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Charlie Allan (19.08.1939 - 13.12.2023)

> Folk Music > Records > Charlie Allan: Blue Grey Coo

Charlie Allan: Blue Grey Coo

Charlie Allan: Blue Grey Coo (Charlie Allan)

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 (aged 12): 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 101 (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;
Smiddyburn Strings (i.e. Dave Swarbrick’s fiddle multi-tracked): strings [6];
Karen Ellington: banjo;
Steve Ransome: keyboards;
Keith Schellenberg: tambourine

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
Tracks 1, 5, 11-12 George S. Morris;
Track 3 George Corrigall;
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

  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 2

  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 George 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;
Copher photograph by Eric Ellington;
CD design and typesetting by Susie Malcolm

Musicians

Charlie Allan: vocals

For accompaniment see the individual albums plus
Jim Malcolm: guitar, harmonica [8, 14]

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 tracks trad. except
Tracks 1, 3, 11, 13, 19 George S. Morris;
Tracks 2, 4, 12, 24 Charlie Allan;
Tracks 3, 5, 7, 10, 14-15, 17-18, 20-22 trad. arr. Charlie Allan;
Track 6, 9 George Bruce Thomson;
Track 8 Susie Malcolm;
Track 16 George Corrigall;
Track 23 R.A. Calder

Tracks 4, 6, 9-10, 13, 15, 17-18, 21-23 are from 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);
Tracks 8, 14 are new recordings

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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