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The Border Minstrel
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The Border Minstrel Leader Records LEA 4006 (LP, mono, UK, 1971) |
Recorded by Forster Charlton during informal sessions and public performances in the 1950s;
Tracks 2, 9 recorded at an Alnwick gathering;
Track 6 recorded at City Hall, Newcastle;
Compiled by Bill Leader;
Cover picture by Bill Leader;
Album design by Janet Kerr
Musicians
Billy Pigg, Northumbrian small pipes;
Forster Charlton, fiddle [2];
John Doonan, piccolo [2]
Tracks
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All tracks trad.except
Tracks 1bc, 3b, 6b, 7b, 8b Billy Pigg;
Tracks 1a, 7ac James Hill;
Track 8c James Scott Skinner;
Track 9 Emile Vacher
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Other records with Billy Pigg
Various Artists,
Wild Hills o' Wannie: Small Pipes of Northumbria,
LP, Topic 12TS227, 1974
High Level Ranters,
Border Spirit,
LP, Topic 12TS434, 1983
(Not with Billy Pigg, but most of the tracks are written by him)
Various Artists,
Hidden English: A Celebration of English Traditional Music,
CD, Topic TSCD600, 1996
Various Artists,
The Northumbrian Small Pipes,
CD, Topic TSCD487, 1996
Various Artists,
The Rough Guide to English Roots Music,
CD, World Music RGNET 1018 CD, 1998
Various Artists,
Northumberland Rant,
CD, Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40473, 2000
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009