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Flying High

Ian Walker: Flying High (Fellside FE060)

Flying High
Ian Walker

Fellside Recordings FE060 (LP, UK, 1987)

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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

  1. Roses in December (4.08)
  2. Sing Me a Song Mr Bloom (3.45)
  3. Beats of the Heart (3.00)
  4. Too Far from She (3.39)
  5. Don’t Turn the Key (3.14)
  6. Some Hae Meat (2.43)

Side 2

  1. Hawks and Eagles Fly Like Doves (3.07)
  2. Child on the Green (3.30)
  3. Do You See My Face? (3.00)
  4. The Greatest Thrill (3.53)
  5. The Amazing Satellite Picture Show (2.28)
  6. 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

Ian Walker: Shadows in Time (Fellside FE073)

Shadows in Time
Ian Walker

Fellside Recordings FE073 (LP, UK, 1989)

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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

  1. Shadows in Time (2.55)
  2. Ladder of Life (3.28)
  3. Portrait of a Woman (3.40)
  4. Sun (2.25)
  5. Let Me Hear You Smile (3.10)
  6. Ghost Train (3.10)

Side 2

  1. Dancing on the Sun (3.58)
  2. When the Bough Breaks (3.02)
  3. Mountain Boy (3.09)
  4. Blodwen’s Dream (2.57)
  5. Rising of the Green (3.00)
  6. 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

Ian Walker & Sétanta: Crossing the Borderlines (Fellside FECD88)

Crossing the Borderlines
Ian Walker & Sétanta

Fellside Recordings FECD88 (CD, UK, 1993)

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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

  1. Three Kerry Polkas (3.00)
  2. Whatever You Think (3.20)
  3. Sliabh Gallion Braes (Roud 1420) (3.10)
  4. Ring Around the Moon (3.58)
  5. Ponte Isabella / The Man of the House / The Bucks of Oranmore (5.48)
  6. The Healing Touch (3.54)
  7. Remember Solferino (4.31)
  8. The Soldier’s Return (The Deadly Wars) (4.30)
  9. The Merry Blacksmith / Miss Susan Cooper / Willafjord (3.28)
  10. Saint Paul’s Song (3.36)
  11. An Comhra Donn / The Galtee Rangers / The Foxhunters (3.48)
  12. 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

Bruce & Walker: Born to Rottenrow (Greentrax DVTRAX2023)

Born to Rottenrow
Bruce & Walker

Greentrax Recordings DVTRAX2023 (CD+DVD, UK, February 2014)

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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

> Folk Music > Records > The Ian Walker Band: We Come to Sing

We Come to Sing

The Ian Walker Band: We Come to Sing (Vangel VANCD16)

We Come to Sing
The Ian Walker Band

Vangel Recordings VANCD16 (CD, UK, 16 January 2023)

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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

  1. Hawks and Eagles Fly Like Doves (3.17)
  2. We Come to Sing (4.00)
  3. The Man on the Moon (2.26)
  4. Sun (2.46)
  5. Will Ye Go tae Flanders? (Roud 8544) (3.45)
  6. The Tide Full In (3.20)
  7. Home to Me (Is Anywhere You Are) (3.04)
  8. The Iron Worker’s Song (The Upton Forge) (2.11)
  9. Dimming of the Day (3.21)
  10. These Old Feet Still Walk the Walk (2.58)
  11. The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (3.58)
  12. Carry Your Dancing Gown (3.02)
  13. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (4.08)
  14. Buttercup Hill (2.58)
  15. Walking on Sunday (4.14)
  16. Rammy in the Glen (2.57)
  17. The Goodnight Song (4.00)
  18. 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;

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Other records with Ian Walker

Banklands (Fellside FECB100) Various Artists, Banklands: The Story of Fellside Records, CD, Fellside FECB100, 1994

Enlist for a Soldier (Fellside FTSR3) Various Artists, Enlist for a Soldier: The Soldier in Song from the English Civil War to the Falklands, CD, Fellside FTSR3, 2002

Landmarks (Fellside FECD203) Various Artists, Landmarks: 25 Years of a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD203, 2006

Various Artists: The Scottish Diaspora (Greentrax CDTRAX380) Various Artists, The Scottish Diaspora, 2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX380, 2014

Destination: Fellside Recordings 1976-2018 (Fellside FECD282) Various Artists, Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018