Compendium: The Best of Patrick Street
Compendium: The Best of Patrick Street is the second compilation album by the Irish folk band Patrick Street, released in 2000 on the Green Linnet label.
| Compendium: The Best of Patrick Street | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Landsdowne Studios (1986) Homestead Studios (1988) Windmill Lane Studios (1990) Windmill Lane Studios (1993) Mt. Hollywood Studios (1996) Soundmasters, Cork (1997) Live in Britain & Ireland (1998)  | |||
| Genre | Irish folk music | |||
| Length | 1:04:40 | |||
| Label | Green Linnet Records | |||
| Producer | Dónal Lunny Gerry O'Beirne Bill Whelan Patrick Street  | |||
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Recording
    
All but two tracks are re-releases from the following albums:[1]
- Patrick Street (1986) – (three tracks: 3, 9, 13)
 - No. 2 Patrick Street (1988) – (two tracks: 2, 8)
 - Irish Times (1990) – (one track: 10)
 - All in Good Time (1993) – (two tracks: 1, 12)
 - Cornerboys (1996) – (one track: 4)
 - Made in Cork (1997) – (one track: 6)
 - Live from Patrick Street (1999) – (two tracks: 5, 14).
 
Two previously unreleased tracks were recorded live in Britain and Ireland, during November 1998 (tracks 7, 11).
Andy Irvine sings all seven songs compiled on this album.
Track listing
    
- "Walsh's Polkas" (Trad. Arr. Patrick Street) – (From the album All In Good Time, 1993) – 3:29
 - "Jenny Picking Cockles/An Gabhrán/Jack Keane's Reel" (Trad. Arr. Patrick Street) – (From the album No 2 Patrick Street, 1988) – 3:33
 - "The Dream" (Andy Irvine) / "Indiana" (song) (Andy Mitchell) – (From the album Patrick Street, 1986) – 6:58
 - "The White Pettycoat/The Kerry Jig/Katy is Waiting" (Trad. Arr. Patrick Street) – (From the album Cornerboys, 1996) – 4:37
 - "Stewball and the Monaghan Grey Mare" (song) (Trad. / Music & New lyrics: Andy Irvine) – (From the album Live from Patrick Street, 1999) – 4:20
 - "Rainbow 'Mid the Willows" (song) (Andy Irvine) Published by Andy Irvine – (From the album Made in Cork, 1997) – 5:33
 - "The Newmarket Polkas" (Trad. Arr. Patrick Street) – (Previously unreleased, 1998) – 3:38
 - "William Taylor" (song) (Trad. Arr. Patrick Street and Bill Whelan) – (From the album No 2 Patrick Street, 1988) – 3:05
 - "The Set"/"La Cardeuse" (Trad. Arr. Patrick Street) – (From the album Patrick Street, 1986) – 3:11
 - "Brackagh Hill" (song) (Andy Irvine) Published by Andy Irvine – (From the album Irish Times, 1990) – 5:47
 - "Killanin's Fancy/The Dash to Portobello/Anna Maculeen" (Trad. Arr. Patrick Street) – (A live version from 1998, first recorded on the album Cornerboys, 1996) – 5:11
 - "Lintheads:" – (From the album All In Good Time, 1993) – 7:41 
- "The Pride Of The Springfield Road" (song) (Trad. Arr. Andy Irvine)
 - "Lawrence Common" (instrumental) (Andy Irvine)
 - "Goodbye Monday Blues" (song) (Andy Irvine and Si Kahn)
 
 - "Loftus Jones" (Trad. Arr. Patrick Street) – (From the album Patrick Street, 1986) – 3:31
 - "Music For A Found Harmonium" (Simon Jeffes/Penguin Café Ltd) – (From the album Live from Patrick Street, 1999) – 4:06
 
Personnel
    
- Andy Irvine - vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica
 - Kevin Burke - fiddle
 - Jackie Daly - accordion
 - Arty McGlynn - guitar
 - Gerry O'Beirne - guitar
 - Ged Foley - guitar
 - James Kelly - fiddle
 - Bill Whelan - keyboards
 - Declan Masterson - uilleann pipes
 
References
    
- Sleeve notes from Compendium: The Best of Patrick Street, Green Linnet GLCD1207, 2000.
 
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