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The Best of Irish Rovers [Remaster]

The Irish Rovers
1 disc

1. Unicorn, The
2. Liverpool Lou
3. Orange and the Green, The
4. Lily the Pink
5. Did She Mention My Name
6. Irish Rover, The
7. Whiskey on a Sunday (The Puppet Song)
8. Biplane "Evermore", The
9. Mrs. Crandall's Boarding House
10. Winken, Blinken and Nod
11. Goodbye Mrs. Durkin
12. Black Velvet Band, The
13. Years May Come, Years May Go
14. Marvelous Toy, The
15. Goodbye Mick and Goodbye Pat
16. Nancy Whiskey
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 11958
Credits

Producer Marty Wekser; Milton Okun; Tom Northcott; Bud Dant
Engineer
Full title: The Best Of The Irish Rovers.
Recorded between 1966 and 1971. Originally released on Decca. Includes liner notes and interviews with band members by Todd Everett.
Liner Note Author: Todd Everett.
Recording information: 10/10/1966-07/06/1971.
Arrangers: Milton Okun; Will Millar; Charles Bud Dant.
Somewhere between Bing Crosby's vocal novelties back in the '40s and the current popularity of dance troupes like Riverdance and Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, the flag of Irish music was held aloft in North America during the '60s by the success of the Irish Rovers. Patterning themselves after the Clancy Brothers (another popular group during the folk boom of the late '50s and early '60s), the group scored their 15 minutes of fame with the children's novelty, "The Unicorn," included here on Best of Irish Rovers. But the group was no children's novelty act, as witnessed by the preponderance of straight-ahead Irish drinking songs that spice up this 16-track collection. Highlights include "The Irish Rover," "Whiskey on a Sunday," "Mrs. Crandall's Boarding House," Lucy Simon's "Winken, ' Blinken' and Nod," "Nancy Whiskey," "Goodbye Mick and Goodbye Pat," and Gordon Lightfoot's "Did She Mention My Name." Those who are only familiar with the group's one big hit will find much to love in this collection. Excellent notes from Todd Everett, too. ~ Cub Koda