| The Dubliners | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | The Dubliners |
| Cover: | The Dubliners with Luke Kelly.jpg |
| Released: | 1964 |
| Studio: | Livingston Recording Studios, London |
| Genre: | Irish folk |
| Length: | 36:28 |
| Label: | Transatlantic |
| Producer: | Nathan Joseph |
| Chronology: | The Dubliners |
| Next Title: | In Concert |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
The Dubliners is the debut album by the Irish folk band The Dubliners. A studio recording in front of a small invited audience, It was produced by Nathan Joseph and released by Transatlantic Records in 1964. The line-up consisted of Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, Luke Kelly and Ciarán Bourke.
The album is referred to on the back cover notes and has been reissued under the title The Dubliners with Luke Kelly as, by the time of its release, Luke had left the band. He rejoined in late 1965.
The tune labelled "Swallow's Tail Reel" is a medley of "The Swallow's Tail" (O'Neill 536) and "The High Reel"(O'Neill 721), from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland.
The tune labelled "The High Reel" is actually a medley of two different tunes. According to McKenna, the title of the first tune is "Códháirdeachais" (meaning "Congratulations" - this an old, pre-1948, spelling of the Irish word; thecurrent spelling would be "Comhghairdeas") and the title of the second is "The Boyne Hunt" (O'Neill 514, Willie Clancy 142). Several people have also noticed the resemblance of the first tune to the better-known "Sporting Nell".[1] [2]