25 Years Celebration
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25 Years Celebration is a double album by The Dubliners
The Dubliners
The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962.-Formation and history:The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin...

. Recorded in 1987 and released following a special Late Late Show appearance by the group, 25 Years Celebration featured a number of special guests and featured "The Irish Rover", a collaboration with The Pogues
The Pogues
The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...

, which returned The Dubliners to Top Of The Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...

20 years after they first performed "Seven Drunken Nights
Seven Drunken Nights
"Seven Drunken Nights" is a humorous folk Irish song, most famously performed by The Dubliners and others. The Dubliners version reached number 7 in the UK charts in 1967, thanks to its diffusion on Radio Caroline, though it was banned from the national broadcasting station...

" on that show.

Side One

  1. "Dubliners"
  2. "Rose of Allendale
    Rose of Allendale
    "The Rose of Allendale" is an English song, with words by Charles Jeffreys and music by Sidney Nelson, composed in the 1840s. Because the song has been recorded by Paddy Reilly and Mary Black, many people mistakenly believe the song to be a Irish song...

    "
  3. "Salonika"
  4. "Reels – Cooleys/The Dawn/Mullingar Races"
  5. "Now I'm Easy" (with Stockton's Wing
    Stockton's Wing
    Stockton's Wing is an Irish band formed in 1977 by four All-Ireland champion musicians - Paul Roche flute/whistle, Maurice Lennon fiddle, Tommy Hayes bodhran, and Kieran Hanrahan banjo/mandolin, along with Tony Callinan on guitar and vocals.-Name:...

    )
  6. "Sally Wheatley"
  7. "Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile
    Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile
    Óró, Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile is a traditional Irish song, that came to be known as an Irish rebel song in the early 20th century.-History:...

    "

Side Two

  1. "The Irish Rover
    The Irish Rover
    "The Irish Rover" is a traditional Irish song about a magnificent, though improbable, sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end. It has been recorded by numerous artists, some of whom have made changes to the lyrics....

    " (with the Pogues
    The Pogues
    The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...

    )
  2. "Molly Malone
    Molly Malone
    "Molly Malone" is a popular song, set in Dublin, Ireland, which has become the unofficial anthem of Dublin City....

    "
  3. "Protect and Survive"
  4. "Planxty Irwin"
  5. "Three Score and Ten"
  6. "Don't Get Married"
  7. "Luke – A Tribute" (Christy Moore
    Christy Moore
    Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...

    )

Side Three

  1. "Ballad of St. Anne's Reel"
  2. "Cill Chais"
  3. "Cunla" (with Stockton's Wing
    Stockton's Wing
    Stockton's Wing is an Irish band formed in 1977 by four All-Ireland champion musicians - Paul Roche flute/whistle, Maurice Lennon fiddle, Tommy Hayes bodhran, and Kieran Hanrahan banjo/mandolin, along with Tony Callinan on guitar and vocals.-Name:...

    )
  4. "Clavalitos"
  5. "Jigs – Humours of Glendart/Saddle the Pony/Brian O'Lynn"
  6. "Leaving Nancy"
  7. "O'Connell's Steam Engine" (Paddy Reilly
    Paddy Reilly
    Patrick 'Paddy' Reilly is an Irish folk singer and guitarist. He is one of Ireland's most famous balladeers and is best known for his renditions of "The Fields of Athenry" and "The Town I Loved So Well"....

    )
  8. "Rambling Rover"

Side Four

  1. "The Last of the Great Whales"
  2. "Mountain Dew
    The Rare Old Mountain Dew
    -History:It was written by Edward Harrigan with music by Dave Braham, from the Irish drama The Blackbird. It was printed in "Irish street Ballads", 1916. It was later recorded under the title The Rare Old Mountain Dew. It is about the intoxicating properties of Irish moonshine, or Poitín...

    " (with the Pogues
    The Pogues
    The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...

    )
  3. "Red Roses for Me"
  4. "Marino Waltz"
  5. "Cod Liver Oil
    Cod Liver Oil (song)
    "Cod Liver Oil" is a song about a traditional medicinal drink for many Newfoundlanders. Cod liver oil in the traditional way of manufacture was sun cured and served in bottles in its raw form. The song was written by Johnny Burke , a balladeer from St. John's, Newfoundland...

    "
  6. "I Loved the Ground She Walked Upon" (Jim McCann)
  7. "Love Is Pleasing"
  8. "Sick Note"
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