Horslips announce the 50th anniversary re-issue of Drive The Cold Winter Away

Horslips have announced they will release the 50th anniversary re-issue of Drive The Cold Winter Away on November 7.

The acoustic folk album was originally recorded in Dublin and released in 1975.

"While it probably wouldn't be the first time a rock band recorded an “unplugged” album, we thought to give it a unique twist by making it a seasonal record," said Horslips drummer Eamon Carr.

"Everyone in the band had fun suggesting tunes and songs and it was a joy to hear the arrangements take shape. Getting back to Trend Studios in Dublin, where we’d recorded our first demos and early singles, and work again with larger than life studio engineer Fred Meijer, was another important milestone."

Horslips are considered by many to be the 'founding fathers of Celtic rock' and are regarded for their Irish traditional music influences. The band came into the scene in 1970 and performed their final show in 2022.

The 50th anniversary re-issue of Drive The Cold Winter Away is available for pre-order here.

• See the re-issue's full tracklist below:

SIDE A

1. Rug Muire Mac Do Dhia
2. Sir Festus Burke / Carolan's Frolic
3. The Snow That Melts the Soonest
4. The Piper in the Meadow Straying
5. Drive the Cold Winter Away
6. Thompson's / Cottage in the Grove
7. Ny Kirree Fo Naghtey

SIDE B

1. Crabs in the Skillet
2. Denis O'Connor
3. Do'n Oíche Úd I mBeithil
4. Lullaby
5. The Snow and the Frost Are All Over / Paddy Fahey's
6. When a Man's in Love