Special Reserve
Compilation album by Gaelic Storm
Released	August 19, 2003
Recorded	2000 - 2003
Genre	Irish folk music
Length	49:08
Label	Higher Octave
Producer	Mark Miller, Jim Cregan, Shep Lonsdale, Steve Twigger, John Whelan, Gaelic Storm
Gaelic Storm chronology
Tree (2001) Special Reserve (2003) How Are We Getting Home? (2004)

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Special Reserve is a 2003 compilation album by Gaelic Storm.

Track listing

1. "Courtin' in the Kitchen"*
2. "Johnny Tarr"
3. "The Schooner Lake Set"*
4. "The Leaving of Liverpool"
5. "Drink The Night Away"
6. "After Hours At McGann's"
7. "Swimmin' In The Sea"
8. "Nancy Whiskey"*
9. "She Was The Prize"
10. "Johnny Jump Up / Morrison's Jig"
11. "Titanic Set"
12. "Tell Me Ma"
13. "Beggarman"

Asterisks indicate songs original to this album.

Personnel

• Patrick Murphy (Accordion, Spoons, Bodhrán, Harmonica, Lead Vocals)
• Steve Twigger (Guitar, Bouzouki, Mandolin, Lead Vocals)
• Samantha Hunt (Fiddle)
• Shep Lonsdale (Djembe, Doumbek, Surdo, & Various Other Percussion)
• Steve Wehmeyer (Bodhrán, Didgeridoo, Vocals)
• Tom Brown (Bagpipes, Tin Whistle, DegerPipes)

Additional musicians

• Deborah Clark Colón (Fiddle on Tracks 1, 3, & 8)

An incomplete greatest hits CD, it also has three new songs. Courtin' in the Kitchen, sometimes known as Capt. Kelly's Kitchen, is a catchy tune about male and female rogues. The Schooner Lake Set is the first by the band to feature bagpipes by the newest member of the band. Nancy Whiskey, also a traditional, is sung by the bodhran player and features electric pipes and a fast catchy set of verses about drinking.

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