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

1. John (3.48)
2. Factory Life (3.38)
3. My Eldorado (6.57)
4. Classical Music (5.15)
5. Ghost of the Chair (5.15)
6. Farewell Deep Blue (3.35)
7. No Noise (4.02)
8. This Peaceful Evening (3.00)
9. I Can Play You Anything (3.42)
10. Black Fog (4.54)
11. 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

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

1. Night Time Cowboys (3.58)
2. All Roads Lead to Home (5.46)
3. (You Have to) Believe in Love (3.37)
4. The Touch and the Go (5.01)
5. Rattlers (2.37)
6. When the Bough Breaks (2.58)
7. Had to Find a Phone (3.03)
8. All Used Up (4.01)
9. Jimmy Come Solo (3.21)
10. (The Irony of) No Smoking Day, March ’87 (3.54)
11. Butlins Girl (3.50)
12. 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

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

1. Blue Denim Days (4.22)
2. Lincoln and My Brothers (4.47)
3. Her Daddy’s Eyes (3.57)
4. The Rest of the World (3.40)
5. Speakin’ Free (3.25)
6. All or Nothing (3.30)
7. Me and My Home (3.52)
8. Lonely Old Lady (4.51)
9. Mind of a Child (5.27)
10. I Can’t Sit Still (4.22)
11. Up There With ’Em (3.42)

All tracks written by Ian M. Bruce

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

1. The Stoutest Man in the Forty Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (3.36)
2. The Trumpet Sounds (Roud 4596) (2.07)
3. The Jute Mill Song (Roud 2585) (2.20)
4. Will Ye Go tae Flanders? (Roud 8544) (3.29)
5. She Was a Rum One (Roud 2128; G/D 7:1445) (1.52)
6. The Diamond Ship (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (2.56)
7. List Bonnie Laddie (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (2.34)
8. Johnnie Gallacher (Roud 920; G/D 1:80; Henry H574) (2.35)
9. Gi’e Me a Lass Wi’ a Lump o’ Land (Roud 8463) (2.12)
10. Kiss the Children for Me Mary (3.19)
11. Tatties an’ Herrin’ (Roud 16927; G/D 5:951) (2.01)
12. The Yella Haired Laddie (Roud 8696) (2.59)
13. The Forfar Sodger (Roud 2857; G/D 1:69) (3.36)
14. The Bleacher Lassie of Kelvinhaugh (Roud 3325; G/D 5:1041) (4.43)
15. 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

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

1. I Stand Tall (4.26)
2. Miss Salfka Sings (4.52)
3. November Grey (4.55)
4. The Shawl (4.00)
5. When I Spoke to Felix (5.06)
6. Ode to an Old Friend (4.17)
7. Mary Button (4.38)
8. Lucie’s Song (5.21)
9. This Road (5.14)
10. Honest Man (3.16)
11. Old Love (4.36)
12. If I Live to the Same Old Age as Mama. (6.12)

DVD

1. A Flicker of Vic
2. Hawks and Eagles
3. Grey Funnel Line
4. Blodwen’s Dream
5. The Lea-Rig (Roud 8516)
6. Mr Bloom
7. Some Hae Meat
8. Mellow
9. Child on the Green
10. Singing the River
11. The Hills of Isle Au Haut
12. Blue Denim Days
13. Thank Yous
14. The Beans Joke
15. 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

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

1. The King’s Shilling (4.05)
2. Farewell to the Gold (4.55)
3. Rise up Jock (4.13)
4. Can Ye Sew Cushions? (Roud 5527) (4.18)
5. Broken-Down Squatter (Roud 8392) (4.23)
6. The Hills of Isle of Haut (3.28)
7. Catch Me If You Can (3.55)
8. Down Where the Drunkards Roll (3.10)
9. Ring-a-Ring-a-Rosie (5.02)
10. The Weddin’ (3.11)
11. A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day (Roud 975) (5.29)
12. Bonnie Susie Clelland (Roud 45; Child 65) (5.18)
13. Edinburgh (5.14)
14. The Grey Funnel Line (3.33)
15. Nostradamus (5.20)
16. 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

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

1. Prelude (1.40)
2. Doon in the Wee Room / Gallowa’ Hills (Roud 3358) (5.21)
3. Shoals of Herrin’ (Roud 13642) (5.00)
4. The Stoutest Man in the Forty Twa (Roud 1877; G/D 1:70) (3.40)
5. Loch Tay Boat Song (Roud S243064) (4.15)
6. The Jute Mill Song (Roud 2585) / Wark o’ the Weavers (Roud 374) (6.22)
7. Silver Darlings (4.27)
8. The Diamond Ship (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (3.31)
9. The John MacLean March (4.15)
10. The Fairfield Crane (The Shipyard Apprentice) (2.37)
11. Jock o’ Hazeldean (Roud 250; Child 293; G/D 5:1029) (6.24)
12. Three Nights and a Sunday Double Time (3.34)
13. Been on the Road So Long (5.11)
14. 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

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

1. When Times Are Tough (3.31)
2. The Ground She Walks Upon (4.16)
3. Big Al and Ibrox (3.53)
4. The Last Leviathan (5.11)
5. Now I’m Easy (3.24)
6. Australian Wine (3.28)
7. I’ll Lay Ye Doon, Love (Roud 3355) (4.11)
8. Dolina (4.10)
9. Oh How They All Grow Older (4.02)
10. John Thomson (3.06)
11. The Iolaire Disaster (3.05)
12. Waiting for the Ferry (4.43)
13. Sweet Fallen Angels of War (4.56)
14. 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

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

1. A-Diddleo (pipe tune) (0.40)
2. Introduction by Maj Gen Alastair Bruce of Crionach, OBE, VR DL spoken word (1.21)
3. Inverness (5.46)
4. Soldiers in the Chapel (2.18)
5. Sandy’s Conversion (2.09)
6. Sandy the Piper (3.44)
7. The Somme Offensive (pipe tune: William Lawrie) (4.09)
8. Halloween (4.50)
9. The Young Territorial (5.44)
10. The Abbey (pipe tune: The Flowers of the Forest) (2.29)
11. The Big Drum Major (4.00)
12. The Auld Corps (3.21)
13. The Glenworple Highlanders (3.51)
14. Donald and the De’il (2.52)
15. Grey Kilts (5.08)
16. Wey Hey for the Hodden Grey (tune: Green Grow the Rushes O) (6.31)
17. 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