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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	Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945
2	Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo
3	Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure
4	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II
5	William Sullivan. Traditional Irish Music
6	Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening
7	Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band
8	The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside
9	various. In the Smoke
10	Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo
11	various. Lámh ar Lámh. Many Hands
12	various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition
13	various. Irish Dance Music
14	Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach
15	Elizabeth Crotty. Concertina Music from West Clare
16	Na Connerys. Celtic Sessions
17	various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail
18	various. Wooden Flute Obsession
19	The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin
20	John Whelan. Celtic Roots
21	various. Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music
22	various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo
23	Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping
24	Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare
25	Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal
26	Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey
27	various. Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music
28	Tom Doherty. Take the Bull by the Horns
29	various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2
30	The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years
31	various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area
32	Seamus Glackin, Brendan Begley, Michael O'Brien, Mary Corcoran, Mick Gaynor. Crossroads Céilí
33	various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music
34	Paddy Glackin and Paddy Keenan. Doublin'
35	various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music
36	various. Set Dances of Ireland. Volume III
37	Arcady. Many Happy Returns
38	various. Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection
39	various. Best of Irish Ceili Music. Disc 5 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music
40	various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping