First (1971) and second (1972) album on one CD.  24 tracks, Recorded from the original albums.

1: The Bold O'Donaghue. (Johnnie)
2: I love Onions. (Mickey)
3: You gave me a mountain. (Johnnie)
4: Orange Blossom Special. (Pat)
5: Say Goodbye. (Billy)
6: Two Little Boys.(Johnnie)
7: Country Boy's Polka. (Pat)
8: The Leprechaun. (Mickey)
9: I love you more. (Billy)
10: The Wedding. (Johnnie)
11: The Agricultural Girl. (Johnnie)
12: Danny Boy. (Johnnie)

13: Good looking woman. (Johnnie)
14: Myles Long. (Mickey)
15: The Mexican Polka. (Pat)
16: Amazing Grace. (Pat Halferty)
17: More than yesterday. (Billy)
18: Whiskey in the Jar. (Johnnie)
19: Amarillo. (Billy)
20: The March Hare. (Pat)
21: Reminders. (Johnnie his composition)
22: Seven Little Children. (Johnnie)
23: The Big Strong Man. (Mickey)
24: The Black Velvet Band. (Johnnie)

First album (1973).  Recorded from the original first pressing of the album.

The Shamrocks were formed out of the old Maple Leaf Showband, which originally was put together by Pat (Paddy) Halferty.  Paddy took the Woodchoppers Showband out from Derry to play in Toronto at the Maple Leaf Ballroom.  John Gilligan, the owner of the ballroom offered Paddy a steady gig there if he put a Showband together.  Some members of the Woodchoppers, Mickey McFadden, Jim Toland, Johnny Patterson, and Paddy stayed in Toronto, and added, Don McLennan, Dan Farmer and Jim Carton to form the Maple Leaf Showband.  I was making plans to go to Australia when I received an invitation from Paddy to come to Toronto and become the lead guitar player in his band.  By the time I arrived in October 1969, Don McLennan and Johnny Patterson had already left the band.  Johnny to go with the Carlton Showband and Don to use the name Sullivan and form Sullivan's Gypsies.  Johnnie Johnston had come out to Toronto to present his one man show at the Golden Nugget in Toronto, and decided, like the rest of us that Canada was a good bet.  When Johnnie's contract at the Golden Nugget expired Paddy invited him to join the Maple Leaf.  When Johnnie joined the band Jim Carton left.  We played at the Maple Leaf Ballroom two nights a week, but decided that just wasn't enough, so the suggestion was made to take the show on the road.  I made the suggestion to change the name to, "The Shamrocks" and Johnnie suggested that we add his name first, and hyphenate Sham-Rocks, and so it became - Johnnie Johnston and the Sham-rocks, an arrangement some of us were not altogether happy with.  Traveling to all the small towns around the Toronto area and throughout the Province, we were making quite a name for ourselves as an entertaining act.  We found an agent, Bud Matton, or as we called him, Bad Mutton, to represent us.  Bud suggested that we record an album, so we did our first album with Marathon Records, a small independent record label, on a shoe-string budget.  The record was a moderate success, selling them at the various venues, and this led to the second album.  Personalities were beginning to conflict and the resentment at Johnnie's name being first was coming to a boil.  The second album would be entitled The other side of the Shamrocks featuring Johnnie Johnston.  Shortly after the second album Johnnie left the band, as did Mickey.  They were replaced by Joe Trainor (Drums) and Dennis Fee (Vocals).  This was not a good combination of personalities but a very good show, but lasted only a short while.  I thought I'd like to have my own outfit so I asked Joe and Billy to come with me and form a new group, which we'd call The Blarney Stone.  Willie O'Hagan had just arrived in Toronto and was recruited into the group on keyboards and vocals, making him the fourth and youngest member of The Blarney Stone.