Nuovo album per la combat folk band irlandese trapiantata a New York. Gli davano popchi anni di vita ma i Black 47 sono ancora tra noi, più tosti che mai. Questo disco celebra il ventesimo anniversario ed il disco è una sorta di ritorno a casa, verso sonorità inizio carriera, con brani come Celtic Rocker e Long Hot Summer che segnano la via

Tracks 1 to 8: Issued as by Babs' Three Bips And A Bop
Recorded at WOR Studios, NYC. on February 21 (#1-4) and May 7 (#5-8) 1947
Tracks 9, 10: Recorded in New York City on January 20, 1949
Tracks 11, 12: Recorded in Los Angeles on March 20, 1949
Tracks 13 to 16: Recorded in New York City on April 27, 1949
Tracks 17, 18: Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey on June 18, 1956
Tracks 19, 20: Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey on November 23, 1958

Note: #1 was dubbed from a commercial acetate as the original acetate master no longer exists and no tape transfer of it could be found.
#20 is stereo, all others are mono.
Tracks 11, 14, 15 are previously unissued.

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1-4 recorded at the Swedish Radio, Stockholm, March 1966.
5-9 recorded at Dans In, Gröna Lund, Stockholm, July 18, 1966.

All recordings are previously unreleased.

Five trumpets, three trombones, bass clarinet and flute added on 1-4.

Standard jewel case, with a 12-page booklet with notes in English.

Con Paolo Fresu, Nguyen Le, Richard Bona e altri.
Total Time: 55:24
Produced, arranged, engineered and mixed by Nguyên Lê from 08/2000 to 05/2001 in Studio Louxor, Paris Barbès
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