''Double Dubliners'' is

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' ninth studio album. It is also known as ''Alive and Well'', the title it was released under on the

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A standout track here is a recitation by Ronnie Drew of Pádraig Pearse's poem "The Rebel". This album features the original members. Other notable tracks here are "The Sun Is Burning" and "The Night Visiting Song", both sung by

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. In December 1983, "The Night Visiting Song" would become the final song to be performed by

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on Irish television.

Track listing

Side one

# " Free the People" # "The Louse House of Kilkenny" # "The Springhill Disaster" # "The Musical Priest/The Blackthorn Stick" # "Champion at Keeping Them Rolling" # "The Sun Is Burning"

Side two

# "Gentleman Soldier" # "The Rebel" # "

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" # "Drops of Brandy/Lady Carberry" # "Smith of Bristol" # "The Night Visiting Song"

Personnel

* Ciarán Bourke – tin whistle, harmonica, acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals * Ronnie Drew – acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals *

– banjo, lead and backing vocals * Barney McKenna – tenor banjo, mandolin * John Sheahan – fiddle, tin whistle, mandolin

Notes

* Produced by

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who also penned the hit single "Free The People", which opens the album. {{Authority control The Dubliners albums 1972 albums Albums produced by Phil Coulter EMI Records albums