The liner notes are from John Tobler.

Song info

In O'Carolan's Concerto and The Donkey Reel (Flop Eared Mule) is instrumental pieces . O'Carolan's Concerto dates back to the 17th century and was written by the well-known Irish bard Turlough O'Carolan .

Peggy Gordon is a Canadian folk song that was later interpreted by The Corrs and Sinéad O'Connor .

The Parting Glass , a farewell song for societies, dates back to the 18th century.

Mrs. McGrath was rearranged by Dominic Behan based on an instrumental folk piece. His adaptation is about a boy who goes to study in Dublin , but there spends all of his savings on women and alcohol.

success

The album reached a chart position in the British charts as the last album up to The Dubliners 25 Years Celebration (1987). The album reached number 31 and stayed in the charts for three weeks. The single was Maids, When You're Young, Never Wed an Old Man . The song reached number 43 on the charts.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f John Tobler: Liner Notes . In: Drinkin '& Courtin' . Emi Records , 2012.
  2. ↑ Dubliners, The - Drinkin '& Courtin'. Discogs , accessed December 25, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Chart positions for The Dubliners. Officialcharts.com, accessed December 24, 2012 .