> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce: Blodwen’s Dream
Ian Bruce: Blodwen’s Dream
Blodwen’s Dream Fellside Recordings FECD76 (CD, UK, 1990) |
Recorded October/November 1989 at Fellside by Paul Adams and Graham Bell;
Produced by Paul Adams;
Cover photograph by Castle Photographics;
Artwork and layout by Mary Blood
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Marysia Lessnau: harmony vocals;
Jim Yule: acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals,
drums on [2];
Clark Sorley: keyboards;
Andy McGlasson: drums, percussion;
Isobel Hirst: accordion;
Harry King: pipe
Tracks
- John (3.48)
- Factory Life (3.38)
- My Eldorado (6.57)
- Classical Music (5.15)
- Ghost of the Chair (5.15)
- Farewell Deep Blue (3.35)
- No Noise (4.02)
- This Peaceful Evening (3.00)
- I Can Play You Anything (3.42)
- Black Fog (4.54)
- Blodwen’s Dream (4.11)
All tracks written by Ian Bruce except
Track 1 Ian Bruce, Stanage;
Track 3 Graeme Miles;
Track 6 Ian Bruce, Clark Sorley
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce: Out of Office
Ian Bruce: Out of Office
Out of Office Fellside Recordings FECD85 (CD, UK, 1992) |
Recorded January/February 1992 at Fellside by Paul Adams and Graham Bell;
Produced by Paul Adams;
Cover photograph by Ian McCalman, Castle Photographics;
Artwork and layout by Mary Blood
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass, Scotsman’s skull;
Jim Yule: acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, backing vocals;
Marysia Lessnau: harmony vocals, duet vocals, scream;
Ian ‘Skippy’ Murray: drums, percussion;
Isobel Hirst: accordion, vibraslap;
Tracy Gilbert: bass;
Tom McConville: fiddle, violin
Tracks
- Night Time Cowboys (3.58)
- All Roads Lead to Home (5.46)
- (You Have to) Believe in Love (3.37)
- The Touch and the Go (5.01)
- Rattlers (2.37)
- When the Bough Breaks (2.58)
- Had to Find a Phone (3.03)
- All Used Up (4.01)
- Jimmy Come Solo (3.21)
- (The Irony of) No Smoking Day, March ’87 (3.54)
- Butlins Girl (3.50)
- Labyrinth of Chance (5.33)
All tracks written by Ian Bruce except
Tracks 2, 4, 6 Ian Bruce, Ian Walker;
Track 3 Ian Bruce, Ian Murray;
Track 8 Bruce ‘Utah’ Phillips
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce: The Naked Truth
Ian Bruce: The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth Ruglen Record Company LUMS CD0102 (CD, UK, 1 August 1995) The Naked Truth Volume One Remastered Ruglen Record Company LUMS CD0114 (CD, UK, 18 February 2019) |
Produced by Ian Bruce and Ian McCalman;
Recorded at Kevock Digital
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, guitar
Tracks
- Too Far From She (4.16)
- Factory Life (3.18)
- From a Distance (2.54)
- Free Agents (4.22)
- This Peaceful Evening (2.50)
- The Touch and the Go (4.38)
- The Anchor Line (2.53)
- Will There Be a Concert? (4.34)
- Nightime Cowboys (3.30)
- Ghost of the Chair (4.48)
- Hearts of Ohio (2.20)
- Black Fog (4.51)
- Top Hat ’n’ Tails (2.28)
- Find Out Who Your Friends Are (3.08)
- Blodwen’s Dream (3.09)
- Gone For The Day (3.36)
- The Dawn of a Brand New Day (4.10)
- All Roads Lead to Home (5.48)
- Child on the Green (3.33)
- Blue Denim Days (3.26)
All tracks written by Ian M. Bruce except
Track 3 Julie Gold;
Tracks 6-7, 18 Ian M. Bruce, Ian J. Walker;
Track 17 Ian M. Bruce, Gavin Stevenson
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce Breeze Band: A Kind and Gentle Nature
Ian Bruce Breeze Band: A Kind and Gentle Nature
A Kind and Gentle Nature WildGoose Studios WGS277CD (CD, UK, 1996) |
Produced and recorded by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Photographs of Ian Bruce by Dieter Weiser, Worpswede, Germany;
Photographs of Paul Sartin and Paul Hutchinson by Saffron Summerfield, London
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, guitar;
Paul Sartin: oboe, violin;
Paul Hutchinson: accordion;
Ian Murray: percussion
Tracks
- Blue Denim Days (4.22)
- Lincoln and My Brothers (4.47)
- Her Daddy’s Eyes (3.57)
- The Rest of the World (3.40)
- Speakin’ Free (3.25)
- All or Nothing (3.30)
- Me and My Home (3.52)
- Lonely Old Lady (4.51)
- Mind of a Child (5.27)
- I Can’t Sit Still (4.22)
- Up There With ’Em (3.42)
All tracks written by Ian M. Bruce
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce Breeze Band: Annie Laurie
Ian Bruce Breeze Band: Annie Laurie
Annie Laurie Ruglen Record Company LUMS CD0103 (CD EP, UK, 1997) |
Produced by Mark Powell;
Recorded at Wild Goose Studios;
Cover photos: Maxwellton Hous (Annie’s home) and Annie Laurie;
Band photos: Zoe Adamovich;
Graphic design by Stewart James
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, guitar;
Paul Hutchinson: accordion;
Costa Perstianis: percussion, violin, backing vocals;
Paul Sartin: violin, oboe, backing vocals
Tracks
- The Best of Friends (5.04)
- Annie Laurie (Roud 8179) (4.19)
- Dollar a Dream (2.37)
- Prisoner of War (4.06)
All tracks written by Ian M. Bruce except
Track 1 counter melody Paul Sartin;
Track 2 William Douglas, Lady John Douglas Scott
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce: Hodden Grey
Ian Bruce: Hodden Grey
Hodden Grey Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX156 (CD, UK, January 1998) |
Produced by Dr Fred Freeman;
Recorded by Ian Bruce at Ruglen Records Mobile Studios;
Mixed by Peter Haigh and Dr Fred Freeman at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh;
Cover photographs by Douglas Gibb, Maté Gibb Photography;
Original recording session photographs by Dr Fred Freeman;
Digital graphics design and photo-montages by John Haxby, Art Surgery
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, guitar;
Dougie Pincock: tin whistle, wooden flute, percussion;
Malcolm Stitt: low whistle, bouzouki;
Ian Lowthian: accordion, keyboards;
Catriona Macdonald: fiddle
Tracks
- The Stoutest Man in the Forty Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (3.36)
- The Trumpet Sounds (Roud 4596) (2.07)
- The Jute Mill Song (Roud 2585) (2.20)
- Will Ye Go tae Flanders? (Roud 8544) (3.29)
- She Was a Rum One (Roud 2128; G/D 7:1445) (1.52)
- The Diamond Ship (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (2.56)
- List Bonnie Laddie (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (2.34)
- Johnnie Gallacher (Roud 920; G/D 1:80; Henry H574) (2.35)
- Gi’e Me a Lass Wi’ a Lump o’ Land (Roud 8463) (2.12)
- Kiss the Children for Me Mary (3.19)
- Tatties an’ Herrin’ (Roud 16927) (2.01)
- The Yella Haired Laddie (Roud 8696) (2.59)
- The Forfar Sodger (Roud 2857; G/D 1:69) (3.36)
- The Bleacher Lassie of Kelvinhaugh (Roud 3325; G/D 5:1041) (4.43)
- Slippy Stane (Roud V13227) (1.37)
All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 4 Billy Ross;
Track 9 Allan Ramsay;
Track 10 Ewan MacColl
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce: Alloway Tales
Ian Bruce: Alloway Tales
Alloway Tales Linn Records CKD 112 (CD, UK, 11 November 1999) |
Produced and compiled by Fred Freeman;
Recorded in 1996-1999;
Mixed by Ian Bruce and Fred Freeman
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, guitar, bodhrán;
Ian Anderson: banjo, bouzouki;
John Martin: fiddle, viola;
Tony McManus: guitar, mandolin;
Ian Lowthian: accordion;
Catriona Macdonald: fiddle;
Marc Duff: recorder, bodhrán, whistle, recorder;
William (Billy) Jackson: whistle, clarsach;
Dougie Pincock: small pipes, whistle;
Jack Evans: guitar
Tracks
- Ye Jacobites by Name (Roud 5517) (3.00)
- Lassie Wi’ the Lintwhite Locks (Roud V3063) (3.03)
- Galloway Tam (Roud V31014) (1.49)
- Ye Banks and Braes (Roud 13889) (3.43)
- The Soldier’s Return (Roud 31438) (5.29)
- Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation (Roud 5516) (2.35)
- A Man’s a Man for A’ That (Roud 30953) (3.05)
- The Auld Man’s Winter Thought (2.03)
- Craigieburn Wood (Roud V1196) (3.27)
- Auld Lang Syne (Roud 13892) (3.24)
- O, When She Comes Ben, She Bobbed (Roud 5519) / O Mally’s Meek (Roud V33186) (2.38)
- Now Westlin Winds and Slaught’ring Guns (Roud 6936) (5.05)
- Ca’ the Yowes (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (3.53)
- The Thames Flows Proudly to the Sea (Roud V31124) (2.10)
Tracks 1, 5, 12 are from The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 2 (rec. 1995, 1996);
Tracks 2, 6, 9, 13-14 are from The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 3 (rec. 1997);
Track 11 is from The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 4 (rec. 1997);
Tracks 3-4, 7-8, 10 recorded 1999
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce: The Naked Truth Volume Two
Ian Bruce: The Naked Truth Volume Two
The Naked Truth Volume Two Ruglen Record Company LUMS CD0109 (CD, UK, 1 July 2004) |
Produced by Ian Bruce and Ian McCalman;
Recorded and mixed by Ian Bruce with help from Shaun Blandford
at Raglen Recoeding Studios, Castle Douglas, Scotland, in March-May 2004;
Photographs by Tony Borthwick and Ealine Hawkins;
Sleeve layout and design by Ian M. Bruce
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, guitar
Tracks
- Labyrinth of Chance (5.13)
- Stan The Singer (2.56)
- Northwest Passage (3.56)
- Bizzie Lizzie (3.37)
- Speakin’ Free (3.42)
- Recovery (2.52)
- All or Nothing (3.03)
- No Noise (3.47)
- When the Bough Breaks (2.50)
- Corners (4.28)
- Lincoln and My Brothers (3.17)
- Yours for the Night (3.31)
- Lonely Old Lady (4.35)
- A Dollar a Dream (2.19)
- Love at the Five and Dime (4.25)
- Believe in Love (3.02)
- The Ladies Left Behind (2.25)
- The Mind of a Child (4.08)
- I Can’t Sit Still (3.54)
- My Eldorado (6.59)
All tracks written by Ian M. Bruce except
Track 3 Stan Rogers;
Tracks 9-10 Ian M. Bruce, Ian J. Walker;
Track 12 Ian M. Bruce, Sandy Stanage;
Track 15 Nanci Griffith;
Track 16 Ian M. Bruce, Ian Murray;
Track 20 Graeme Miles
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce: Rhythm & Burns
Ian Bruce: Rhythm & Burns
Rhythm & Burns Lochshore CDLDL1317 (CD, UK, 5 January 2010) |
Produced by Dr. Fred Freeman;
Recorded and mixed at Raglen Digital & B&B Studios, Leith, Edinburgh
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, guitar, keyboard, percussion
Stevie Lawrence: slide guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, Appalachian dulcimer,
hurdy-gurdy, bodhrán, log drum, etc.;
Chris Agnew: acoustic bass, harmony vocals [10];
Richard Werner: all kinds of percussion;
Chris Wright: tablas
Tracks
- Robin Shure in Hairst (Roud 32554) (2.13)
- Charlie Is My Darling (Roud 5510) (2.05)
- Hughie Graham (Roud 84; Child 191; G/D 2:271) (3.53)
- It Was A’ for Our Rightfu’ King (Roud 5789) (2.48)
- The Taylor Fell Through the Bed (Roud 13597; G/D 8:1843) (2.02)
- Rattlin’, Roarin’ Willie (Roud 6192; G/D 4:776) (2.19)
- Raving Winds (Roud V29388) (2.52)
- Comin Thro’ the Rye (Roud 5512; G/D 8:1860) (1.22)
- Wha Will Buy My Troggin (RoudBS B250017) (2.48)
- The Weary Pund o’ Tow (Roud 435; G/D 8:1867) (2.01)
- The Lea-Rig (Roud 8516) (3.11)
- Duncan Gray (Roud 8688) (2.10)
- MacPherson’s Farewell (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697) (5.16)
- Brose and Butter (Roud 12585) (1.28)
- Green Grow the Rashes (Roud 2772; G/D 7:1297) (4.06)
- Scots Wha Hae (Roud V1089) (3.12)
Tracks 1-12, 14-15 Robert Burns arr. Ian M. Bruce, Dr. Fred Freeman;
Tracks 13, 16 Robert Burns arr. Ian M. Bruce
> Folk Music > Records > Bruce & Walker: Born to Rottenrow
Bruce & Walker: Born to Rottenrow
Born to Rottenrow Greentrax Recordings DVTRAX2023 (CD+DVD, UK, February 2014) |
Recorded by Richard Werner and Ian Bruce;
DVD edit, cover design and album production by Ian Bruce;
Cover painting and Bruce & Walker photography by Louise Mairs
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass, percussion;
Ian Walker: vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar, autoharp;
Carol Jamieson, keyboards, backing vocals;
Fraser Bruce, vocals, acoustic guitar;
Moe Walker, backing vocals;
Richard Werner, drums, percussion;
Sháun Blandford, vocals, electric guitars, bass;
Stewart Hardy, violin, vocals;
Victor Besch, accordion, bagpipes, vocals, recorder, percussion
Tracks
CD
- I Stand Tall (4.26)
- Miss Salfka Sings (4.52)
- November Grey (4.55)
- The Shawl (4.00)
- When I Spoke to Felix (5.06)
- Ode to an Old Friend (4.17)
- Mary Button (4.38)
- Lucie’s Song (5.21)
- This Road (5.14)
- Honest Man (3.16)
- Old Love (4.36)
- If I Live to the Same Old Age as Mama. (6.12)
DVD
- A Flicker of Vic
- Hawks and Eagles
- Grey Funnel Line
- Blodwen’s Dream
- The Lea-Rig (Roud 8516)
- Mr Bloom
- Some Hae Meat
- Mellow
- Child on the Green
- Singing the River
- The Hills of Isle Au Haut
- Blue Denim Days
- Thank Yous
- The Beans Joke
- A Call from the Agent
Tracks CD 1, 3-7, 9, 12 Ian M. Bruce, Ian Walker;
Tracks CD 2, 10, DVD 4, 8-9, 12 Ian M. Bruce;
Tracks CD 8, 11, DVD 2, 6-7, 10 Ian J. Walker;
Track DVD 5 trad. arr. Ian M. Bruce;
Track DVD 3 Cyril Tawney;
Track DVD 11 Gordon Bok
> Folk Music > Records > Fraser and Ian Bruce: The Best of Mrs Bruce’s Boys
Fraser and Ian Bruce: The Best of Mrs Bruce’s Boys
The Best of Mrs Bruce’s Boys Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX385 (2 CD, UK, September 2015) |
Remastered by Peter Haigh at Pier House Studios;
Front cover photo by Caroline MacRobert;
Graphic design by John Slavin
Musicians
Fraser and Ian Bruce: guitar, vocals;
Alan Mairs: fiddle, mandolin [2, 4-5, 7-10, 12-15];
Rob Mairs: banjo, guitar [2, 4-5, 7-10, 12-15];
Ian Mairs: guitar [8-9];
Colin Forgrieve: accordion, drums [2, 4-5, 7-10, 12-15];
‘Stevie’ Stevenson: bass [8-9];
Donnie ‘Large’ MacDonald: tenor banjo [8-9];
Margaret Steel: piano [8-9];
Carol Jamieson: piano, brass, harpsichord, vocal harmonies [2, 4-5, 7, 10, 12-15];
Ian Harkness: bass [2, 4-5, 7, 10, 12-15];
Kenneth Meikle: drums [2, 4-5, 14-15];
Chris Miller: fiddle and Northumbrian pipes [2, 4-5, 14-15];
John Gahagan: whistles [7, 10, 12-13];
Tom Doyle: drums [7, 10, 12-13];
Ron Gardner: electric keyboards [7, 10, 12-13]
Tracks
- The King’s Shilling (4.05)
- Farewell to the Gold (4.55)
- Rise up Jock (4.13)
- Can Ye Sew Cushions? (Roud 5527) (4.18)
- Broken-Down Squatter (Roud 8392) (4.23)
- The Hills of Isle of Haut (3.28)
- Catch Me If You Can (3.55)
- Down Where the Drunkards Roll (3.10)
- Ring-a-Ring-a-Rosie (5.02)
- The Weddin’ (3.11)
- A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day (Roud 975) (5.29)
- Bonnie Susie Clelland (Roud 45; Child 65) (5.18)
- Edinburgh (5.14)
- The Grey Funnel Line (3.33)
- Nostradamus (5.20)
- White Flower (3.22)
Track 1 Ian Sinclair;
Track 2 Paul Metsers;
Track 3 Bob and Carole Pegg;
Tracks 4-5, 7, 10-12 trad. arr. Fraser and Ian Bruce;
Track 6 Gordon Bok;
Track 8 Richard Thompson;
Track 9 Pete St. John;
Tracks 13, 16 Ian M. Bruce;
Track 14 Cyril Tawney;
Track 15 Al Stewart
Tracks 8-9 are from Mrs Bruce’s Boys, Vol. 1, Rickety Rackety Records, 1980;
Tracks 2, 4-5, 14-15 are from Veil of the Ages, Klub Records, 1982;
Tracks 7, 10, 12-13 are from Mrs Bruce’s Boys, Vol. 2, Klub Records, 1985;
Tracks 1, 3, 6, 11, 16 recorded live at The Royal Oak, Edinburgh, on 18 May 2015
> Folk Music > Records > Fraser and Ian Bruce, Pete Clark, Gregor Lowrey: Auld Hat New Heids
Auld Hat New Heids
Auld Hat New Heids Rickety Rackety Records RRR005 (CD, UK, 10 July 2017) |
Produced and mastered by Ian Bruce;
Recorded at The Raw Digital Studios, Letham, Fife;
Tracks 3, 5, 7-10 recorded live in front of an audience at Auchterarder Golf Club;
Booklet and label design by Mike Garden
Musicians
Fraser and Ian Bruce: guitar, vocals;
Pete Clark: fiddle;
Gregor Lowrey: accordion
Tracks
- Prelude (1.40)
- Doon in the Wee Room (Roud 41102) / Gallowa’ Hills (Roud 3358) (5.21)
- Shoals of Herrin’ (Roud 13642) (5.00)
- The Stoutest Man in the Forty Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (3.40)
- Loch Tay Boat Song (Roud 38364) (4.15)
- The Jute Mill Song (Roud 2585) / Wark o’ the Weavers (Roud 374) (6.22)
- Silver Darlings (4.27)
- The Diamond Ship (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (3.31)
- The John MacLean March (4.15)
- The Fairfield Crane (The Shipyard Apprentice) (2.37)
- Jock o’ Hazeldean (Roud 250; Child 293; G/D 5:1029) (6.24)
- Three Nights and a Sunday Double Time (3.34)
- Been on the Road So Long (5.11)
- Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (4.10)
All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Ian and Fraser Bruce;
Track 3 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6a Mary Brooksbank;
Track 7 Jim McLean;
Track 9 Hamish Henderson;
Track 10 Archie Fisher, Bobby Campbell, Norman Buchan;
Track 12 Matt McGinn;
Track 13 Alex Campbell
> Folk Music > Records > Bruce, Besch & Bramkamp: Children of Blue
Bruce, Besch & Bramkamp: Children of Blue
Children of Blue Ruglen Record Company LUMS CD0115 (CD, UK, 10 February 2020) |
Produced and recorded by Ian Bruce at The Row Digital Studios, Letham, Cupar, Fife
Musicians
Ian Bruce: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keyboards,
bouzouki, percussion;
Victor Besch: vocals, bagpipes, accordion, acoustic guitar, recorders, piano;
Katharina Bramkamp: vocals, recorders;
Frank Deckert: drums and percussion
Tracks
- The Mouse Suite (12.34)
- Dancing at Whitsun (2.15)
- Cecilia (4.54)
- Children of Blue (5.08)
- Eulogy for Alison (3.44)
- The Wife (3.33)
- Out in the Wildwood (3.51)
- Read It Again (4.17)
- Wenn sich die Riesen prügeln (4.07)
- Idside Out Bolero (7.52)
Tracks 1, 3, 7 Ian M. Bruce;
Track 2 Austin John Marshall;
Track 4 Ian M. Bruce, Katharina Bramkamp;
Track 5 Ian M. Bruce, Katharina Bramkamp, Naomi Joliffe;
Track 6, 8, 10 Ian M. Bruce, Victor C. Besch, Katharina Bramkamp;
Track 9 Katharina Bramkamp, Ian M. Bruce
> Folk Music > Records > Fraser Bruce: Every Song’s a Story
Fraser Bruce: Every Song’s a Story
Every Song’s a Story Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX413 (2 CD, UK, November 2020) |
Remastered by Peter Haigh at Pier House Studios;
Front cover photo by Caroline MacRobert;
Graphic design by John Slavin
Musicians
Fraser Bruce: lead vocals;
Gavin Paterson: piano, keyboards;
Yvonne McLeod: accordion;
Alastair McDonald: tenor banjo, mouth organ, guitar;
Rob Mairs: 5-string banjo;
Ian Bruce: guitars, bass, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals;
Sandy Gibbs: bagpioes;
Amelie Bruce,
Connie Bruce,
Hugh Bruce,
Olivia Bruce,
Tom Bruce,
Woody Bruce: vocals
Tracks
- When Times Are Tough (3.31)
- The Ground She Walks Upon (4.16)
- Big Al and Ibrox (3.53)
- The Last Leviathan (5.11)
- Now I’m Easy (3.24)
- Australian Wine (3.28)
- I’ll Lay Ye Doon, Love (Roud 3355) (4.11)
- Dolina (4.10)
- Oh How They All Grow Older (4.02)
- John Thomson (3.06)
- The Iolaire Disaster (3.05)
- Waiting for the Ferry (4.43)
- Sweet Fallen Angels of War (4.56)
- Ickle Dickle Dido (4.31)
Track 1 Brenda Heslop;
Track 2 Bob Knight;
Tracks 3, 9, 12, 14 Fraser Bruce;
Track 4 Andy Barnes;
Track 5 Eric Bogle;
Track 6 Colin Pitts;
Track 7 trad. arr. Ian M. Bruce;
Track 8 Dogie Maclean;
Track 10 John Watt;
Track 12 Graeme Miles;
Track 13 Ian M. Bruce, Fraser Bruce
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce & The Tartan Spiders: Young Territorial
Ian Bruce & The Tartan Spiders: Young Territorial
Young Territorial Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX414 (CD, UK, 1 May 2021) |
Produced, recoreded, mixed and mastered by Ian Bruce at The Row Studios, Letham, Cupar, Fife;
Executive producer Lt Col Rob Pitt, VR Rifles;
Licences to Greentrax Recordings by The London Scottish Volunteer Enterprises
Musicians
Ian Bruce: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass,
percussion;
Kev Green: lead and harmony vocals, recitations;
Charlie Milne: lead and harmony vocals, recitations;
Lt Col Rob Pitt, VR Rifles: recitations;
Carol Jamieson: backing vocals, whistling, piano;
Katharina Bramkamp: backing vocals, recorders;
Fiona Forbes,
John Backwood,
Janet Weatherston: backing vocals;
Alasdair ‘Sandy’ Gibbs: bagpipes;
Shaun Blandford: bass, electric guitar;
Denise Crighton-Ward: bass;
Gregor Lowrey: accordion, melodeon;
Pete Clark: fiddles;
Alastair ‘Aldo’ Morrow: drums
Tracks
- A-Diddleo (pipe tune) (0.40)
- Introduction by Maj Gen Alastair Bruce of Crionach, OBE, VR DL spoken word (1.21)
- Inverness (5.46)
- Soldiers in the Chapel (2.18)
- Sandy’s Conversion (2.09)
- Sandy the Piper (3.44)
- The Somme Offensive (pipe tune: William Lawrie) (4.09)
- Halloween (4.50)
- The Young Territorial (5.44)
- The Abbey (pipe tune: The Flowers of the Forest) (2.29)
- The Big Drum Major (4.00)
- The Auld Corps (3.21)
- The Glenworple Highlanders (3.51)
- Donald and the De’il (2.52)
- Grey Kilts (5.08)
- Wey Hey for the Hodden Grey (tune: Green Grow the Rushes O) (6.31)
- The Legend of Sheppey (4.10)
All tracks written by Ian M. Bruce except
Track 2 lyrics Rob Pitt, music Ian M. Bruce;
Track 4 music by Ian M. Bruce, reading from Scots in the Great War, by Paul McFarland;
Track 7 music by William Lawrie, reading from the L.S. Archive;
Track 10 tune The Flowers of the Forest, trad.;
Track 14 For Donald Dinnie’s Souvenir programme, 6 April 1913, music Ian M. Bruce;
Track 15 A Song of The London Scottish, 1908, music Ian M. Bruce;
Track 16 trad. arr. Ian M. Bruce
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Bruce: Together Forever
Ian Bruce: Together Forever
Together Forever Ruglen Record Company LUMS CD0117 (2 CD, UK, 26 June 2023) |
Folking.com review by Mike Davies
Musicians
Ian Bruce: lead vocals [1],
backing vocals [1],
nylon string guitar [1];
Aleksander Mežek: lead and backing vocals [1];
Steve Smith: keyboard [1];
Robbie McIntosh: bass [1],
acoustic guitar [1],
electric guitar [1];
Paul Beavis: drums and percussion [1];
…
Tracks
- Ian Bruce & Aleksander Mežek: Cloonaholly (3.42)
- Ian Bruce & Sangsters: Windmills (4.14)
- Ian Bruce & Real Time: Norland Wind (4.16)
- Ian Bruce & Jez Lowe: False Knight on the Road (Roud 20; Child 3) (3.29)
- Ian Bruce & Jim Mageean: Going Down to Old Maui (Roud 2005) (5.17)
- Ian Bruce & Fraser Bruce: The Ballad of Johnny Ramensky (3.57)
- Ian Bruce & Paul Hutchinson: The Tinkerman’s Daughter (4.27)
- Ian Bruce & Debra Lyn: Sixteen Tons (Roud 15162) (3.24)
- Ian Bruce with Katharina Bramkamp & Frank Deckert: John Kanaka (Roud 8238) (2.25)
- Ian Bruce & Janet Weatherston: The Soldier Maid (Roud 226; G/D 1:182; Henry H497) (4.21)
- Ian Bruce with Carole & Alan Prior: The Last Trip Home (4.10)
- Ian Bruce & Allan Taylor: Together Forever (3.19)
- Ian Bruce & Carol Jamieson: Childhood’s End (3.57)
- Ian Bruce & Stephen Quigg: 1913 Massacre (Roud 17663) (4.20)
- Ian Bruce & Marilyn Middleton Mellor: Games People Play (4.21)
- Ian Bruce & Watt Nicoll: Cod Liver Oil & the Orange Juice (5.38)
- Ian Bruce & Lotus Wight: Waterbound (Roud S438997) (4.05)
- Ian Bruce & Barbara Dickson: The Earl o’ Moray (Roud 334; Child 181) (4.12)
- Ian Bruce & Mike Silver: Stay Young (4.16)
- Ian Bruce & Jim Malcolm: Jimmy’s Gone to Flanders (4.53)
- Ian Bruce & Gerry Ventilla: Whaur Dae Ye Gang tae Oor Darlin’ (4.40)
- Ian Bruce & Grant Maloy Smith: And the Angels Sang Along (3.14)
- Ian Bruce & Ragged Glory: Morningtown Ride (3.01)
- Ian Bruce & Kev Green: The Last Thing on My Mind (5.21)
- Ian Bruce & Bob Fox: Gently Does It (3.03)
- Ian Bruce & Alastair McDonald: I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound (4.41)
- Ian Bruce & Sheena Wellington: The Spinner’s Wedding (Roud 12503) (2.32)
- Ian Bruce & Artie Trezise: Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (4.19)
- Ian Bruce with Moe & Ian Walker: Unicorns (3.54)
- Ian Bruce & Arthur Johnstone: The Old Man’s Song (3.27)
- Allan Taylor, Rab Noakes, English Folk, Country: The Last Train (4.42)
- Ian Bruce & Noel Rocks: Raglan Road (4.27)
- Ian Bruce & Flekkefjord Sangforening: And We Sing (3.47 )
Track 1 words and music Aleksander Mežek, chorus Ian M. Bruce;
Track 2 Alan Bell;
Track 3 Violet Jacob, Jim Reid;
Tracks 4-5, 8-10, 17-18, 28 trad.;
Track 6 Norman Buchan;
Track 7 Michael McConnell;
Track 11 Davy Steele, John McCusker;
Tracks 12, 25 Rab Noakes;
Track 13 Dick Gaughan;
Track 14 Woody Guthrie;
Track 15 Joe South;
Track 16 Ron Clark, Carl MacDougall;
Track 19 Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle;
Track 20 words Jim Malcolm, tune trad.;
Track 21 Peter Sarstedt;
Track 22 Grant Maloy Smith;
Track 23 Malvina Reynolds;
Track 24, 26 Tom Paxton;
Track 27 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 29 Bill Caddick;
Track 30 Ian Campbell;
Track 31 Allan Taylor;
Track 32 words P.J. Kavanaugh;
Track 33 Ian Bruce
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Other records with Ian Bruce
Ian Walker, Flying High, LP, Fellside FE060, 1987
Ian Walker, Shadows in Time, LP, Fellside FE073, 1989
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 2, CD, Linn CKD 052, 1996
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 3, CD, Linn CKD 062, 1997
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 4, CD, Linn CKD 083, 1998
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 8, CD, Linn CKD 143, 2000
Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns Volume 12, CD, Linn CKD 201, 2002
Various Artists: Landmarks: 25 Years of a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD203, 2006
Various Artists: The Scottish Diaspora, 2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX380, 2014
Various Artists: 101 Scottish Songs: The Wee Red Book 2, DVD, TMSA DVD102, 2017
Various Artists: Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018
Various Artists: Far, Far From Ypres—The Concert, DVD, Greentrax DVTRAX2024, 2018