Chieftains early albums

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:30 pm

Is there anywhere one can download the early Chieftain albums? Say, 1 through 4 or 5? People say they're the best ones.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:46 pm

Two through five would be my suggestion. AFAIK they're all 'in print' (whatever that means, these days). I'd think that any large mainstream commercial download source oughta have them.

Start with 2. As far as I can tell, each was recorded with the players all playing along to click tracks and then mixed down. That's the source of their clean clean sound, unusual for the era and for trad, but it's also the source of their stiffness.

Steamwalker · Post by **Steamwalker** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:55 pm

I would check itunes but they may or may not have the early ones. I have all of their albums, some of the harder to find ones, I downloaded and the others I bought I eBay.

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon May 12, 2008 1:01 pm

Claddagh has re-issued all these albums on CD. <A TARGET="NEW" HREF="http://www.claddaghrecords.com/www/sear ... >Available for purchase on-line.</A>

C9 is my favourite, but I'm bent that way.

djm

Steamwalker · Post by **Steamwalker** » Mon May 12, 2008 2:37 pm

I am partial to the Chieftains Live! album. One tune on that album features each member playing a short solo as they are introduced. I prefer hearing them live (on album) with an audience. You miss something when you don't hear Paddy banter on between songs and yelping during them.

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:00 am

Trad Tunes have:

Chieftains 1,2,3,4,7
Chieftains Live!
Boil the Breakfast Early

Full albums are £7.99 or you can buy tracks for £0.79 each.
They offer 128Kbps MP3 or WMA files.

I bought Chieftains Live! from them a while ago. It's a good service.
I just wish they had a wider catalogue of CDs.

http://tradtunes.com and do an artist search for Chieftains.

Mukade

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:50 am

awesome, thanks

Adrian W. · Post by **Adrian W.** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:50 am

Persoanlly, I love #7, and Sean Potts playing in particular.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:33 pm

#4 was my first purchase of Irish music so it will have a soft spot in my heart. Learned Hewlett from that album as my first fiddle tune.

Key_of_D · Post by **Key_of_D** » Sun May 18, 2008 11:59 am

Yeah start with 1 through 4. The Best of The Chieftains is basically a compilation of 7-9, still a nice listen though. Then after that I would get Water From The Well. Of course for me, I have just about all their albums.

rance · Post by **rance** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:52 pm

You might try "the very best of the claddagh years" which comes from their first five records.

But, "water from the well" is still my favourite.