The best-known traditional Irish band in the world began their recording career with Claddagh Records. In this selection from the original group (which included Se?n Potts, Michael Tubridy and Peadar Mercier) we hear the band at their refreshing best, playing with just as much confidence as they display nowadays. There are jigs, reels, slow airs and polkas in the sparkling, beautiful arrangements that have always marked The Chieftains' music.

 1) Air: The March of the King of Laois
 2) Reels: The Musical Priest - The Queen of the May
 3) Air & Reels: The Fair Child - Mrs.Crotty's Reel - The Mountain Top
 4) Three Kerry Polkas
 5) Tabhair dom do Lamh
 6) Jig, Air & Reesl: Strike the Gay Harp - Tiarna Maigheo - The Lady On the Island - The Sailor On the Rock
 7) The Morning Dew
 8) The Foxhunt
 9) Air: Bean an Fhir Rua
10) Slides: John Kelly's - Merrily Kiss the Quaker - Denis Murphy's
11) Air: Mna na hEireann
12) Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll
13) Jigs: Sonny's Mazurka - Tommy Hunt's Jigs
14) Air: Samhradh, Samhradh
15) Seoirse Brabston