Luke Kelly - The Definitive Collection

Release Date: 19/11/2010 Luke Kelly - The Definitive Collection covers the length of Luke's illustrious recording career - 21 years (and coinciding with what would have been Luke's 70th birthday 17th Nov 2010) - a double CD collection of studio recordings from 1962 to Luke's untimely death in 1984 covering the original releases of the songs that became synonymous with Luke. In addition the collection will include Luke's rare and brilliant recording of Ray Davies song "Thank You For The Days" which was originally a huge hit for The Kinks and also Kirsty MacColl in later years. The album also features Luke classics including "Raglan Road", "Song For Ireland", "Scorn Not His Simplicity" and "The Night Visiting Song" and sleeve notes contributed by Michael D. Higgins speaking about Luke in the year following his passing. The collection is supported by Luke's family and his fellow band members in The Dubliners. TRACKLIST DISC ONE1. Thank You for the Days2. Farewell to Carlingford3. Muirshin Durkin4. Scorn Not His Simplicity5. The Gartan Mother's Lullaby6.Peggy Gordon7. The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe8. Kelly the Boy from Killane9. The Travelling People10. Go to Sea No More11. The Net Hauling Song12. The Sun Is Burning13. Alabama '5814. The Auld Triangle15. For What Died the Sons of Róisín16. Whiskey in the Jar17. The Black Velvet Band18. The Town I Loved So Well19. Joe Hill20. A Song for Ireland DISC TWO1. Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man2. The Rocky Road to Dublin3. The Shoals of Herring4. Paddy On the Railway5. Raglan Road6. Schooldays Over7. The Dundee Weaver8. The Thirty Foot Trailer9. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses10. I Know My Love11. Dirty Old Town12. I'm a Rover13. Tramps and Hawkers14. The Rising of the Moon15. The Galway Races16. The Peat Bog Soldiers17. The Lifeboat Mona18. The Springhill Mining Disaster19. The Night Visiting Song20. The Wild Rover