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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