[.ca] The Makem & Clancy Collection

Wonderful Irish Music:
I grew up listening to Irish music and this album in particular -- we have had it so long that we first owned it on record. It is one of my favorites of all time. It contains gentle ballads, anti-war protests, feel good "I love life" songs.

The Quintessential Folk Album:
I've listened to this album since childhood, and it is probably the most treasured CD in my collection. In particular, "The Ballad of St. Anne's Reel", "Four Green Fields", "Willie McBride", and "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" stand out. A must have for any Folk and/or Irish music fan.

Sajex & Philbin Collection:
I like Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy and I like their CD Makem & Clancy Collection and it is cool. This is funny? Sajex & Philbin Collection is silly. Pat Sajex is Tommy Makem and Regis Philbin is Liam Clancy and that is funny if Tommy Makem was Pat Sajex on Wheel of Fortune and Liam Clancy was Regis Philbin on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. That's silly. The songs I like is The Dutchman, The Garden Song, Willie McBride & Ballad of St. Ann's reel my favorite songs. This is a cool CD of Makem & Clancy Collection.

Jubilation, Joy, Poignancy and Power...:
This is one of the best of the "Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, all as a group, some solo albums, some with just two singers, some with moms, grandmas and kids" genre. There are now so many "Clancy/Makem" collections, collaborations, compilations and re-issues of original LP's that it is hard to keep everything straight. This one is just Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem getting lucky and putting out an album in the late 1980's that combined wacky fun and bitter protest and made both succeed. "A Place in the Choir" and "The Garden Song" are bright, brief offerings worth the purchase price all by themselves. But then you get "The Dutchman" and "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and my favorite of the bitter anti-war songs, "Willie McBride" as well! Everything on this one is listenable, but half are brilliant. If you already like these guys, add this item to the collection. If you want a good introduction to the world of Clancy/Makem, one that shows the innocence as well as the somber side of things Irish, you cannot go wrong buying this CD.

Folk? Irish?:
This quality CD combines American, Irish, traditional, contemporary, studio, and live cuts. This thoroughly enjoyable set just might define the term "hootenany" to those too young to have experienced the 50's & 60's. A unique CD worth every penny.

• Place in the Choir
• Cobbler
• Dutchman
• Garden Song
• Willie Mcbride
• Morning Glory
• Four Green Fields
• Ballad of St. Anne's Reel
• Red Is the Rose
• Gentle Annie
• AR Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce Hi (For Ireland Won't Tell Her Name)
• Town of Ballybay
• Band Played Waltzing Matilda
• Rambles of Spring