The Chieftains (album)
# The Chieftains (album)

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The Chieftains is the first album released by the Irish musical group The Chieftains in 1964. The album is now sometimes referred to as The Chieftains 1 due to the numbering system of their subsequent albums. It was one of the first folk albums to be recorded in stereo.

## Track listing

All tracks Traditional compositions

* "Sé Fáth mo Bhuartha / The Lark on the Strand / An Fhallaingín Mhuimhneach / Trim the Velvet" – 7:38
* "An Comhra Donn / Murphy's Hornpipe" – 4:30
* "Cailín na Gruaige Doinne" (The Brown-Haired Girl) – 2:40
* "Comb Your Hair and Curl It / The Boys of Ballisodare" – 3:00
* "The Musical Priest / The Queen of May" – 3:25
* "The Walls of Liscarroll Jig" – 2:31
* "An Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis" – 2:00
* "The Connemara Stocking / The Limestone Rock / Dan Breen's" – 2:40
* "Casadh an tSúgan" – 3:38
* "The Boy in the Gap" – 1:12
* "Saint Mary's, Church Street / Garret Barry, The Battering Ram / Kitty goes a-Milking, Rakish Paddy" – 6:39

## Personnel

### The Chieftains

* Paddy Moloney – uilleann pipes, tin whistle, arrangements, musical direction
* Martin Fay – fiddle
* Seán Potts – tin whistle
* Michael Tubridy – flute, concertina, tin whistle
* David Fallon – bodhrán

### Technical

* Morgan O'Sullivan - recording engineer
* Edward Delaney - cover design
