Welcome Here Kind Stranger is Brady's first solo album and his final folk recording before switching to mainstream rock. Its title is a phrase taken from one of the album's songs: "The Lakes of Pontchartrain".

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The album was initially released (vinyl and cassette) on Dónal Lunny's Mulligan label (LUN024) in 1978 and was voted "Folk Album of the Year" by Melody Maker magazine.

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The album was never officially released on CD due to label issues, and remained out of print for many years, until finally re-mastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs and released in 2009 on Brady's own label, PeeBee Music.

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Track listing

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"Don't Come Again" (Traditional; arranged by Paul Brady) – 3:35

"I Am a Youth That's Inclined to Ramble" (Traditional; arranged by Brady, Irvine and Lunny) – 6:10

"Jackson and Jane" (Music: Paul Brady; Words: Traditional) – 4:22

"The Lakes of Pontchartrain" (Traditional; arranged by Paul Brady) – 6:45

"The Creel" (Traditional; arranged by Paul Brady) – 5:22

"Out the Door and Over the Wall" (Paul Brady) – 2:45

"Young Edmund in the Lowlands Low" (Traditional; arranged by Paul Brady) – 5:48

"The Boy on the Hilltop"/"Johnny Goin' to Ceilidh" (Traditional; arranged by Paul Brady) – 2:09

"Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore" (Traditional; arranged by Brady and Irvine) – 6:07

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Personnel

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Paul Brady – vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonium, 12-string guitar, bouzouki & tin whistle

Dónal Lunny – bouzouki, bass bouzouki & guitar (tracks 2 and 6)

Andy Irvine – hurdy-gurdy, mandolin & harmonica (tracks 2, 3 and 9)

Noel Hill – concertina (tracks 1 and 3)

Tommy Peoples – fiddle (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 8)

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