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Charlie Allan: The Blue Grey Coo

Charlie Allan: The Blue Grey Coo (Charlie Allan)

The Blue Grey Coo
and other Bothy Ballads
Charlie Allan

Charlie Allan (cassette, UK, 1979)

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Produced and recorded by Marc and Karen Ellington at Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire, in 1978;
Musical arrangements by Marc and Karen Ellington and Charlie Allan

Musicians

Charlie Allan: vocals;
Kenny Slavin: fiddle;
Karen Ellington: guitar, banjo;
Dave Hepburn: bass;
Marc Ellington: guitar;
Graham Mitchell: accordion;
Susie Allan: chorus vocals [12]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Blue Grey Coo (3.54)
  2. A Pair o' Nicky Tams (Roud 1875) (2.36)
  3. Bonnie Lass of Fyvie O (Roud 545; G/D 1:84) (2.45)
  4. Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142) (2.19)
  5. McGinty's Meal and Ale (Roud 2518; G/D 3:630) (4.37)
  6. Sprotts o' Burnieboosie (Roud 6314; G/D 6:1221) (3.43)
  7. Drumdelgie (Roud 2180; G/D 3:384) (4.14)

Side 2

  1. My Big Kilmarnock Bonnet (Roud 5861; G/D 2:296) (3.43)
  2. Bogie's Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (4.10)
  3. Ricky-doo-dumm-dee (Roud 866) (2.33)
  4. The Dying Ploughboy (Roud 2514; G/D 3:700) (5.40)
  5. Maggie Cockabendie (2.29)
  6. Barnyards o' Delgaty (Roud 2136; G/D 3:347) (3.20)
  7. Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre (Roud 2137; G/D 7:1303) (2.57)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Charlie Allan;
Track 2 George S. Morris;
Tracks 5-6 George Bruce Thomson

> Folk Music > Records > Charlie Allan: It's Lonely in the Bothy

Charlie Allan: It's Lonely in the Bothy

Charlie Allan: It's Lonely in the Bothy (Ardo ARDO 101)

It's Lonely in the Bothy
and other Bothy Ballads
Charlie Allan

Ardo Publishing ARDO 001 (LP, cassette, UK, 1980)

Charlie Allan: It's Lonely in the Bothy (Ardo ARDO 101)
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Produced by Marc Ellington;
Front cover photography by Eric Ellington;
Back cover photography by John Fraser

Musicians

Charlie Allan: vocals;
Bernie Haveron: bass;
Timmi Donald: drums;
Eric Ellington: guitar;
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle, mandolin;
Karen Ellington: banjo;
Steve Ransome: keyboards;
Keith Schellenberg: tambourine;
Smiddyburn Strings: strings

Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Buchan Plooman (Roud 6855)
  2. The Roving Ploughboy (Roud 2138; G/D 3:547)
  3. Princie and Jean (Roud 11266)
  4. The Bonnie Wee Trampin' Lass (Roud 5129; G/D 1917)
  5. The Moss o Burreldale (Roud 1876)
  6. It's Lonely in the Bothy (Roud 23396)

Side 2

  1. Gin I Were Where Gadie Rins (Roud 5404; G/D 6:1223)
  2. The Bucksburn Shoppie (Roud 24044)
  3. Johnnie Scobie (Roud 22217)
  4. Aikey Brae (Roud 2500)
  5. Hash o' Bennagoak (Roud 1527)
  6. Sleepytoon (Roud 3775; G/D 3:356)

All tracks trad. except
Track 6 Charlie Allan

> Folk Music > Records > Charlie Allan: The Auld Folks on the Wa'

Charlie Allan: The Auld Folks on the Wa'

Charlie Allan: The Auld Folks on the Wa' (Ardo ARDO 107)

The Auld Folks on the Wa'
and other Bothy Ballads
Charlie Allan

Ardo Publishing ARDO 107 (cassette, UK, 1988)

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Produced by Marc Ellington and Charlie Allan;
Recorded by Marc Ellington and Doug Maskew

Musicians

Charlie Allan: vocals;
Alistair Marshal: guitar, tin whistle, sma' pipes;
Karen Ellington: guitar;
Ann MacDiarmid: vocals;
Richard Thompson: mandolin;
Pete Clark: fiddle;
The Towie Singers

Tracks

Side

  1. Rent Oot Ma' Grun?
  2. MacPherson's Farewell (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697)
  3. McGinni's (Meal and Ale) (Roud 2518; G/D 3:630)
  4. Peggy Gordon (Roud 2280)
  5. Brose A' Day (Roud 11263)
  6. Auld Folks on the Wa'

Side

  1. It's Nearly Over
  2. Generations of Change
  3. De Ye Mind
  4. Drumallochy
  5. Maggie
  6. Farmer's Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960)

Tracks 1, 6 Charlie Allan;
Tracks 2, 4-5, 10-11 trad. arr. Charlie Allam;
Track 3 George Bruce Thomson;
Track 7 Eric Bogle;
Track 8 Matt Armour;
Track 9 Corrigall;
Track 12 trad. arr. Charlie Allan, Marc Ellington, Alistair Marshal

> Folk Music > Records > Charlie Allan: The Best of Charlie Allan

Charlie Allan: The Best of Charlie Allan

Charlie Allan: The Best of Charlie Allan (Ardo ARDO 110)

The Best of Charlie Allan
Charlie Allan

Ardo Publishing ARDO 110 (CD, UK, 2008)

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Recorded at Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire, Red Barn Studios, Longforgan, and BBC Broadcasting House, Aberdeen;
Photography by Eric Ellington;
Design by Susie Malcolm

Musicians

Charlie Allan: vocals

For accompaniments see the individual albums plus
Pete Clark: fiddle [8];
Jim Malcolm: guitar, harmonica [8];
Alistair Marshall: guitar, tin whistle, sma' pipes [8];
Ann MacDiarmid, Susie Malcolm: vocals [8]

Tracks

  1. The Buchan Plooman (Roud 6855) (2.31)
  2. It's Lonely in the Bothy (Roud 23396) (3.47)
  3. The Moss o Burreldale (Roud 1876) (4.40)
  4. Blue Grey Coo (3.25)
  5. The Roving Ploughboy (Roud 2138; G/D 3:547) (1.53)
  6. McGinty's Meal and Ale (Roud 2518; G/D 3:630) (4.19)
  7. Bonnie Wee Trampin' Lass (Roud 5129; G/D 1917) (2.11)
  8. Bus Shelter Song (3.11)
  9. Sprotts o' Burnieboosie (Roud 6314; G/D 6:1221) (3.29)
  10. Drumdelgie (Roud 2180; G/D 3:384) (3.46)
  11. Hash o' Bennagoak (Roud 1527) (3.11)
  12. Auld Folks on the Wa' (2.49)
  13. A Pair o' Nicky Tams (Roud 1875) (2.32)
  14. Bogie's Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (5.00)
  15. Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre (Roud 2137; G/D 7:1303) (2.39)
  16. Princie and Jean (Roud 11266) (3.36)
  17. Maggie Cockabendie (2.16)
  18. Bonnie Lass of Fyvie (Roud 545; G/D 1:84) (2.27)
  19. Sleepytoon (Roud 3775; G/D 3:356) (1.57)
  20. Peggy Gordon (Roud 2280) (4.19)
  21. Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142) (2.10)
  22. Barnyards o' Delgaty (Roud 2136; G/D 3:347) (2.46)
  23. The Dying Ploughboy (Roud 2514; G/D 3:700) (5.07)
  24. Rent Oot Ma' Grun? (4.27)

All trakcs trad. except
Tracks 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 Charlie Allan;
Track 6 George Bruce Thomson

Tracks 4, 6, 9-10, 13-15, 17-18, 21-23 are from The Blue Grey Coo (1979);
Tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 19 are from It's Lonely in the Bothy (1980);
Tracks 12, 20, 24 are from The Auld Folks on the Wa' (1988);
Track 8 is probably a new recording

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Other records with Charlie Allan

The Bothy Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland Vol. 4 (Sleepytown SLPYCD012) Various Artists, The Bothy Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland Vol. 4, CD, Sleepytown SLPYCD012, 2009