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Best Session-Tune Albums

These are the top 40 Irish traditional albums which offer, in one package, the most session tunes. They give you the most "bang for the buck" in terms of number of tunes played in traditional Irish music sessions around the world. I hope this list is especially helpful to players new to the tradition who want to know which CDs to buy first in order to start learning the repertoire.

Rank	Album (and link to details)
1	John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler
2	Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945
3	Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo
4	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II
5	Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure
6	William Sullivan. Traditional Irish Music
7	Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening
8	Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band
9	Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929
10	various. In the Smoke
11	The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside
12	various. Lámh ar Lámh. Many Hands
13	Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo
14	Elizabeth Crotty. Concertina Music from West Clare
15	Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach
16	various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition
17	various. Irish Dance Music
18	Na Connerys. Celtic Sessions
19	various. Wooden Flute Obsession
20	The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin
21	John Whelan. Celtic Roots
22	various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo
23	various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail
24	Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping
25	various. Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music
26	Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare
27	Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey
28	The Bothy Band. Live in Concert
29	Tom Doherty. Take the Bull by the Horns
30	Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal
31	various. The Rushy Mountain
32	various. Musique et Musiciens d'Irlande (Killorglin and Miltown, Co Kerry). Music and Musicians of Ireland. Musik und Musiker aus Irland
33	various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music
34	various. Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music
35	various. The McDonaghs of Ballinafad and Friends Play Traditional Music of Sligo
36	The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years
37	various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2
38	various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area
39	Seamus Glackin, Brendan Begley, Michael O'Brien, Mary Corcoran, Mick Gaynor. Crossroads Céilí
40	Paddy Glackin and Paddy Keenan. Doublin'