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Flying High
Flying High Fellside Recordings FE060 (LP, UK, 1987) |
Recorded January 1987 by Paul Adams;
Produced by Paul Adams;
Photography by George Trapp;
Illustration by Edmund Blood;
Layout and artwork by Mary Blood
Musicians
Ian Walker: guitar, banjo, vocals;
Ian Bruce: guitar, vocals;
Chris Miller: fiddle, Northumbrian small pipes;
Alasdair Robertson: accordion, piano, keyboards, harmonica, vocals;
Wendy Weatherby: cello, vocals;
Bryan Stewart: bass
Tracks
Side 1
- Roses in December (4.08)
- Sing Me a Song Mr Bloom (3.45)
- Beats of the Heart (3.00)
- Too Far from She (3.39)
- Don’t Turn the Key (3.14)
- Some Hae Meat (2.43)
Side 2
- Hawks and Eagles Fly Like Doves (3.07)
- Child on the Green (3.30)
- Do You See My Face? (3.00)
- The Greatest Thrill (3.53)
- The Amazing Satellite Picture Show (2.28)
- Catch a Rainbow (2.50)
All tracks written by Ian Walker except
Tracks 4, 8 Ian Bruce;
Track 10 Ian Walker / trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Walker: Shadows in Time
Shadows in Time
Shadows in Time Fellside Recordings FE073 (LP, UK, 1989) |
Recorded January-May 1989 by Paul Adams and Graham Bell;
Produced by Paul Adams;
Photography by Margaret Walker;
Sleeve design by John Gahagan;
Layout by Mary Blood
Musicians
Ian Walker: vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar;
Ian Bruce: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Bryan Stewart: bass;
Joe Sullivan: electric guitar;
Paul Adams: percussion;
Charlie Soane: fiddle;
Tom Chalmers: saxophones, flute;
Patti Reid, Linda Adams: vocals;
Tony Renney: electric guitar, dobro [3];
Paul Witty: violin, viola [3];
Ruth Pickles: cello [3]
Tracks
Side 1
- Shadows in Time (2.55)
- Ladder of Life (3.28)
- Portrait of a Woman (3.40)
- Sun (2.25)
- Let Me Hear You Smile (3.10)
- Ghost Train (3.10)
Side 2
- Dancing on the Sun (3.58)
- When the Bough Breaks (3.02)
- Mountain Boy (3.09)
- Blodwen’s Dream (2.57)
- Rising of the Green (3.00)
- Million City Lights (4.05)
All tracks written by Ian Walker except
Track 8 Ian Walker, Ian Bruce;
Track 9 Rob Griffith;
Track 10 Ian Bruce
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Walker & Sétanta: Crossing the Borderlines
Ian Walker & Sétanta: Crossing the Borderlines
Crossing the Borderlines Fellside Recordings FECD88 (CD, UK, 1993) |
Produced by Paul Adams;
Recorded by Paul Adams and Graham Bell, November 1992;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Photography by John Gibb and Jamie Marzella
Musicians
Ian Walker: vocals [2, 4, 6-7, 10, 12], banjo guitar;
Sétanta:
Mike Berry: fiddle;
Jack Bethel: hammered dulcimer, concertina, xylophone;
Colin MacAllister: lead vocals [3], harmony vocals, bodhrán, percussion;
Hunter McConnell: lead vocals [8], harmony vocals, guitar;
David Munro: uilleann pipes, fiddle, harmony vocals
Tracks
- Three Kerry Polkas (3.00)
- Whatever You Think (3.20)
- Sliabh Gallion Braes (Roud 1420) (3.10)
- Ring Around the Moon (3.58)
- Ponte Isabella / The Man of the House / The Bucks of Oranmore (5.48)
- The Healing Touch (3.54)
- Remember Solferino (4.31)
- The Soldier’s Return (The Deadly Wars) (4.30)
- The Merry Blacksmith / Miss Susan Cooper / Willafjord (3.28)
- Saint Paul’s Song (3.36)
- An Comhra Donn / The Galtee Rangers / The Foxhunters (3.48)
- The Anchor Line (3.10)
Tracks 1, 3, 5bc, 9, 11 trad.;
Tracks 2, 4, 6-7 Ian Walker;
Track 5a Enzo Palombella;
Track 8 Robert Burns;
Track 10 Pierce Pettis;
Track 12 Ian Bruce, Ian Walker
> 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 > The Ian Walker Band: We Come to Sing
We Come to Sing
We Come to Sing Vangel Recordings VANCD16 (CD, UK, 16 January 2023) |
Recorded by D.P. Johnson at The Audio Lounge, Glasgow;
Cover photographs by Doug Lamont;
Cover design and manufacturing by Birnam CD
Musicians
Ian Walker: vocals, banjo, guitar, autoharp;
Jimmy Scott: vocals, guitar;
Moe Walker: vocals, cobbler’s shoe [8]
with
John Graham: fiddle, bass, mandolin, vocals [17];
Fraser Speirs: harmonica;
Stevie Lawrence: percussios, whistle, jew’s harp;
Scott Walker: Appalachian fiddle [18];
Alan Reid: piano, accordion, vocals [17];
Mary Reid: vocals [17]
Tracks
- Hawks and Eagles Fly Like Doves (3.17)
- We Come to Sing (4.00)
- The Man on the Moon (2.26)
- Sun (2.46)
- Will Ye Go tae Flanders? (Roud 8544) (3.45)
- The Tide Full In (3.20)
- Home to Me (Is Anywhere You Are) (3.04)
- The Iron Worker’s Song (The Upton Forge) (2.11)
- Dimming of the Day (3.21)
- These Old Feet Still Walk the Walk (2.58)
- The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (3.58)
- Carry Your Dancing Gown (3.02)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (4.08)
- Buttercup Hill (2.58)
- Walking on Sunday (4.14)
- Rammy in the Glen (2.57)
- The Goodnight Song (4.00)
- Cripple Creek / Old Joe Clark / Grandad’s Favourie (2.58)
Track 1-2, 4, 8, 16 Ian Walker;
Track 3 Matt McGinn;
Track 5 trad., Billy Ross;
Track 6 Francis Fahy (1854-1935);
Track 7 Tom Paxton;
Track 9 Richard Thompson;
Track 10 David Cowan;
Tracks 11, 18abc trad.;
Track 12 Ian Bruce, Ian Walker;
Track 13 Sandy Denny;
Track 14 Ian Walker (inspired by Charlotte Pollock);
Track 15 Anthony John Clarke;
Track 17 Jim Boyes;
> Folk Music > Records > Ian Walker
Other records with Ian Walker
Various Artists, Banklands: The Story of Fellside Records, CD, Fellside FECB100, 1994
Various Artists, Enlist for a Soldier: The Soldier in Song from the English Civil War to the Falklands, CD, Fellside FTSR3, 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, Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018