Produced by Simon Thoumire;
Recorded by Dave Gray;
Mastered by Martyn Bennett at Castlesound Studios;
Front cover photograph by David Boni at The Picture House;
all other photography by Fionn MacArthur;
Layout and design by Darren Jewell, Glasgow

Musicians

Gillian Frame: fiddle, vocals;
Simon McKerrell: border pipes, uilleann pipes, whistle, vocals;
Hamish Napier: piano, vocals;
Findlay Napier: guitar, vocals

Tracks

1. Kitten on the Gate: Kitty on the Lane / The Undertow / Paddy Fahen’s (4.00)
2. Sands o the Shore (Roud 30656) (3.43)
3. Eric’s March / The Jubilee Jig (4.57)
4. C Reel Set: O’er Bogie / Sister’s Reel / Bonnie Isle of Whalsay (2.37)
5. Will Ye Gang, Love? (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; Henry H683) (3.36)
6. The Rolling Hills of the Borders (2.53)
7. Irish Jigs: Blarney Pilgram / Miss Campbell of Shearness / Sonny’s Brogan (4.47)
8. Gin I Were a Baron’s Heir (Roud V20481) (4.17)
9. Gaelic Air: Shuibhail le mi’s Ceanntirre / Warlocks / Captain Ross’s (4.02)
10. Am Buachaille Ban (2.56)
11. The Greenland Whale Fisheries (Roud 347; Laws K21; G/D 1:9) (5.29)
12. Back of the Moon: Fingal’s Weeping / An t-ord Geallach / Back of the Moon. (4.12)

Tracks 1ac, 4a-c, 5, 7a-c, 8, 9ac, 10-11, 12ab trad.;
Track 1b Davy Spillane;
Track 2 Harry Staunton, Henry E. Pether (c.1911);
Track 3a Hamish Napier;
Track 3b Gillian Frame;
Track 6 Matt McGinn;
Track 9b Robert Lowe;
Track 12c Archie K Kenneth

Produced by Johnny Hardie;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nick Turner at Watercolour Studio, Ardgour;
Photographs by Gordon T. Hotchkiss;
Cover design by The 16K Design Works

Musicians

Gillian Frame: lead vocals [2], vocals [3, 7, 10, 12], fiddle [1, 3-4, 6-9, 11-12], viola [10];
Simon McKerrell: vocals [7, 12], uilleann pipes [1, 3, 9], border pipes [4, 6, 9], whistle [1, 4], low whistle [2, 5, 8, 10];
Findlay Napier: lead vocals [7, 9, 12], vocals [2-3, 5], guitar [1-12];
Hamish Napier: lead vocals [3], vocals [2, 5, 7, 10, 12], piano [1-7, 10, 12], whistle [8], 2^nd whistle [5], flute [12]

with
Duncan Lyall: double bass [2-3, 12];
Johnny Hardie: 2^nd guitar [9], fiddle [10]

Tracks

1. Nine Pint Coggie: The Nine Pint Coggie / Spider’s Legs / Findlay’s Birthday Frock (3.39)
2. Laddie’s Bedside (Roud 5530; G/D 6:1136) (3.11)
3. The Baron of Brackley (Roud 4017; Child 203; G/D 2:234) (4.09)
4. Thomas Andrew Takes the Train: Thomas Andrew Takes the Train / Gillian Frame’s / Lauren McKowen’s (3.04)
5. Maybe I’ll Be Married (Roud 6210) (3.52)
6. Mrs MacLean: Mrs MacLean / The Goatherd and the Shepherd / Nameless (Patrick MacDonald North Highland Reel No 12) / Haste Ye tae the Wedding (4.20)
7. Blackwatch: Here’s tae the Blackwatch (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (2.52)
8. Karma Rules (3.17)
9. John McKechnie’s: John McKechnie’s Favourite / John MacDonald’s (2.19)
10. Heilan Laddie (Roud 23938) (4.29)
11. Skye Air: Patrick MacDonald No 159 (3.38)
12. Johnny Cope (Roud 2315; G/D 1:125) (4.24)

Tracks 1a, 2-3, 5, 6bcd, 9ab, 10-12 trad.;
Tracks 1b, 3a Gillian Frame;
Tracks 1c, 3bc Simon McKerrell;
Track 6a Donald Morrison;
Track 7 words trad. arr Finlay Napier, Hamish Napier, music Finlay Napier, Hamish Napier;
Track 8 Tom Richardson

Produced by Back of the Moon;
Pre-production by Duncan Lyall;
Recorded by Mich Turner at Watercolour Music, Ardgour, Scotland;
Mixed by Paul McGeechan and Back of the Moon at Paw Paw, Glasgow;
Mastered by Paul McGeechan at Paw Paw;
Band photography by Harry Smart;
Internal photography by Seonaid Frame;
Front cover by Dave Boni;
Cover design by The 16K Design Works

Musicians

Gillian Frame: lead vocals [3, 11], vocals [2, 5, 8, 10], fiddle [1-12], viola [12];
Ali Hutton: border pipes [1, 4, 9, 12], whistle [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-12], bodhrán [7-9];
Findlay Napier: lead vocals [2, 5, 8], vocals [3, 10-11], guitar [1-12], high-strung guitar [5-6, 10];
Hamish Napier: lead vocals [10], vocals [2-3, 8, 11], piano [1-5, 8-10, 12], flute [6-7, 12], bamboo flute [11];

with guests
Rick Taylor: trombone [2, 9, 12];
Christine Hanson: cello [2-3, 6]

Tracks

1. Lumsden’s Rant: Cape Breton Song / Rosa Burn / Lumsden’s Rant (3.18)
2. Glenlogie (Roud 101; Child 238; G/D 5:973) (6.08)
3. Nine Stone Rig (3.34)
4. Eggs in the Kitcheen: The Bombadier Beetle / Angus Sutherland / Eggs in the Kitcheen (4.52)
5. Ship in a Bottle (6.15)
6. Joey Beauty’s (4.01)
7. Hawp!: Martin Hunter’s / The Bum Note / The Witches / Xosé Manuel Albino (4.16)
8. The Mill Mill O (Roud 8486; G/D 7:1437) (3.30)
9. GoodFellas: Abbey Reel / Tain in the Rain / First Steps / The Three Good Fellows Beyond the Glen (3.22)
10. The Brewer Lad (Roud 867; G/D 4:916) (3.05)
11. The Final Trawl (4.39)
12. Voodoo Chilli: Robertsons / Voodoo Chilli (4.18)

Tracks 1a, 2, 7c, 8, 9ad, 10 trad.;
Tracks 1b, 4c, 9c Gillian Frame;
Track 1c PM Angus MacDonald;
Track 3 Linda and Teddy Thompson;
Track 4a Phil Cunningham;
Track 4b C. MacLeod Williamson, Edinburgh;
Track 5 Findlay Napier, Nick Turner;
Tracks 6, 12a Hamish Napier;
Tracks 7ab Gillian Frame, Paidraig O’Neill;
Track 7d Ross Ainslie;
Track 9b Gordon Duncan;
Track 11 Archie Fisher;
Track 12b Ali Hutton

Produced by Mike Vass;
Engineered by Euan Burton and Mike Vass at GloWorm Recording;
Mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Photography by James Morrison;
Artwork and design by Lillias Kinsman-Blake;
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland

Musicians

Gillian Frame: vocals, fiddle;
Mike Vass: tenor guitar, mandolin, viola, vocals;
Anna Massie: guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals;
Euan Burton: double bass, vocals;
Adam Holmes: vocals;
Phil Hague: percussion

Tracks

1. Rothes Colliery (2.31)
2. Lovely Molly (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (4.11)
3. The Grinder / The Red Crow / The Sisters (3.42)
4. The Echo Mocks the Corncrake (Roud 2736; G/D 5:945; Henry H18b) (2.47)
5. Universal Hall / Spider’s Legs / Mick’s Knitted Triplets (3.48)
6. Silver Tassie (Roud 30954) (3.11)
7. Fine Flooers in the Valley (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (2.53)
8. Hug air a Bhonaid Mhoir / Cha Tig an Latha (2.33)
9. The Lass o Glenshee (Roud 292; Laws O6; G/D 5:953; Henry H590) (3.42)
10. Jubilee Jig / Mom’s Jig / McKenna’s (3.53)
11. Pendulum / Grace’s (5.06)

Track 1 Finday Napier;
Tracks 2, 8ab trad arr. Gillian Frame, Mike Vass, Anna Massie, Euan Burton;
Tracks 3ab Mairé Ní Mhaonaigh;
Tracks 3c, 7, 10c trad arr. Gillian Frame, Mike Vass, Anna Massie;
Tracks 4, 9 trad arr. Gillian Frame, Mike Vass;
Track 5a Fred Morrison;
Tracks 5b, 10a, 11ab Gillian Frame;
Track 5c Jennifer Wrigley;
Track 6 Robert Burns arr. Gillian Frame, Mike Vass;
Track 10b Jerry Holland

The Ledger is a time capsule of the fledgling Scottish folk scene.

Every week in the late 1950s and early 1960s The Scotsman published a traditional Scottish folk song with lyrics and melody alongside an explanatory article by folklorist Norman Buchan. Findlay Napier’s grandfather, Findlay Cumming, cut them out of the newspaper and pasted them into a ledger. Buchan’s articles were collected and published as 101 Scottish Songs and later as The Scottish Folksinger, two of the most influential books on the Scottish Folk scene past and present.

In early 2018 Findlay Napier, Gillian Frame and Mike Vass whittled over sixty neatly cut and pasted songs from the ledger down to the songs on this recording. At first they searched for a theme but in the end they chose the ten they liked singing the most.

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mike Vass at GloWorm Studios, Glasgow;
Mastered by Peter Beckman at Technology Works;
Photos and design by Elly Lucas

Folk Radio UK review by David Pratt

Musicians

Gillian Frame: fiddle, lead and backing vocals;
Findlay Napier: guitar, high strung guitar, lead and backing vocals;
Mike Vass: tenor guitar, fiddle, music box;
Euan Burton: bass;
Steve Fivey: percussion

Tracks

1. Bonnie George Campbell (Roud 338; Child 210) (2.56)
2. Burnie Bushel (Roud 3343; G/D 4:876) (1.34)
3. Baloo Baleery (Roud 25914) (2.35)
4. Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 519; Laws L18; G/D 2:252) (3.03)
5. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (6.07)
6. Walking All Alane (3.51)
7. Jamie Raeburn (Roud 600; G/D 8:1535; Henry H151) (4.08)
8. Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (6.00)
9. Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142) (4.18)
10. The Road to Dundee (Roud 2300; G/D 5:971) (3.06)

All tracks trad. except
Track 6 Ann Neilson

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