Collecting … Everything else

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  Concert Programs
  • As a rule, most old Dubliners concert programs (in particular those with Luke Kelly and Ciarán Bourke) are rare and quite collectable

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  Song Books
  • These early song books are hard to find and also very collectable.

•    Dubliners Scrapbook: 1978
  • The Dubliners Scrapbook is the only book about the Dubliners as a group. It is long since out of print and very hard to find.

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  RTÉ's Festival Folk: 1982-83
  • These recordings and videos were part of the RTÉ's Festival Folk series, recorded at the National Stadium, Dublin in the summer of 1982.
  • Three albums [volumes 1, 2, 3], featuring various artists, were released in 1982 & '83.
  • All three volumes were re-issued on CD in 1994.
  • The tracks by the Dubliners were only issued on this releases.
  • The original vinyl LP are quite hard to find.
  • More information on these recordings can be found here.

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  Luke Kelly - The Performer DVD: 2005 - Celtic Airs CACD0202 DVD
  • While currently still in print and easy to find, I am including this as a notable release of mostly previously unreleased performances by Luke Kelly and the Dubliners.
  • The same clip of "Scorn Not His Simplicity" (on this DVD) was included in The Late Late Show Tribute (1987) and its subsequent commercial release — otherwise, these performances are previously unreleased (commercially).

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  Ar Stáitse: 2011 - IML/RTÉ CACDVD2301 DVD
  • As with the above Luke - The Performer, this DVD is currently still in print, but a notable release …
  • This unique Dubliners release features the line up of Ronnie, Luke Kelly, John Sheahan and Jim McCann — Barney McKenna is missing. Apparently, Barney was in Europe shooting The Green Linnet — a documentary TV series for RTÉ, with Tony McMahon.
  • In addition, Ronnie Drew was not officially in the group at the time, and I assume, he was filling in for Barney. This is one of the few, if not the only recorded appearance with Ronnie, Luke and Jim McCann.

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