Recorded at R.E.L. Studios, Edinburgh;
Photography by Gus Campbell;
Sleeve design and art direction by Hames Hutcheson

Musicians

Andy M. Stewart: vocals;
Phil Cunningham: whistles, accordion, keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric bass;
Martin Hadden: acoustic guitar, electric bass

Tracks

Side 1

1. Haud Yer Tounge Dear Sally (Roud 2897; G/D 7:1362) (6.02)
2. The Ramblin’ Rover (2.30)
3. By the Hush (Roud 2314) (6.10)
4. The Orphans’ Wedding (5.50)

Side 2

5. Patrick Sheehan (Roud 983; Laws J11) (4.17)
6. The Parish of Dunkeld (Roud 13081) / The Curlew (4.00)
7. They Wounded Old Ireland (5.00)
8. I’d Cross the Wild Atlantic (6.25)

Tracks 1, 3, 5-6 trad. arr. Andy M. Stewart, Phil Cunningham;
Tracks 2, 4, 7-8 Andy M. Stewart

Recorded at R.E.L. Studios, Edinburgh, in September 1985;
Engineer Neil Ross;
Produced by Phil Cunningham, Andy M. Stewart and Manus Lunny;
Front sleeve photograph by Steve Krongard, courtesy of The Image Bank;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Andy M. Stewart: lead vocals, tenor banjo;
Phil Cunningham: accordion, synthesisers, acoustic piano, whistles, backing vocals;
Manus Lunny: acoustic guitar, bouzouki, lead vocals [5], backing vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Treorachadh / I Mourn for the Highlands (4.35)
2. The Gold Claddagh Ring (3.31)
3. Fire in the Glen (4.08)
4. The Spare Shillin’ / The Viszla’s Rambles / The Lying Dew (3.38)
5. Níl Sí i nGrá (4.07)

Side 2

6. Watkins’ Wee Red Whiskers / All Hail to Mevagissey / The Girls at Martinfield (4.13)
7. Young Jimmy in Flanders (4.59)
8. Brighidin Ban Mo Store (3.58)
9. Ferry Me Over (5.56)

Track 1 Phil Cunningham / Andy M. Stewart / trad.;
Tracks 2-3, 7, 9 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 4 Phil Cunningham / Manus Lunny;
Track 5 Manus Lunny;
Track 6 Phil Cunningham / Andy M. Stewart;
Track 8 Andy M. Stewart / trad.

Produced by Manus Lunny and Andy M. Stewart;
Recorded by Roy Ashby at Hart Street Studios, Edinburgh, in May 1987;
Mixed by Neil Ross at R.E.L. Studios, Edinburgh, in May 1987;
Mastered by Tom Coyne and Frankford Wayne, New York;
Notes by Andy M. Stewart;
Front illustration by Jim Harter;
Front cover design by Luis Macía

Musicians

Andy M. Stewart: lead vocals;
Manus Lunny: guitars, bouzouki, bodhrán, vocals

with guests
Aly Bain: fiddles;
Phil Cunningham: accordion, keyboards;
Seán Óg Potts: uilleann pipes, whistle;
Kathy Stewart: harmony vocals

Tracks

1. Take Her in Your Arms (4.05)
2. Where Are You (Tonight I Wonder) (4.45)
3. Dublin Lady (4.36)
4. Freedom Is Like Gold (3.52)
5. Bogie’s Bonnie Bell (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (4.52)
6. Dinny the Piper (Roud 8147; Henry H29) / Amhran Na Tae (Song of the Tea) (4.58)
7. Heart of the Home (4.08)
8. The Humours of Whiskey (Roud 3079) (5.42)
9. Tak’ It, Man, Tak’ It (Roud 5591; G/D 3:579) (3.28)

Tracks 1-2, 4, 7 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 3 John Conolly;
Tracks 5-6, 8-9 trad.

Produced by Manus Lunny and Andy M. Stewart;
Recorded by Jon Turner at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, in September 1989;
Cover concept and design by Shauna Scranton;
Cover art by Keith E. Lo Bue;
Cover photograph by Robert Rinaldi

Musicians

Andy M. Stewart: lead vocals;
Manus Lunny: guitar, bouzouki;
Donald Shaw: accordion, keyboards;
Charlie McKerron: fiddle

Tracks

1. Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin (Roud V28828) (2.37)
2. Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (3.42)
3. Is There for Honest Poverty (For A’ That) (Roud 30953) (2.30)
4. Green Grow the Rashes O (Roud 2772; G/D 7:1297) (4.19)
5. Ae Fond Kiss (Roud 38389) (3.52)
6. Hey, Ca’ Thro’ (Roud 8692) (1.29)
7. Hey How Johnnie Lad (Roud 7148; G/D 7:1351) (3.15)
8. The Lea-Rig (Roud 8516) (3.54)
9. It Was A’ for Our Rightfu’ King (Roud 5789) (3.08)
10. A Red, Red Rose (Roud 12946) (4.13)
11. To the Weavers Gin Ye Go (Roud V22409) (2.58)

All songs by Robert Burns

Video

Andy M. Stewart sings The Lea-Rig in a recording made in 1991:

Produced by Manus Lunny;
Photography by Dave Harrold

Musicians

Andy M. Stewart: lead vocals;
Manus Lunny: guitars, bouzouki, vocals

with guests
Donald Shaw: accordion, keyboards;
Ronan Browne: uilleann pipes, tin whistle;
Charlie McKerron: fiddle;
Damien Quinn: bodhrán

Tracks

Side 1

1. At It Again (3.35)
2. My Heart It Belongs to She (5.02)
3. The Haughs of Cromdale (Roud 5147; G/D 1:113) (3.36)
4. The Exile of Erin / I Mo Sheasamh Ar An Tra (5.32)
5. To the Weavers Gin Ye Go (Roud V22409) (3.20)

Side 2

6. If I Never Spend a Morning Without You (5.00)
7. Monday Morning (4.07)
8. Brid Óg Ní Mháille (Bridget O’Malley) (Ballad Index K027) (5.54)
9. Mary Mheaigi’s reel / Frank Mórs hornpipe / The Trip to Lerwick jig (5.46)

Tracks 1-2, 6-7 Andy M. Stewart;
Tracks 3, 8 trad.;
Track 5 Robert Burns;
Track 4 words Thomas Campbell, music Manus Lunny;
Track 9 music Manus Lunny

Produced by Gerry O’Beirne;
Recorded by Jon Turner at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, in November 1989;
Photography by Rod Stein;
Design and art direction by Brian Wittman / Wittman Design

Musicians

Andy M. Stewart: lead vocals;
Gerry O’Beirne: acoustic, six string and twelve string guitars, ukulele, keyboards;
Máire Breatnach: fiddle, viola;
Phil Cunningham: accordion, keyboards, acoustic grand piano, whistles;
Iain ‘Nico’ Bruce: electric bass guitar, acoustic bass;
Kathy Stewart: backing vocals;
Jon Turner: Hammond organ;
Gary West: highland pipes, whistles;
Kevin Wilkinson: drums

Tracks

1. The Echo Mocks the Corncrake (Roud 2736; G/D 5:945; Henry H18b) (3.10)
2. Island of Sorrows (5.00)
3. The Gaberlunzie Man (Roud 212; Child 279 Appendix; Henry H810) (3.54)
4. The Man in the Moon (4.30)
5. Kathy-Anne’s Waltz (3.41)
6. Listen to the People (2.58)
7. Sweet Kingwilliamstown (Roud 25054) (4.05)
8. The Errant Apprentice (3.43)
9. MacGregor’s Gathering (Roud V16364) (4.42)
10. The Lakes of Pontchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (5.24)
11. Land o’ the Leal (Roud 8999) (4.07)

Tracks 1, 7, 10 trad. arr. Andy M. Stewart, Gerry O’Beirne;
Track 2 words Thomas Moore (1780-1852), music Gerry O’Beirne, Andy M. Stewart;
Track 3 words King james V (1512-1542), music trad. arr with additional lyrics by Andy M. Stewart;
Track 4 words Bill Dickson, music Kathy Stewart;
Tracks 5-6 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 8 words Bill Watkins, music Andy M. Stewart, Gerry O’Beirne;
Track 9 words Sir Walter Scott, music Andy M. Stewart arr. Andy M. Stewart, Gerry O’Beirne;
Track 10 words Lady Nairne, music trad. arr. Andy M. Stewart, Phil Cunningham

Produced by Gerry O’Beirne;
Recorded by Jon Turner at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, in May 1997;
Photography by Gus Campbell, Edinburgh;
Design by Greenberg Kingsley / NYC

Musicians

Andy M. Stewart: vocals;
Donald Alan Stewart: backing vocals [1];
Gerry O’Beirne: guitar [1-2, 4-10], National Steel guitar [1], Spanish guitar [2, 10], six-string guitar [3], twelve-string guitar [3], slide guitar [6], ukulele [1], melodica [3b], backing vocals [1];
Davy Paton: bass [1-3, 5-7, 10];
Kevin Wilkinson: drums [1, 3, 5-6, 10], percussion [3, 5];
John McCusker: fiddle [1-3, 5, 7], whistle [3b, 5];
John Turner: organ [2], Hammond organ [3, 5, 10], melodica [3b];
Phil Cunningham: accordion [10], piano [11]

Tracks

1. Ramblin’ Irishman (Roud 3572) (5.36)
2. Matt Hyland (Roud 2880) (5.50)
3. Gallant Murray (Gathering of Athole) / The White Rose (4.38)
4. Queen Amangst the Heather (Roud 375; G/D 5:962) (3.54)
5. Tibbie Fowler o’ the Glen (Roud 5504; G/D 8:1691) (3.23)
6. Reckless Affection (3.29)
7. The Irish Stranger (Roud 1629) (4.07)
8. Mary and the Hielan’ Sodger (Roud 2496; G/D 1:91; Henry H782) (4.04)
9. The Banks of Sweet Dundee (Roud 148; Laws M25; G/D 2:224) (5.00)
10. When You Took Your Love (From Me) (3.42)
11. Donegal Rain (4.58)

Tracks 1, 3a, 5 trad. arr. Gerry O’Beirne, Andy M. Stewart;
Tracks 2, 4, 7-9 trad. arr. Andy M. Stewart, Gerry O’Beirne;
Track 3b Gerry O’Beirne;
Tracks 6, 10 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 11 lyrics Andy M. Stewart / trad., music Andy M. Stewart, Kathy Stewart

Front cover photograph by Iren Young;
Back cover by Rod Stein, Ed Braytenbah;
Cover design by Bob Lawson

The Songs

The songs are referenced by page numbers.

Songs marked with an asterisk * can be heard on Live Wizardry (Green Linnet 3036/7).

From Silly Wizard’s album Silly Wizard (Transatlantic XTRA 1158)

6. Jenny Gray’s Whisky
7. Land o’ the Leal (Roud 8999)

From Silly Wizard’s album Caledonia’s Hardy Sons (Shanachie 79015)

8. The Broom of the Cowden Knowes (Roud 8709) *
8. The Isla Waters
10. Fhir a Bhata (The Boatman) (Roud 4356; Henry H834)

From Silly Wizard’s album So Many Partings (Shanachie 79016)

11. Donald McGillavry (Roud V5328) *
12. Wi’ My Dog and Gun (Roud 2124; Henry H32)
13. Bridget O’Malley (Brid og Ni Mhaille) (Ballad Index K027)
14. The Valley of Strathmore *
15. The Highland Clearances

From Silly Wizard’s album Wild & Beautiful (Shanachie 79028)

16. Hame, Hame, Hame (Roud 269; Laws K43)
17. Fishermen’s Song
19. If I Was a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) *

From Andy M. Stewart’s album By the Hush (Green Linnet GLCD 3030, Wundertüte TÜT 72.138)

21. The Ramblin’ Rover *
23. The Parish of Dunkeld (Roud 13081) *
24. Haud Yer Tounge Dear Sally (Roud 2897; G/D 7:1362)
26. Patrick Sheehan (Roud 983; Laws J11)
27. I’d Cross the Wild Atlantic
28. The Orphans Wedding
30. They Wounded Old Ireland
31. By the Hush (Roud 2314)

From Silly Wizard’s album Kiss the Tears Away (Shanachie 79037)

33. The Loch Tay Boat Song (Roud 38364)
35. Golden, Golden *
36. The Banks of the Bann (Roud 889; Laws O2; Henry H86)
37. The Queen of Argyll *
39. Sweet Dublin Bay (Roud 785)
40. The Banks of the Lee (Roud 6857) *

From the album A Glint of Silver (Green Linnet GLCD 1070)

41. Lover’s Heart
42. The Chill Eastern Winds

From Andy M. Stewart, Phil Cunningham and Manus Lunny’s album Fire in the Glen (Shanachie 79062, Topic 12TS443, Wundertüte TÜT 72.153)

43. Ferry Me Over
45. Fire in the Glen
46. Brighidin Ban Mo Store
47. Young Jimmy in Flanders
48. I Mourn for the Highlands
49. The Gold Claddagh Ring

From Andy M. Stewart and Manus Lunny’s album Dublin Lady (Green Linnet GLCD 1083)

51. Bogie’s Bonnie Bell (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396)
52. The Humours of Whiskey (Roud 3079)
54. Freedom is Like Gold
55. Tak’ It, Man, Tak’ It (Roud 5591; G/D 3:579)
57. Where Are You (Tonight I Wonder)
58. Dinny the Piper (Roud 8147; Henry H29)
60. Take Her in Your Arms
62. Heart of the Home

From Andy M. Stewart and Manus Lunny’s album At it Again (Green Linnet GLCD 1107)

63. Monday Morning
65. The Haughs of Cromdale (Roud 5147; G/D 1:113)
67. If I Never Spend a Morning Without You
69. My Heart, It Belongs to She
71. At It Again

From Andy M. Stewart’s album Songs of Robert Burns (Green Linnet GLCD 3059, Wundertüte TÜT 72.140)

72. The Lea-Rig (Roud 8516)
73. Hey How Johnnie Lad (Roud 7148; G/D 7:1351)

From Andy M. Stewart’s album Man in the Moon (Green Linnet GLCD 1140)

74. Man in the Moon
76. The Echo Mocks the Corncrake (Roud 2736; G/D 5:945; Henry H18b)
77. The Errant Apprentice
79. Island of Sorrows
81. MacGregor’s Gathering (Roud V16364)
83. Listen to the People

From Andy M. Stewart’s album Donegal Rain (Green Linnet GLCD 1183)

85. Reckless Affection
87. When You Took Your Love (From Me)
89. Gallant Murray (Gathering of Athole)
90. Donegal Rain