> Folk Music > Records > Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth
Ray and Archie Fisher: Far Over the Forth
Far Over the Forth Topic Records TOP67 (7" EP, UK, 1961) |
Recorded in 1960 in Hampstead, St. Pancras and Edinburgh.
All tracks were included in 1965 on the compilation LP Bonny Lass Come O’er the Burn (Topic 12T128).
Musicians
Ray Fisher: vocals [1-4];
Archie Fisher: vocals [1, 4],
guitar [1, 3-4]
Tracks
Side 1
- The Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (2.58)
- Far Over the Forth (Roud 3360) (3.48)
Side 2
- The Twa Corbies (Roud 5; Child 26) (2.09)
- Kilbogie (Roud 95; G/D 4:851) (3.05)
All tracks trad.
All tracks were reissued in 1965 on the LP Bonny Lass Come O’er the Burn
> Folk Music > Records > The Fisher Family: Traditional & New Songs From Scotland
The Fisher Family: Traditional & New Songs From Scotland
Traditional & New Songs From Scotland Topic Records 12T137 (LP, UK, 1966) |
Recorded by Bill Leader at the Fisher Family’s home in
Monkseaton, Northumbria in 1965;
Notes by Norman Buchan;
Photograph by Joe Boyd
Musicians
Archie, Ray, Cindy, Joyce, Audrey and Priscilla Fisher: vocals;
Archie Fisher: guitar accompaniment
Tracks
Side 1
- Come All Ye Fisher Lassies
(Roud 12504)
(1.51)
The Family led by Ray - Schoolday˚s Over
(Roud 16146)
(1.27)
Ray & Archie acc. guitar - The Rigs o’ Rye
(Roud 985)
(3.25)
Archie acc. guitar - Donal Ogue (Young Dan)
(Roud 3379)
(2.53)
Joyce acc. guitar - For Our Lang Biding Here
(Roud 8561)
(1.45)
Archie acc. guitar - Joy of My Heart
(1.55)
The Family lead by Ray & Archie acc. guitar
Side 2
- Hey Ca’ Through
(Roud 8692)
(1.08)
Ray, Joyce, Audray and Priscilla - What’s Poor Mary Weeping For
(Roud 2118; G/D 8:1606) /
Bonny Lassie O
(Roud 4845; G/D 7:1486)
(1.57)
Ray & Archie acc. guitar - I Am a Miller tae My Trade
(Roud 888; G/D 7:1489)
(2.43)
Cindy & Joyce - I Am a Freeborn Man
(2.05)
Archie acc. guitar - The Birken Tree
(Roud 5069; G/D 4:802)
(2.12)
Joyce & Cindy - Aince Upon a Time
(Roud 3361; G/D 7:1399)
(1.29)
Ray & Archie acc. guitar
All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1-2, 10 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6 Hugh S. Roberton;
Track 7 Robert Burns;
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher: The Bonny Birdy
Ray Fisher: The Bonny Birdy
The Bonny Birdy Trailer LER2038 (LP, UK, 1972) |
Tracks 1 and 4 have more or less the 1971 Steeleye Span line-up supporting Ray Fisher instead of Maddy Prior.
Musicians
Ray Fisher: vocals [1-8],
guitar [2-3, 6-7];
Martin Carthy: guitar [1, 4, 8],
vocals [4];
Tim Hart: dulcimer [1, 4],
vocals [4];
Peter Knight: fiddle [1, 4],
mandolin [4];
Ashley Hutchings: electric bass [1, 4];
Colin Ross: fiddle [2],
Northumbrian small pipes [3, 7];
Alistair Anderson: concertina [2];
Stefan Sobell: guitar [5];
Liz Sobell: harmonium [5];
Bobby Campbell: fiddle [8]
Tracks
Side 1
- Johnnie Sangster (Roud 2164; G/D 3:407) (2.55)
- Mill o’ Tifty’s Annie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018) (7.25)
- Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064) (4.16)
- The Forfar Sodger (Roud 2857; G/D 1:69) (3.19)
Side 2
- The Pride of Glencoe (Roud 515; Laws N39; G/D 5:1044; Henry H655) (6.24)
- The Silkie of Sul Skerry (Roud 197; Child 113) (4.02)
- The Shipyard Apprentice (3.56)
- The Bonny Birdy (Roud 3972; Child 82) (7.09)
All track trad. arr. except
Track 7 words Archie Fisher, Norman Buchan, Bobby Campbell
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher: Willie’s Lady
Ray Fisher: Willie’s Lady
Willie’s Lady Folk-Legacy Records FSS-91 (LP, USA, 1982) |
Recorded by Sandy Paton and Mike Rivers;
Photo and graphics by Sandy Paton;
Notes by Ray Fisher
Musicians
Ray Fisher: vocals, guitar;
Johnny Cunningham: fiddle [5]
Tracks
Side 1
- The Pressers (3.37)
- The Bonnie Wee Lassie That Never Said No (Roud 2903) (1.59)
- The Red-Haired Man’s Wife (Roud 3046) (3.47)
- The Kye Have Come Hame (Roud 3166) (3.05)
- Willie’s Lady (Roud 220; Child 6; G/D 2:346) (8.56)
Side 2
- Are Ye Sleepin’, Maggie? (Roud 4897) (2.46)
- Miller tae My Trade (Roud 888; G/D 7:1489) (3.05)
- Captain Bover (Roud 3147) / The Weary Cutters (Roud 8772) (3.44)
- Betsy Bell (Roud 5211) (2.04)
- Over Yonder Banks (3.48)
- When Fortune Turns the Wheel (Roud 3798; G/D 3:667) (4.36)
All tracks trad. arr. Ray Fisher except
Track 1 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 4 trad. arr. Johnny Handle;
Track 6 Robert Tannahill;
Track 10 Graeme Miles
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher: Traditional Songs of Scotland
Ray Fisher: Traditional Songs of Scotland
Traditional Songs of Scotland Saydisc Records CD-SDL 391 (CD, UK, 1991) |
Recorded at Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn, December 1990 and June 1991.
Recorded by Gef Lucena (Saydisc) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings)
Musicians
Ray Fisher: voice, guitar [1, 5, 10-13, 15];
Colin Ross: Scottish small pipes [4, 8, 12],
fiddle [4, 5, 13];
Martin Carthy: guitar [3, 6-7, 16-17, 19];
John Kirkpatrick: button accordion [2, 9, 18],
melodeon [7],
Anglo concertina [14]
Tracks
- Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (4.28)
- Wark o’ the Weavers (Roud 374) (5.38)
- Lady Keith’s Lament (Roud V42891) (4.23)
- The Gallowa’ Hills (Roud 3358) (4.00)
- Coulter’s Candy (Roud 19019) (3.07)
- Willie’s Fatal Visit (Roud 244; Child 255) (5.14)
- Twa Recruiting Sergeants (Roud 3356; G/D 1:77) (3.54)
- Floo’ers o’ the Forest (Roud 3812) (4.28)
- MacGinty’s Meal and Ale (Roud 2518; G/D 3:630) (5.54)
- Baron o’ Brackley (Roud 4017; Child 203; G/D 2:234) (4.26)
- Gipsy Laddies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (5.05)
- For Our Lang Biding Here (Roud 8561) (2.47)
- The Jute Mill Song (Roud 2585) (3.13)
- Hie, Jeannie, Hie (3.19)
- Johnny My Man (Roud 845; G/D 3:587; Henry H807) (2.56)
- My Laddie’s Bedside (Roud 5530; G/D 6:1136) (3.14)
- What Can a Young Lassie? (Roud 1295) (3.21)
- Nicky Tams (Roud 1875) (4.13)
Recording Out-Take
- Now Westlin Winds
(Roud 6936)
(4.32)
released on the Hokey Pokey anthology All Through the Year
All tracks trad. arr. Ray Fisher except
Track 9 George Bruce Thomson;
Track 13 Mary Brooksbank;
Track 18 G.S. Morris
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Fisher
Other records with Ray Fisher
Various Artists: The Iron Muse: A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music, CD, Topic 12t86, 1963
Various Artists: Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1, LP, Decca LK 4546, 1963
Various Artists: Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 2, LP, Decca LK 4563, 1964
Various Artists: The Hoot'nanny Show Vol. 1, LP, Waverley ZLP 2025, 1964
Various Artists: The Hoot'nanny Show Vol. 2, LP, Waverley ZLP 2032, 1964
Various Artists: Folk Festival, LP, Waverley ZLP 2033, 1964
Ray and Archie Fisher, Dolina MacLennan, Enoch Kent, Robin Gray: Bonny Lass Come O'er the Burn, LP, Topic 12T128, 1965
Various Artists: Folk Songs: An Anthology (Topic Sampler No 2), LP, Topic TPS145, 1966
Various Artists: A Prospect of Scotland (Topic Sampler No 5), LP, Topic TPS169, 1966
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger: On the Edge (The Radio Ballads Vol. 6), LP, Argo DA 136, 1970
Various Artists: The Folk Trailer, LP, Trailer LER 2019, 1970
Various Artists: The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock, 4 LP, Island/Transatlantic Folk 1001, 1975
Various Artists: Our Folk Music Heritage, LP, Trailer LETSAM 2087, 1975
Various Artists: All Through the Year: A Calendar in Music & Song, CD, Hokey Pokey HPR 2002.2, 1991
Various Artists: The Scottish Folk Festival ’93, CD, Fenn FMS 2040, 1992
Anne Briggs: Classic Anne Briggs, CD, Fellside FECD78, 1995
Various Artists: Troubadours of British Folk Vol. 1, CD, Rhino R2 72160, 1995
Anne Briggs: A Collection, CD, Topic TSCD504, 1999
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger: On the Edge (The Radio Ballads Vol. 6), CD, Topic TSCD806, 1999
John Kirkpatrick: Mazurka Berserker, CD, Fledg’ling FLED 3030, 2001
Various Artists: The Acoustic Folk Box, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Various Artists: Roots & Wings: Holmfirth Festival 25 Years Anniversary, CD, Holmfirth Festival HFRCD25, 2 CD, 2003
Various Artists: Folk Festival: A Celebration of Music Recorded at the Sidmouth International Festival, 2 CD, Gott Disks GOTTBOX 011, 2004
Various Artists: Scottish Women: Scotland's Queens of Songs Recorded Live on Tour 2002, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX261, 2004
Various Artists: Where the Laverock Sings, CD, Ythan YCD08, 2004
Various Artists: 50 Years of Folk Music in Newcastle, 2 CD, private issue, LM-0006966, 2008
Various Artists: Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records, 7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009