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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	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II
3	Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo
4	Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945
5	Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening
6	Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure
7	Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician
8	The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside
9	William Sullivan. Traditional Irish Music
10	Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929
11	Lough Ree Ceili Band. Keep 'er Lit. Live from Spanish Point
12	various. In the Smoke
13	Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band
14	Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring
15	various. Lámh ar Lámh. Many Hands
16	John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'
17	Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach
18	Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo
19	Elizabeth Crotty. Concertina Music from West Clare
20	various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition
21	Brendan Power. New Irish Harmonica
22	The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin
23	Na Connerys. Celtic Sessions
24	various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail
25	John Whelan. Celtic Roots
26	various. Wooden Flute Obsession
27	various. Irish Dance Music
28	various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo
29	Tom Doherty. Take the Bull by the Horns
30	various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music
31	The Bothy Band. Live in Concert
32	various. Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music
33	Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping
34	The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years
35	various. Musique et Musiciens d'Irlande (Killorglin and Miltown, Co Kerry). Music and Musicians of Ireland. Musik und Musiker aus Irland
36	Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare
37	various. Best of Irish Ceili Music. Disc 5 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music
38	Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal
39	various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area
40	various. The McDonaghs of Ballinafad and Friends Play Traditional Music of Sligo