@Alegria1611 , From "The Seekers Complete, Disc Two, 1964-65" liner notes, "Whiskey in the Jar" arrangement Durham/Guy/Potger/Woodley for the Seekers' first World Record Club Album.
The version you are listening to here is the same one I have on Disc Two.
It's on "The Seekers Ultimate Collection" so its definitely The Seekers, IMO. Where can you hear Judith? Certainly very different to the Thin Lizzy version.
@grimTales1 Listen carefully to the chorus and Judith's voice can be heard. It may take headphones as she seems to be doing a more gentle backup here, more in key with the boys, as her voice doesn't soar in the harmony as it does on "The Last Thing on My Mind".
Either way, this is a good rendition of this song. The vocals do sound pretty doggoned Irish though and I have heard this by the Irish Tenors as well. As with the above comment, I believe you can hear Judith in the background vocals.
If there is one group I can listen to for hours, it is the Seekers. The incomparable Seekers are the ONLY group with the superb skill to effortlessly cover a wide range of music from Pop to Bluegrass, Folk to Gospel, as well as soft rock and traditional songs from non-English cultures. Then throw in Judith Durham as lead on some songs, Bruce Woodley as lead on others, and the fantastic Group harmonies throughout, and you have a group that is NEVER boring after an hour or more of listening.
Couldn't agree more. I love the Beatles best, but I think the Seekers sang some songs that the Beatles couldn't equal (though they were usually written by their English producer Tom Springfield). And as you say, their range through all of their great songs was amazing.
Judith Durham has, as someone once said of Kathleen Ferrier, the kind of voice that makes you feel you are being stroked.
@glnelson1956 Quite agree, they had to be the MOST versatile of all the folk/pop groups of their time. almost every family in my locale, had a seekers album in the end section of the "Radiogram" gawd knows why they split at the height of their popularity eh?
@BradBrassman Sadly, the Seekers were almost unknown here in America in the 60's, due to lack of promotion. Had the Seekers been promoted in the U.S. as effectively as were the Beatles and Rolling Stones, I'm certain this wonderful Aussie quartet would have knocked the Beatles and Stones off the U.S. chart tops as handily as they did in Britain!
Here in the Virgina and Tennessee mountains, the same folks that loved the Carter Family would have adored the Seekers!
ERIN GO BRAGH !
TONYLECTER 4 months ago
I've heard at least five versions of this song and not one is a dud! I confess I prefer the Dubliners' version but this is very good =)
weirdunclebob 1 year ago 2
@weirdunclebob
You obviously havent heard me singing it then lol
Dyynamo 1 year ago 3
@Dyynamo Heh heh! =D
weirdunclebob 1 year ago
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weirdunclebob 1 year ago
Sure is different than the version Metallica did a few years ago.
kaligirlsam 2 years ago
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ECTBWHO 2 years ago
Correct me if I'm wrong..Does anybody out there Know? I think this was done well before they discovered Judith.
The female voice in the background does not sound at all like her.
Alegria1611 2 years ago
@Alegria1611 , From "The Seekers Complete, Disc Two, 1964-65" liner notes, "Whiskey in the Jar" arrangement Durham/Guy/Potger/Woodley for the Seekers' first World Record Club Album.
The version you are listening to here is the same one I have on Disc Two.
It IS Judith Durham singing chorus.
glnelson1956 2 years ago
@glnelson1956 ...Thank you, I can NOW hear her voice. how could I have missed it.? the clear clean voice of Judith Durham.
Beautiful.
Alegria1611 2 years ago
It's her...
iowa61 2 years ago
Keith Potger wrote and sang his own version of Chilly Winds
sandletters39 2 years ago
It's on "The Seekers Ultimate Collection" so its definitely The Seekers, IMO. Where can you hear Judith? Certainly very different to the Thin Lizzy version.
grimTales1 2 years ago
@grimTales1 Listen carefully to the chorus and Judith's voice can be heard. It may take headphones as she seems to be doing a more gentle backup here, more in key with the boys, as her voice doesn't soar in the harmony as it does on "The Last Thing on My Mind".
glnelson1956 2 years ago
Either way, this is a good rendition of this song. The vocals do sound pretty doggoned Irish though and I have heard this by the Irish Tenors as well. As with the above comment, I believe you can hear Judith in the background vocals.
coastie378 2 years ago
If there is one group I can listen to for hours, it is the Seekers. The incomparable Seekers are the ONLY group with the superb skill to effortlessly cover a wide range of music from Pop to Bluegrass, Folk to Gospel, as well as soft rock and traditional songs from non-English cultures. Then throw in Judith Durham as lead on some songs, Bruce Woodley as lead on others, and the fantastic Group harmonies throughout, and you have a group that is NEVER boring after an hour or more of listening.
glnelson1956 4 years ago 15
Couldn't agree more. I love the Beatles best, but I think the Seekers sang some songs that the Beatles couldn't equal (though they were usually written by their English producer Tom Springfield). And as you say, their range through all of their great songs was amazing.
Judith Durham has, as someone once said of Kathleen Ferrier, the kind of voice that makes you feel you are being stroked.
laddiebuck12 3 years ago 5
This is not the Seekers.
TheWeatherman1987 2 years ago
it is :D it's on their greatest hits album, so i think it must be
esper109 2 years ago
It is the Seekers, with Bruce Woodley singing lead. Judith Durham can be heard singing harmony.
Bruce would sing lead on some Seekers songs more suited to a male voice, such as "With my Swag all on my Shoulder", etc.
glnelson1956 2 years ago
@glnelson1956 Quite agree, they had to be the MOST versatile of all the folk/pop groups of their time. almost every family in my locale, had a seekers album in the end section of the "Radiogram" gawd knows why they split at the height of their popularity eh?
BradBrassman 1 year ago
@BradBrassman Sadly, the Seekers were almost unknown here in America in the 60's, due to lack of promotion. Had the Seekers been promoted in the U.S. as effectively as were the Beatles and Rolling Stones, I'm certain this wonderful Aussie quartet would have knocked the Beatles and Stones off the U.S. chart tops as handily as they did in Britain!
Here in the Virgina and Tennessee mountains, the same folks that loved the Carter Family would have adored the Seekers!
glnelson1956 1 year ago