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Craobh Nan Ubhal
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Craobh Nan Ubhal Tangent TGS 124 (LP, UK, March 1976) |
Produced by Robin Morton;
Recorded and mixed by Neil Ross at REL Studios, Edinburgh, in January 1976;
Tracks 16-18 recorded at Temple Record Studios, Midlothian, in November 1993;
Cover design by Graham Ogilvie, Edinburgh
Musicians
Flora MacNeil: vocals;
Alison Kinnaird: clarsach [8, 10],
chorus vocals;
Bessie MacLennan,
Agnes MacDonald,
Morag MacLeod: chorus vocals
Tracks
LP Side 1
- An Fhìdeag Airgid (The Silver Whistle) (2.56)
- Cha b’e direadh a’ bhruthaich (It Was Not Climbing the Hillside) (3.19)
- Faca sibh Raghall na Ailein? (Have You Seen Ronald or Alan?) (1.15)
- Bheir mi sgrìob do Thobar Mhoire (I Shall Take a Trip to Tobermory) (1.42)
- Iain Ghlinn Cuaich (John of Glen Cuaich) (2.18)
- Chan e caoidh Mhic Shiridh (It Is Not Lamenting MacSheerie) (4.11)
- Caolas easdar mi is Iain (There Is a Strait Between Me and Iain) (1.36)
- Mo rùn geal òg (My Fair Young Love) (4.01)
LP Side 2
- A bhradag dhubh (You Black Besom) (2.21)
- Gur muladach sgìth mi (I am Weary And Desolate) (3.20)
- A Mhairead Og (Young Margaret) (4.31)
- Alasdair Mhic Cholla ghasda (Alasdair, Son of Gallant Coll) (2.07)
- Mile marbh-phaisg air a’ ghaol (A Thousand Shrouds on Love) (2.01)
- Thig trì nithean gun iarraidh (Three Things Come Without Asking) (3.51)
- Craobh nan Ubhal (Apple Tree) (2.43)
CD Bonus Tracks
- Cadal cha dean mi (Sleep I Cannot Get) (1.57)
- Seinn O Ho Ro Seinn (Sing O Ho Ro Sing) (3.18)
- Dh’fhalbh mo run dh ’fhag e’n cala (My Love Has Left the Harbour) (2.47)
All tracks trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Flora MacNeil: Orain Floraidh
Orain Floraidh
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Orain Floraidh Temple COMD2081 (CD, UK, 2000) |
Recorded and produced by Robin Morton at Temple Records Studio;
Graphic design by John Slavin, The Living Tradition
Musicians
Flora MacNeil: vocals;
Tracks
- A Mhic Iain ’Ic Sheumais (Son of John, Son of James) (2.40)
- Gaol ise Gaol i (2.05)
- Nach Gòrach mi Gad Chaoineadh (How Foolish of Me to Cry for You) (3.18)
- Nuair a Ràinig mi’m Baile (When I Got to the Village) (4.03)
- Fhir an Leadain Thlàth (Lad of Lovely Hair) (3.26)
- A’ Bhean Iadach (The Jealous Woman) (4.36)
- Siuthadaibh a Mhnathan (Oh Women with Vigour) (2.29)
- Mo Bhean Chomain (My Woman with No Obligation) (3.21)
- Toiseach na Tràghad (Beginning of the Ebb Tide) (2.07)
- Alasdair Oig ’ic ’ic Neacail (Young Alasdair Nicolson) (2.00)
- Seathan Mac Righ Eireann (Seathan, Son of the King of Ireland) (5.06)
- Nighean Donn Nan Gobhar (Brown haired Maid of the Goats) (2.34)
- Mo Dhòmhnullan Fhèin (My Own Donald) (3.19)
All tracks trad. except
Track 13 Neil MacLeod, Skye, ca 1900
> Folk Music > Records > Flora MacNeil
Other records with Flora MacNeil
Various Artists,
The Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music - Volume VI: Scotland,
LP, Columbia SL-209, 1955
Various Artists,
Heather and Glen: Folk Songs and Music from Aberdeenshire and the Hebrides,
LP, Tradition TLP 1047, 1961
Various Artists,
Songs of Courtship
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 1),
LP, Caedmon TC1142, 1961; Topic 12T157, 1968
Various Artists,
Sailormen and Servingmaids
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 6),
LP, Caedmon TC1162, 1961; Topic 12T194, 1970
The Clutha et al.,
The Streets of Glasgow,
LP, Topic 12TS226, 1973
Various Artists,
Scots Songs and Music,
LP, Springthyme SPR 1001, 1973
Ossian,
Dove Across the Water,
LP, Iona IR 004, 1982
Alan Lomax,
Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year
(The Live Christmas Day 1957 Broadcast on BBC Radio),
CD, Rounder 11661-1850-2, 2000
Various Artists,
Clo Dubh Clo Dunn
(Scottish Tradition 18),
CD, Greentrax CDTRAX9018, 2001
Various Artists,
1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh,
CD, Rounder CD 1786, 2005
Various Artists,
Scotland's Voices,
CD, Greentrax CDTRAX400, 2018